TouchGrass vs Solstix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TouchGrass
Encourages users to go outside and take photos of themselves touching grass. For every 10 posts, a tree is planted. Users can only post once daily, promoting social sharing to increase tree planting efforts.
- Post photos of touching grass
- Plant a tree for every 10 posts
- Daily posting limit
- Invite friends to plant more trees
- Contribute to saving the Earth
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Go outside, touch grass, and.....plant trees?? Yes. Don't just take midday breaks. Take a picture of you touching grass. We will plant a tree for every 10 posts on the app! You can only post once a day, so invite your friends and we can plant more trees together. Saving earth has never been easier :)
Solstix
Visualize celestial bodies in stunning 3D with real-time astronomical data. Track space weather, follow NASA missions, and explore planets with live imagery. Perfect for photographers, stargazers, and anyone fascinated by the cosmos.
- 3D celestial bodies with NASA textures
- Real-time sun, moon, and planet data
- Dynamic horizon with real-time sky colors
- Artemis II mission tracker
- Space weather alerts
- Live Mars rover and SDO imagery
- 3D Moon phases with haptic feedback
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The sky is doing something incredible right now. Solstix shows you what. STUNNING 3D VISUALS, REAL DATA Solstix isn't just another sunrise app. It's a beautifully designed astronomy app featuring stunning 3D celestial bodies with NASA textures, accurate sun, moon, and planet data, and a dynamic horizon that shifts through real-time sky colors from predawn to golden hour to night. NEW: 3D UNIVERSE Every celestial body is now a beautiful 3D model. Drag to rotate like a globe. Long-press for a glow burst. The Moon shows realistic phase lighting with the terminator shadow exactly where it should be. Saturn has its iconic 4-band ring system. Smooth 60fps rendering brings the solar system to life. NEW: ARTEMIS II MISSION CENTER Follow NASA's historic crewed lunar mission. Track the spacecraft from launch to lunar flyby to splashdown. Meet the crew. Browse photos from the Moon. Get live mission updates. Watch the countdown to Artemis III. NEW: SPACE WEATHER Know what the Sun is doing. Track solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and geomagnetic storms in real time. See activity levels from Quiet to Severe. Powered by NASA DONKI. LIVE FROM MARS See real images from the Curiosity rover. Pick from 6 cameras. You're looking at another planet. LIVE FROM SPACE See the Sun through NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Explore Earth from deep space with NASA EPIC imagery. THE MOON, PERFECTED 3D Moon with realistic phase lighting. Drag through 60 days of phases with haptic feedback. NASA Dial-A-Moon shows tonight's view. DAYLIGHT, VISUALIZED Follow the Sun's path. Watch the horizon change. Know exactly when golden hour begins. FEATURES • 3D Sun, Moon, and planets with NASA textures • Saturn's rings with realistic tilt • Artemis II tracker with crew and photos • Space weather alerts • 8 planets with visibility data • Live Mars rover images • Live NASA SDO imagery • Moon phase with haptic scrubbing • Dynamic horizon with stars • Twilight timeline and golden hour countdown • NOAA-powered calculations MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO LOOK UP Photographers. Stargazers. Hikers. Or anyone who has ever looked up and wondered. No ads. No subscriptions. No tracking. 100% free. Data: NASA SDO, GSFC, LRO, EPIC, JPL Mars, DONKI, Artemis, NOAA
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Solstix at 100% against TouchGrass's 33%. Solstix also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1). TouchGrass's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). On price, ads 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. Solstix sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TouchGrass asks for nothing beyond the download.
Solstix holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of TouchGrass's written reviews are positive against 100% of Solstix's.
TouchGrass ships an update daily, Solstix every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TouchGrass | Solstix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intonation Studios Inc. | Hashsecure Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
TouchGrass
Solstix
In-app purchases
TouchGrass
No in-app purchases
Solstix
- Support Solstix$2.99









