HKAStro vs Connected Earth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HKAStro
This educational app delivers local astronomical news, event updates, and weather forecasts. It includes helpful tools like a polar scope and moon phase tracker for stargazing enthusiasts.
- Local astronomical news
- Event information
- Weather forecasts
- Polar Scope tool
- Moon Phase tracker
- Flashlight feature
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This mobile app is provided by the Hong Kong Astronomical Society, aims to provide users with the latest local astronomical news, activities, weather forecast information, and provides useful features such as Polar Scope, Moon Phase, Flashlight, etc.
Connected Earth
Explore global transportation and communication networks. Visualize roads, railways, shipping lanes, and flight routes, along with submarine internet cables, to understand Earth's interconnectedness. Gain a unified perspective of our planet and the systems that link us.
- Global transportation visualization
- Communication network mapping
- Interactive Earth view
- Submarine cable layer
- Unified planet perspective
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Discover how we travel and communicate across the globe. Planet Earth is interconnected in countless ways. Explore this connectedness from a global perspective. Visualize overlaying roads, railways, navigable rivers, shipping lanes, and flight routes to uncover how we move across the planet. Dive into the intricate relationships between transport and communication networks. Activate the internet connection layer to reveal submarine cables and see how the world's populated areas interact. Gain insight into the incredible systems that link us together and raise awareness of the amazing planet we call home. Learn to see the world as one unified planet, where we are all interconnected and together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HKAStro at 100% against Connected Earth's 33%. HKAStro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 10 months vs every 91 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HKAStro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of HKAStro's written reviews are positive against 33% of Connected Earth's.
HKAStro ships an update every 10 months, Connected Earth every 91 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HKAStro | Connected Earth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 91 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hong Kong Astronomical Society | Celestial Dynamics AG |
Customer experience
HKAStro
Connected Earth
In-app purchases
HKAStro
No in-app purchases
Connected Earth
No in-app purchases
