Comparison

Every Planet vs Planet Pointer

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

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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

Planet Pointer

This app transforms your phone into a portable celestial guide. Easily locate planets, stars, constellations, and satellites with on-screen directional cues. Identify unknown celestial objects by pointing your camera and receiving detailed information.

Highlights
  • Identify planets, stars, and constellations
  • Locate satellites in real-time
  • Camera-based object identification
  • Offline celestial calculations
  • Night-vision red mode
  • Multi-language support
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Planet Pointer turns your phone into a pocket sky guide. Pick one target — a planet, a star, a constellation, a satellite or a deep-sky object — and an on-screen arrow, a dashed guide line, or both, lead you until your phone is aimed right at it. Or point the camera at something you don't recognise and let the app tell you what it is. Simple, focused, and accurate. POINT AT THE SKY Choose what you want to find and follow the guide. When you're locked on target, the phone confirms with a gentle vibration. If your target is below the horizon, the app tells you what time it rises. The live camera view helps you line up the guide with the real sky. WHAT'S THAT? IDENTIFY MODE Point the camera at anything in the sky and tap it to identify it. A phone compass is only accurate to about 5°, so the app never hands you a confident answer it cannot back up: you get the most likely object with a match percentage, plus anything else near enough to be a real possibility. Turn on constellation lines if you like them, or keep the stars bare. Ask which star that is and get an honest answer instead of a guess. TONIGHT, FREE See what is actually up right now: the Moon and its phase, which planets are visible and until what time, and the next satellite pass you could genuinely see with your own eyes. No purchase and no setup. WHAT YOU CAN FIND - The Sun, the Moon and all 7 planets - 33 of the brightest named stars - All 88 constellations, drawn as connect-the-dots figures over the live sky - Deep sky: nebulae, galaxies and star clusters — Orion, Andromeda, the Pleiades and more - Live satellites — including the ISS, Hubble, Starlink and more — tracked in real time, with upcoming passes and how easy each one will be to see - Rise, transit and set times for every object, in your location's own time zone ACCURATE & OFFLINE Positions are calculated on your device using a precise astronomy engine, with true-north correction from the World Magnetic Model. No internet needed for the core features. MORE TO EXPLORE - Sky Events: eclipses, meteor showers, equinoxes and solstices, supermoons, planet oppositions and the next visible ISS pass — tap one to jump there. Moon phases are always free, and so are the two nearest events. - A Moon phase view, with the crescent tilted the way it really looks from where you are, and the whole month to scroll through - Time Travel (Pro): shift the sky forward or back in time to see where everything will be - Info cards with facts, figures and mythology for every body and constellation - Favourites, brightness/magnitude data, and a search you can filter to "visible now" SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE 13 languages built in, and 66 more available to download with Pro — 79 in all, with translated planet, star and constellation names. BUILT FOR STARGAZING - Night-vision red mode to protect your dark-adapted eyes - Spoken sky: hear your target and aim guidance read aloud - Choose km or miles, set your location manually, and more FREE & PRO Free, forever: the camera pointer, the Sun, the Moon and all 7 planets, the Tonight view, rise and set times, the Moon phase view, and a few famous stars, constellations, deep-sky objects and satellites to try — everything that is free in the lists is free in identify mode too. Planet Pointer Pro is a single one-time purchase — no subscription — that unlocks every star, constellation, deep-sky object and satellite, Time Travel, the full Sky Events list, unlimited favourites, the full night-vision options and every language download. PRIVACY FIRST No account. No ads. No trackers. Your location and camera are used only on your device to point you at the sky — they're never recorded or sent anywhere. Look up. Point. Find it.

Screenshots

Every Planet4 screens
Planet Pointer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Every Planet at none against Planet Pointer's 1. Planet Pointer's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 18 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Planet Pointer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Every Planet asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Every Planet ships an update every 18 months, Planet Pointer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Every Planet versus Planet Pointer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvery PlanetPlanet Pointer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTIBOR CZEKAYHaviv Tarazi

In-app purchases

None

Every Planet

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Planet Pointer

One-time1
  • Planet Pointer Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Every Planet free?
Every Planet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planet Pointer free?
Planet Pointer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Every Planet or Planet Pointer have ads?
Neither Every Planet nor Planet Pointer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Every Planet or Planet Pointer?
Every Planet ships an update every 18 months, and Planet Pointer every 4 days. Most recently, Every Planet was updated on November 7, 2026 and Planet Pointer on November 10, 2026.

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