Comparison

The Lunartic vs SC DataHub

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

Head to head
About

The Lunartic

Explore the Moon's surface with an interactive atlas, identifying craters, plains, and historical landing sites. Track lunar phases, illumination, and movement through time, with data derived from NASA imagery and ephemeris.

Highlights
  • Interactive lunar atlas
  • Identify craters, plains, and mountains
  • Locate Apollo landing sites
  • Track lunar phases and illumination
  • Simulate Moon's movement through time
  • Observing information for your location
Features
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That crater catching your eye has a name. That dark plain has a story. Get to know the Moon with The Lunartic. Turn a familiar sight into a world you can explore. The Lunartic brings together a detailed interactive lunar atlas, observing information, and the freedom to move through time—whether you’re beside a telescope or following your curiosity from the couch. Find your next “I never noticed that.” Zoom into the lunar landscape, identify features directly on the map, or search for a landmark by name. Explore craters, mountains, and lunar seas. Locate the Apollo landing sites and connect the Moon you see tonight with the places where history happened. Make the view through your telescope make sense. Flip and mirror the atlas to match your eyepiece. Show the boundary between lunar day and night, or add a latitude and longitude grid to find your bearings. Spend more of your observing time exploring the landscape. Let the Moon move on your schedule. Choose a date and time, step forward or backward, or play through the Moon’s changing appearance. Follow the shifting daylight and the subtle lunar wobble called libration. Preview an upcoming night, revisit a memorable observation, then return to now. Know more before you step outside. Set your observing location to see a view calculated for your position on Earth. Check the Moon’s phase, illumination, rise and set times, altitude, and more. Bring context to tonight’s view and curiosity to your next observing session. Explore with science behind the scenery. The Lunartic combines surface maps derived from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imagery and elevation data with JPL lunar ephemeris data. There’s substance behind the beauty, with detailed information ready when you want to go deeper. You don’t need to know the names before you begin. Just bring the desire to find out. Your next favorite place might be on the Moon.

About

SC DataHub

Features
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SC DataHub is a fast, offline-ready reference for Star Citizen pilots. Look things up in a glance mid-flight instead of alt-tabbing out of the game. SHIPS Browse every flyable hull: cargo capacity, weapon hardpoints, turrets and missile racks, the stock power plant, shields, coolers and quantum drive, and where to buy or rent it and for how much. Filter by role, manufacturer or hardpoint size. MISSIONS & BLUEPRINTS Contracts filtered by type and faction, with rewards and reputation. Blueprints show what they make and what goes into them. MINING Type the signature from your scanner to identify what is in the rock before you fly over. Pick your ship and mining heads for a verdict on whether you can crack it and which gadgets to carry, then see which ores to hunt and where to find them. WEAPONS Ship guns and FPS weapons side by side: damage, DPS, fire rate, range, spread and more. Compare them head to head. TRADE Commodity prices swept daily from every terminal. Tell it which star system you are in and every margin is confined to runs you can fly without a jump. Data is cached on your device after the first load, so it keeps working offline. No account, no sign-in, no tracking. SC DataHub is an unofficial fan tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cloud Imperium Games. Star Citizen is a registered trademark of Cloud Imperium Rights LLC.

Screenshots

The Lunartic4 screens
SC DataHub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SC DataHub at Free against The Lunartic's $5.99. SC DataHub also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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

SC DataHub is free to download; The Lunartic costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Lunartic ships an update fortnightly, SC DataHub every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
The Lunartic versus SC DataHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe LunarticSC DataHub
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size811 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard WrightLee Davies

In-app purchases

None

The Lunartic

No in-app purchases

None

SC DataHub

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Lunartic free?
The Lunartic costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SC DataHub free?
SC DataHub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Lunartic or SC DataHub have ads?
Neither The Lunartic nor SC DataHub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Lunartic or SC DataHub?
The Lunartic ships an update fortnightly, and SC DataHub every 4 days. Most recently, The Lunartic was updated on October 30, 2026 and SC DataHub on October 14, 2026.

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