TerraExplorer vs Augview
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TerraExplorer
This application allows users to view and analyze high-resolution 3D spatial data on mobile devices. It supports various spatial databases, including 3D city layers and feature layers, and offers tools for querying and presenting data. Seamless integration with other products and online data sources is also provided.
- View high-resolution 3D GIS content
- Display spatial databases and feature layers
- Query and analyze spatial data
- Integrate with Skyline product line
- Access online data from SkylineGlobe server
- Load online TerraExplorer projects
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TerraExplorerApp is a 3D GIS viewer that enables you to view high-resolution, stunningly realistic SkylineGlobe 3D content. The TerraExplorer app can display most of your spatial databases including 3D city layers and feature layers, and it provides powerful tools to query, analyze and present your data on the go. TerraExplorerApp integrates smoothly with the entire Skyline product line for easy access to all your data – from photo-realistic, geographically accurate terrain databases created in TerraBuilder to PhotoMesh’s high-resolution, textured, 3D mesh models. Moreover, TerraExplorerApp seamlessly accesses online data from Skyline’s SkylineGlobe server and other OGC-compliant servers, and quickly loads online TerraExplorer projects. The app comes installed with a link to a demo project that introduces you to some of the mobile functionality.
Augview
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Augview is an augmented reality application that enables the user to display and visualize infrastructure asset data. It has been developed for field service personnel who require online access to a variety of GIS and asset management systems via the internet. Augview provides traditional GIS map views of the asset data plus an augmented reality mode that displays 3D objects of the networks overlaid over the video stream. Features * 2D map * 3D augmented reality mode * Combines multiple GIS data sets into one map (Data access is based on pre-arranged permission) * Supports ESRI Rest API: MapServer, FeatureServer, ImageServer * Supports Smallworld: GSS * Supports OGC services: WMS, WMTS, WFS, WCS * Integrates Digital Elevation Models with ArcGIS ImageServer or OGC WCS * Database interrogation * "Live" attribute and spatial updates (requires “write” permission from the data administrator) * Photo capture with geotagging and association with an asset
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Augview at every 6 weeks against TerraExplorer's every 6 months. TerraExplorer's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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.
TerraExplorer ships an update every 6 months, Augview every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TerraExplorer | Augview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skyline Software Systems, Inc. | Augview Ltd |
In-app purchases
TerraExplorer
No in-app purchases
Augview
No in-app purchases
