Comparison

Every Planet vs HandyPlanet

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

Head to head
About

Every Planet

Features
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Every Planet turns the whole observable universe into something you can hold in your hand. Tap once and the World Forge builds a planet that has never existed before: an ocean world wrapped in cloud, a ringed gas giant, a lava world cracked with light, a frozen wanderer far from its star. Every world is unique and generated from a single seed, so the one you just made is one you will never see again unless you keep it. The worlds are imagined. The physics behind them is not. Every planet carries an honest science dossier. Its year is computed with Kepler's third law. Its warmth comes from the real luminosity of its star and the greenhouse effect of its air. You see its distance from Earth, the year your light would arrive, the length of its day, its host star's temperature, and whether liquid water is even possible. Estimates carry honest uncertainty, the way real astronomy does. WHAT YOU CAN DO Forge a world Make a new world in a tap, or aim the Forge toward what you want to find: water, a giant, two suns, or simply something strange. Keep the ones worth keeping Save a world to your Archive, give it a name, and write a note about why you stopped there. Unsaved worlds are gone the moment you move on, so the good ones are worth catching. Read the real science Open any world's dossier for a plain, careful explanation of its orbit, star, mass, and light, tied back to the methods astronomers actually use. Learn the universe, and remember it The Observatory holds short daily recall questions built on spaced repetition, so real ideas actually stick. Track a gentle streak and watch how much of the sky feels familiar. Travel outward Every discovery carries you about eight percent deeper into space, past real landmarks, all the way to the edge of the observable universe. Go deeper in the Observatory An orbit lab to move a world through space, a field guide to the stars that make planets possible, an atlas of twelve genuinely strange real worlds, a guide to how we find planets we cannot see, and the big numbers that put it all in scale. QUIET BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Everything you make stays on your device. Optional ambient audio for the long trip outward. Built to be calm, factual, and yours. There are around seven hundred quintillion rocky planets out there. Humanity has confirmed about six thousand. Every Planet is a small, honest way to feel that scale, one world at a time.

About

HandyPlanet

Features
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Bring the solar system to your fingertips in vivid 3D. Choose a planetβ€”Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, or Mercuryβ€”tap to view it as a rotatable globe, and explore short facts about size, distance from the Sun, day and year length, and moons. A simple, educational way for anyone to discover the planets.

Screenshots

Every Planet4 screens
HandyPlanet3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Every Planet at none against HandyPlanet's shown. HandyPlanet's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 18 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Every Planet ships an update every 18 months, HandyPlanet every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Every Planet versus HandyPlanet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvery PlanetHandyPlanet
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 6 weeks β€” better
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.6
Further details β€” not scored
Size48 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTIBOR CZEKAYARAKAKI CAIO DAISUKE

In-app purchases

None

Every Planet

No in-app purchases

None

HandyPlanet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Every Planet free?
Every Planet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HandyPlanet free?
HandyPlanet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Every Planet or HandyPlanet have ads?
HandyPlanet shows ads; Every Planet does not.
Which is updated more often, Every Planet or HandyPlanet?
Every Planet ships an update every 18 months, and HandyPlanet every 6 weeks. Most recently, Every Planet was updated on October 9, 2026 and HandyPlanet on October 15, 2026.

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