Comparison

RealTime Space vs Planet

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

Head to head
About

RealTime Space

Features
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Strap in. RealTime Space puts you at the helm of your own starship in a photoreal, full-scale universe โ€” every planet, every major moon, and 8,920 real stars, all in the palm of your hand. FLY ANYWHERE Real navigation physics with thrust, drift and 100x warp. Skim Jupiter's storms, cruise through Saturn's sunlit rings, chase comets across the system, or point the nose at a star and just go. A REAL SKY Every star you see is real โ€” 8,920 naked-eye stars with their true names, brightness and 3D positions, plus the Milky Way band exactly where it belongs. Fly to Sirius, Betelgeuse or Vega and watch a point of light resolve into a blazing sun. THE WHOLE SOLAR SYSTEM All eight planets in photoreal detail, the Moon, volcanic Io, icy Europa, hazy Titan, Enceladus and its geysers, the asteroid belt, famous comets, deep-space nebulae โ€” and Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the galaxy. THREE WAYS TO FLY VISOR โ€” a clean, unobstructed view of space. HELM โ€” a full cockpit around you. CHASE โ€” follow your own ship from behind. SCAN AND DISCOVER Scan planets, moons and stars to fill your Field Guide, track your journey on the Space Map, and complete missions as you explore. MADE TO FEEL REAL Analytic eclipse and ring shadows, real star colors, a procedural engine soundscape, and a sky accurate enough to learn constellations from. FREE FOR 60 DAYS Everything is free for your first 60 days. Keep the whole universe forever with a single $1.99 unlock โ€” no subscription, no ads, no account, no data collection. WORKS WITH VOICEOVER Every control is labeled โ€” thrust, warp, the joystick, the camera views and the fly-to list โ€” so the ship can be flown with a screen reader turned on.

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Planet

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Planet turns the solar system into something you can hold, spin, and poke at. Built for curious minds of all ages, it trades walls of text for things you can actually touch: drag through the orbits, tap a world to open it up, and see the real numbers behind it. EXPLORE THE SOLAR SYSTEM Pinch to zoom and drag to pan across the planets in their orbits. Tap any planet โ€” or the Sun โ€” to open its details: diameter, distance from the Sun, day length, and a short description. Then open it as an interactive 3D model you can turn in your hands. BROWSE AND SEARCH Every planet, the Sun, 20 notable moons, and a full overview of the solar system itself โ€” how it formed, what's in it, and where we sit in the Milky Way. Search across all of it: type "Olympus" and you'll land on Mars. MOONS Titan's lakes of liquid methane. Enceladus firing geysers of water into space. Io, the most volcanic world we know. Ganymede, bigger than Mercury. Triton, orbiting backwards because Neptune caught it. COMPARE Put two worlds side by side and watch the scale land. Diameter, distance, day length, year length, gravity, and moons โ€” drawn to their true relative size. Line Earth up against the Sun and see what 109 times wider actually looks like. TEST YOURSELF 135 questions, ten per round, drawn fresh every time. Every answer comes with a one-line explanation of why it's right, so a wrong guess teaches you something. Miss a few and you'll get them back at the end, with the reasons, to review. WEIGH IN, ANYWHERE Enter your weight and see what you'd weigh on every other planet โ€” in kilograms or pounds. Enter your age and find out how many laps of the Sun you'd have made on Mars, or Neptune. SEE THEM IN 3D Load a detailed 3D model of any planet, spin it, and get close. ENGLISH AND PERSIAN Fully translated, including every article and quiz question. Switch language any time in Settings. No accounts. No ads. No data collected. Just the solar system.

Screenshots

RealTime Space4 screens
Planet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Planet at none against RealTime Space's 1. Planet also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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. RealTime Space sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Planet asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RealTime Space ships an update every 2 weeks, Planet weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
RealTime Space versus Planet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRealTime SpacePlanet
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size65 MB25 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperNice Dreamz llcAhmad khaled Samim

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RealTime Space

One-time1
  • Unlock Forever$0.99
None

Planet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RealTime Space free?
RealTime Space is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Planet free?
Planet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RealTime Space or Planet have ads?
Neither RealTime Space nor Planet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RealTime Space or Planet?
RealTime Space ships an update every 2 weeks, and Planet weekly. Most recently, RealTime Space was updated on October 9, 2026 and Planet on October 3, 2026.

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