Comparison

Prairial vs Climate from Space

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

Head to head
About

Prairial

This utility converts between the standard Gregorian calendar and the historical French Revolution calendar. It offers a widget for the current date in the Revolutionary era and an Apple Watch companion with dual display options, including decimal time.

Highlights
  • Gregorian to French Revolution calendar conversion
  • Today screen widget
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Decimal time display
  • Standard image representation of months
Features
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Prairial is a calendar utility that allows converting between the standard calendar (a.k.a. Greogorian) and the short-lived French Revolution one. The Today screen widget presents the present date of the Revolution era. The Apple Watch companion presents the present date of the Revolution era on 2 alternate screens, one with the standard image representation of the month, and the decimal time of the day (10 hours of 100 minutes of 100 seconds).

About

Climate from Space

Explore 40 years of Earth's climate data from space on interactive globes and maps. Visualize changes in ocean temperature, ice sheets, and atmospheric carbon dioxide. Learn from project scientists through video interviews and richly illustrated text.

Highlights
  • Interactive animated globes
  • 40 years of climate data
  • Data viewer for climate variables
  • Video interviews with scientists
  • Illustrated text and satellite images
  • Globe and map views
Features
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Satellites observing the Earth from space provide a clear picture of the health of our planet and the signs of climate change. This electronic book lets you take a closer look at the climate data being produced by the European Space Agency's Climate Change Initiative. Forty years of climate data are at your fingertips on interactive globes and maps. Use the data viewer to see how climate variables including ocean temperature, ice sheets, sea level, sea ice, carbon dioxide and soil moisture change through time. Play, pause, and step through the data; spin the world and zoom in; switch between globe and map views; compare one data set with another. Engaging and richly-illustrated text explains why measuring these parts of the Earth system is important for climate science, and describes what the climate data shows. Project scientists from across Europe explain their work in their own words in short video interviews. Features: • Interactive, animated globes with 17 key climate data sets • Scroll through time to see forty years of change • 130 illustrations, including satellite images, diagrams and animations • 14 interviews with project scientists • Over 16,000 words of text • 74 pages Requires: iPad 4th gen (2012), iPad mini 2 (2013), or later.

Screenshots

Prairial4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Climate from Space at Free against Prairial's $0.99. Climate from Space also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Prairial's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Climate from Space is free to download; Prairial costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prairial ships an update every 6 months, Climate from Space every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Prairial versus Climate from Space: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrairialClimate from Space
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPad
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB1.7 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLaurent RodierESA - European Space Agency

Customer experience

Prairial

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Climate from Space

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Prairial

No in-app purchases

None

Climate from Space

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prairial free?
Prairial costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Climate from Space free?
Climate from Space is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Prairial or Climate from Space have ads?
Neither Prairial nor Climate from Space shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prairial or Climate from Space?
Prairial ships an update every 6 months, and Climate from Space every 5 months. Most recently, Prairial was updated on October 23, 2026 and Climate from Space on October 13, 2026.

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