Ancient Earth vs ICS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ancient Earth
Explore Earth's geological history and witness the dramatic breakup of the supercontinent Pangea. This app visually simulates continental drift, the formation of oceans, and changes in sea level and ice caps over millions of years.
- Time travel to prehistoric Earth
- Visualize Pangea's breakup
- Simulate continental drift
- Observe ocean formation
- Track sea level changes
- Monitor ice cap fluctuations
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Have you ever wanted to travel back in time? Well, jump on the Ancient Earth time machine app and travel back to a time before the age of dinosaurs, before the evolution of flowering plants, before the last great Ice Age, and well before the appearance of the first humans on Earth. Ancient Earth: Breakup of Pangea vividly illustrates the breakup of the supercontinent of Pangea during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic (200 Ma-0 Ma). Watch as continents drift apart, mountain ranges rise and fall, new ocean basins open, landmasses are flooded by rising sea level, and polar ice caps wax and wane.
ICS
Access authoritative geological time scale data and information on Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs). Explore charts, detailed GSSP information, and relevant statistics.
- Demonstration of ICS chart
- Detailed GSSP information
- GSSP statistics
- Authoritative data service
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ICS Timescale is the official APP of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). It is designed to provide authoritative data service of ICS. The main functions include: 1) Demonstration of the ICS chart. 2) Detail information about each GSSP. 3) Statistics of the GSSPs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ICS at Free against Ancient Earth's $2.99. ICS also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). Ancient Earth's advantage is ratings volume (163 vs 3) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
ICS is free to download; Ancient Earth costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ancient Earth holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ancient Earth has 163 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Ancient Earth's written reviews are positive against 50% of ICS's.
Ancient Earth ships an update every 3 months, ICS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ancient Earth | ICS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (163 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas L. Moore | 隽轩 樊 |
Customer experience
Ancient Earth
ICS
In-app purchases
Ancient Earth
No in-app purchases
ICS
No in-app purchases
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