News Clocks Lite vs Globe Planet 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
News Clocks Lite
This app provides a comprehensive world clock with extensive city data, customizable themes, and an integrated atlas. It offers optional features like location tracking and moon phases for a richer travel experience.
- 64,000 city database
- Customizable map and clock themes
- Integrated atlas
- Moon phase display
- Optional location tracking
- Optional clock chimes
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A world clock with powerful features including a database of 64,000 cities, awesome map and clock themes, atlas, moon phases, clock chimes (optional), location tracking (optional), and so much more.
Globe Planet 3D
Explore an interactive 3D model of Earth to learn geography, countries, and their details. Discover real-time day and night cycles and plan your next vacation destination with this educational world atlas.
- Interactive 3D Earth model
- Detailed country information
- Political, climate, and disaster maps
- Real-time day/night cycle
- Travel planning tool
- Geography learning aid
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3D MODEL OF PLANET EARTH Explore the real world with an interactive model of the globe in 3D; just rotate it and see all the information. WORLD MAPS AND ATLAS A wonderful visualization to learn geography, countries, seas, oceans, and borders which serves as perfect training aids for schoolchildren, students, and teachers in their studies. EVERYTHING ABOUT COUNTRIES Choose a country and see its political, population, science, logistics, natural disasters and climate maps. IN REAL TIME Change of day and night. TRAVEL WITH GLOBE PLANET A must-have for anyone who loves traveling. Choose a country to visit on vacation. Let’s discover the world together! Disclaimer: All maps and data in this app are provided for entertainment and general informational purposes only. They are not a reliable or authoritative source and may contain inaccuracies or outdated information. Privacy policy: http://annaw.tilda.ws/privacy Terms of use: http://annaw.tilda.ws/terms_of_use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: News Clocks Lite at 82% against Globe Planet 3D's 0%. News Clocks Lite also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Globe Planet 3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Globe Planet 3D sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. News Clocks Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
News Clocks Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of News Clocks Lite's written reviews are positive against 0% of Globe Planet 3D's.
News Clocks Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, Globe Planet 3D every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | News Clocks Lite | Globe Planet 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (45 ratings) — better | 2.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 181 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National Spork LLC | Anna Vilmas |
Customer experience
News Clocks Lite
Globe Planet 3D
In-app purchases
News Clocks Lite
No in-app purchases
Globe Planet 3D
- Globe Planet 3D - Earth Map$7.991 Month
- 3 Months Premium Pass$17.993 Months
- 12 Months Premium Pass3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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