Comparison

Virtual Grellman vs Star Exploration

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Virtual Grellman

This educational software helps users identify and attribute large cents by comparing photos. It provides detailed information on rarity, die pairings, and die states, along with collection tracking across devices.

Highlights
  • Photo-based coin attribution
  • Rarity ratings
  • Die pairing information
  • Die state details
  • DRNs for late date varieties
  • Collection tracking
  • Cross-device synchronization
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Virtual Grellman is attribution and educational software designed for large cents. Identifying your large cents by comparing photos instead of text descriptions makes attribution a breeze. Rarity ratings, die pairing information, and die state information is provided for every large cent variety, as well as DRNs (Date Reference Numbers) for the late date varieties. You can also keep track of your large cent collection, which is maintained across devices.

About

Star Exploration

Features
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1. About Star Exploration Star Exploration is a novel and interesting game of reasoning. The star map is divided into multiple star regions, some of which have a planet with a color of red, yellow, and blue. The purpose of the game is to gather three planets of different colors together through movement, and there is only one aggregated planet in each sector area divided from the center of the circle. 2. How to Play a. Move: Each planet can only move up to one step. The blue planet can move diagonally by one grid, the green planet can move left and right or up and down by one grid, and the red planet can move up, down, left and right by two grid. b. Zoom: Click the + - button to zoom in or out on the star map. Drag and drop star map in the blank space. c. Undo: click the UNDO button in the upper right corner. d. Hint: click the HINT button right above.

Screenshots

Virtual Grellman4 screens
Star Exploration3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Virtual Grellman at every 5 weeks against Star Exploration's every 10 months. Virtual Grellman also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Virtual Grellman sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Star Exploration sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Virtual Grellman ships an update every 5 weeks, Star Exploration every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Virtual Grellman versus Star Exploration: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtual GrellmanStar Exploration
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXante Corporation振华 许

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Virtual Grellman

One-time1
  • Dates 1793-1857$119.00
1 purchases

Star Exploration

One-time1
  • Full Version$0.99

Questions

Is Virtual Grellman free?
Virtual Grellman is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Star Exploration free?
Star Exploration is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Virtual Grellman or Star Exploration have ads?
Neither Virtual Grellman nor Star Exploration shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Virtual Grellman or Star Exploration?
Virtual Grellman ships an update every 5 weeks, and Star Exploration every 10 months. Most recently, Virtual Grellman was updated on November 3, 2026 and Star Exploration on November 8, 2026.

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