Living Earth vs UnivMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Living Earth
Visualize global natural phenomena like earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires, and auroras on a dynamic 3D globe. Explore detailed event information, replay past geological activity, and receive optional alerts for significant seismic events. All data is sourced from reputable scientific agencies.
- Live earthquake visualization
- Hurricane and storm tracking
- Wildfire monitoring
- Aurora forecast and animation
- Volcano information
- Tectonic plate display
- Historical event replay
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The planet, live: every earthquake ripples where it struck, hurricanes spin with their real forecast tracks, wildfires burn, volcanoes glow, and the aurora dances over the poles — all on a beautiful 3D globe, straight from USGS, NOAA, NASA, and the Smithsonian. Tap anything for its story. A quake card shows the actual USGS ShakeMap and what its magnitude really means. A hurricane card shows the storm photographed from orbit minutes ago. Every one of 1,214 volcanoes carries its photo and geologic history. THE LIVING GLOBE • Live earthquakes, sized and colored by magnitude, rippling as they arrive • Hurricanes and tropical storms with NOAA's forecast track • Wildfires tracked from orbit by NASA • The aurora oval, forecast by NOAA and animated like the real thing • 1,214 volcanoes from the Smithsonian's catalog — recent eruptions glow • Tectonic plate boundaries: flip them on and the quakes explain themselves REPLAY THE WEEK Scrub through the past seven days and watch 400 earthquakes strike in sequence — the Ring of Fire literally draws itself. BENEATH YOU Which tectonic plate are you standing on? How far is the nearest plate boundary? Your nearest volcano? The week's quakes around you? One tap answers, computed entirely on your device. QUAKE ALERTS Optional notifications for significant earthquakes near you and major ones worldwide — no account, nothing sent anywhere. GUIDED TOURS The Ring of Fire in eight stops, and Legendary Earth — Vesuvius, Tambora, the 1960 M9.5, the dinosaur-killing impact, and more — each with real photography. TODAY ON EARTH The planet's day in one glance, on a widget too. Share any event as a poster. All data comes from public scientific agencies: USGS, NOAA, NASA, and the Smithsonian Institution. No account. No tracking. Your location never leaves your device.
UnivMap
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UnivMap is a navigation app. Search for places, get directions, and check your estimated time of arrival. -Search Type in where you want to go. Alpha Centauri, the Orion Nebula, or that black hole at the center of the galaxy. -Directions Starting from your current location, UnivMap works out the distance and arrival time — and kindly routes you around interstellar pirates and high-radiation zones. To Voyager 1: 25.599 billion km, about 23 hr 43 min at the speed of light. It never stops moving, so we time it just right — it reaches the destination to meet you the moment you arrive. -Choose how you travel Rocket, car, bike, or on foot — take your pick. Drive to Mars and the route card will warn you it's uphill the whole way. -Save your places Set your Home and Work, and get directions home with a single tap. -Reviews Every place has ratings and reviews. The Moon currently holds 5.0 stars across three reviews — one visitor wrote: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." -Works offline No connection required. No data collected. -Search galaxies, get directions, check your ETA. The nearest neighbor is over four years away — pack snacks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: UnivMap at every 9 days against Living Earth's every 2 months. UnivMap also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Living Earth ships an update every 2 months, UnivMap every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Living Earth | UnivMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cinnamon Mobile LLC | 宇輝資訊有限公司 |
In-app purchases
Living Earth
No in-app purchases
UnivMap
No in-app purchases









