Comparison

MoonBase Explorer vs Quarry

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

Head to head
About

MoonBase Explorer

Features
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Discover the architecture of a polar station in a realistic lunar environment, with its cylindrical habitat modules, hydroponic greenhouses, radiation shields, walkways and passages protected from solar radiations, lunar landing area, photovoltaic panels rising over 100 m above the ground to provide permanent solar energy... Explore freely the Moon Base in a lunar environment of almost one square kilometer, interact with resident astronauts and teleport directly to 6 sites near the station or in the surrounding craters and valleys.

About

Quarry

Features
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Quarry is a focused, offline gym for data and coding interviews. 108 hand-picked problems across SQL, pandas, and Python โ€” write real code, run it on your device, and get graded instantly. Everything runs on-device. The SQL and Python engines are built into the app, so there's no sign-up, no internet requirement, and nothing you write ever leaves your phone or iPad. Practice on a plane, on the subway, or anywhere. WHAT'S INSIDE โ€ข 108 problems across three tracks: SQL queries, pandas data wrangling, and Python algorithms & data structures. โ€ข Real execution, real grading. Your output is checked against the expected result โ€” no self-marking. โ€ข Company tags. Filter problems by the company you're interviewing at. โ€ข Hints and full solutions when you're stuck. โ€ข Difficulty levels from Easy to Hard, grouped by topic. โ€ข A free-form Playground for scratch SQL and Python. โ€ข Universal app โ€” designed for both iPhone and iPad. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No analytics. No ads. No tracking. Quarry collects nothing and works fully offline. Whether you're prepping for a data analyst, data engineer, data scientist, or software role, Quarry gives you a quiet, fast place to actually practice.

Screenshots

MoonBase Explorer4 screens
Quarry3 screens

Verdict

The call

MoonBase Explorer and Quarry are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
MoonBase Explorer versus Quarry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonBase ExplorerQuarry
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size757 MB127 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOlivier BoisardMayank Gulaty

In-app purchases

None

MoonBase Explorer

No in-app purchases

None

Quarry

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MoonBase Explorer free?
MoonBase Explorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quarry free?
Quarry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MoonBase Explorer or Quarry have ads?
Neither MoonBase Explorer nor Quarry shows ads.

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