Comparison

Project Planet Space vs Orrery

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

Head to head
About

Project Planet Space

Explore our solar system with an interactive map. Discover planetary gravity, temperatures, and atmospheric data. Calculate your weight on other worlds and learn fascinating space facts.

Highlights
  • Interactive solar system map
  • Personalized weight and age calculations
  • Detailed planetary data widgets
  • Multi-language support
  • Metric/Imperial unit switching
  • Cosmic museum aesthetic
  • Real astronomical data integration
Features
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Project Planet - an interactive map of our solar system How much would you weigh on Jupiter? Why does a day on Mercury last longer than its year? Project Planet turns space facts into a fingertip-sized journey. Scroll through all nine planets (Pluto included), feel each world's pull on your own body, and explore the numbers astronomers have spent decades collecting. Highlights - Sticky scroll across the system: from Mercury to Pluto, each planet stays centred long enough for you to take it in. - You, on every world: enter your weight and age once and watch them recalculated by each planet's gravity and orbital period. - Five rich widgets per planet: surface temperature with reference markers (Antarctica, freezing, boiling), atmospheric pressure with composition chart, travel times from Earth from walking up to the speed of light, gravitational force with everyday objects (phone, backpack, car), and an interactive pressure simulator with phase changes for water, oxygen, CO2, hydrogen, nitrogen and mercury (Antoine equation under the hood). - Six languages: Czech, English, German, Slovak, Spanish and French, auto-detected from your device. - Metric or imperial: switch instantly; weights, temperatures and distances follow your preference. - Crafted to feel like a small cosmic museum: dark cosmic theme, hand-tuned typography, subtle scroll choreography, and a right rail that lets you jump to any planet. - Built on real data: gravitational accelerations, orbital periods, NASA mean temperatures, atmospheric compositions and substance phase transitions. Requires an internet connection. The app runs as a continuously updated webview and uses native iOS capabilities such as haptic feedback to add a tactile dimension to your interstellar journey.

About

Orrery

Explore a dynamic 3D model of the solar system with interactive globes, narrated stories, and historical timelines. Learn about planets, celestial events, and space exploration through engaging lessons and quizzes. Features augmented reality and home screen widgets for a constant connection to the cosmos.

Highlights
  • Interactive 3D solar system model
  • Planet data and narrated stories
  • Historical and future timelines
  • Augmented reality (AR) mode
  • Educational mini-lessons and quizzes
  • Home screen widgets
  • Multi-language support
Features
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An orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system. This is yours, alive in light. Open the app and fly: all eight planets, Pluto, the Moon, and a working asteroid belt orbit a glowing Sun in real relative motion. One finger orbits the camera, a pinch zooms, and a tap on any world glides you to its sunlit side. Earth, Moon, and Sun are free to explore in full. One purchase unlocks the whole solar system. No subscription, no ads, no accounts, ever. EXPLORE Every world has a full page: a spinnable globe, NASA-sourced vital statistics, an animated size comparison, and a "Did you know?" carousel. LISTEN A narrated story for every world, written from NASA sources. THE GRAND TOUR An eleven-stop guided cruise from the Sun to Pluto. DEEP TIME Earth's whole life story in thirteen moments, from the Moon's birth 4.5 billion years ago to a red giant Sun 7.5 billion years from now. See Rodinia's bare red rock, ice reaching the equator, the first forests, Pangaea, the last dinosaurs and the last ice age, with the length of a day and the Moon's distance at each moment. TIME TRAVEL One switch sets every world where it truly is right now, computed on device from JPL planetary theory. Then visit the moments that made history: Neptune's discovery night (1846), Apollo 11 (1969), Voyager 2 at Neptune (1989), New Horizons at Pluto (2015). YOUR SKY Choose a day that matters and the whole orrery travels to it. The planets move to where they truly stood, and the day becomes a card you can keep or share: the phase of the Moon, the constellation the Sun was crossing, and two lines written for that sky alone. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN A living miniature orrery widget, every planet in its true position, plus a world of the day with a fresh fact each morning. STARGAZER SCHOOL Seven illustrated mini lessons on the big questions. Why days and years happen, why Pluto isn't a planet anymore, the farthest we have ever traveled, how telescopes see back in time, living in space, Hubble and Webb, and the Space Station overhead. Interactive diagrams and real NASA photography. THE COSMIC QUIZ Five fresh questions every run, drawn from sixty. IN YOUR ROOM Place the solar system on your table with AR. Toggle true distances and walk to Neptune. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE English, Spanish, French, Simplified Chinese, and Vietnamese. Follow your device language or switch right in the app; every story is narrated in every language. TRUE SCALE One switch spreads the orbits to real relative distances. Space is unimaginably empty; feel it. Built for curious kids and the adults who point at the sky with them. Fully supports VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Reduce Motion. Collects nothing, tracks nothing.

Screenshots

Project Planet Space4 screens
Orrery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Project Planet Space at none against Orrery's 1. Project Planet Space also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Orrery's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 25 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Orrery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Project Planet Space asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Project Planet Space holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orrery has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Project Planet Space ships an update every 25 months, Orrery every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Project Planet Space versus Orrery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProject Planet SpaceOrrery
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings126 — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiroslav HanzelkaThu Van Ngo

In-app purchases

None

Project Planet Space

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Orrery

One-time1
  • The Whole Solar System$6.99

Questions

Is Project Planet Space free?
Project Planet Space is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orrery free?
Orrery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Project Planet Space or Orrery?
Project Planet Space is rated higher. Project Planet Space averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Orrery averages 4.7 from 26 ratings.
Do Project Planet Space or Orrery have ads?
Neither Project Planet Space nor Orrery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Project Planet Space or Orrery?
Project Planet Space ships an update every 25 months, and Orrery every 5 days. Most recently, Project Planet Space was updated on November 4, 2026 and Orrery on November 10, 2026.

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