NEOScope vs Above Us
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NEOScope
Explore and track celestial objects with real-time data. Examine their size, speed, and proximity to Earth. Discover fascinating details about near-Earth objects.
- Track Near Earth Objects
- Examine size, speed, and close calls
- Utilizes NASA's NeoWs API
- Detailed object information
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Track Near Earth Objects with NASA's NeoWs API. Examine NEO size, speed, close calls & more!
Above Us
This app tracks Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings in real-time by analyzing anonymized search data from major US cities. It provides a unique and private method for monitoring UAP activity, distinct from traditional sighting reports.
- Real-time UAP sighting tracking
- Anonymized search data analysis
- Coverage in 10,000+ US cities
- Privacy-focused data collection
- Map visualization of sightings
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This is made possible by serving Google Ads to searchers—whether they click the ad or not, their data is plotted to the app, while being washed of all personal identifiers. This method of tracking UAP/UFO sightings is unmatched in terms of speed, volume, and privacy (this app doesn’t rely on sighting reports, which are often slow, and discrepant with actual sightings). Searches are currently tracked across the 10,000 most-populated US cities. Each sighting marker on the map represents aggregate data for that specific date / date-range.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Above Us at Free against NEOScope's $0.99. Above Us also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On rating, 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
Above Us is free to download; NEOScope costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NEOScope against 5.0 for Above Us. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Above Us has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NEOScope ships an update every 7 months, Above Us every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | NEOScope | Above Us |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher Bookmyer | Pat Berlinquette |
Customer experience
NEOScope
Above Us
In-app purchases
NEOScope
No in-app purchases
Above Us
No in-app purchases
