Animals Antarctica vs SeaIce
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Animals Antarctica
Explore the animals of Antarctica with real sounds and photos. Engage in interactive games like 'Guess the Sound' and 'Find the Pairs' designed for young children. Learn animal names and descriptions read aloud, with offline play capabilities.
- Real animal sounds and photos
- Interactive games: Guess the sound, Find the pairs
- Animal names and descriptions read aloud
- Offline play
- Parental controls for external links
- Simple controls for young children
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Meet the animals of Antarctica and hear their real voices: the Weddell seal, orca, rockhopper penguin, albatross, leopard seal, humpback whale, Adélie penguin, Antarctic shag, crabeater seal, king penguin, elephant seal and snow petrel. • Listen – tap an animal to hear its voice and see a big photo. Every animal has three photos and three different sounds. • Guess the sound – listen to a sound and find the animal that makes it. • Find the pairs – turn over the cards and match the animals. • Where is it? – hear an animal's name and find it. Every animal's name and a short description are read aloud and shown in your language. Made for young children: big pictures, no reading needed and simple controls. The background music and the narrator's voice can be switched off, and links to our other apps are protected by a parental check. Everything is inside the app, so you can play without an internet connection.
SeaIce
Visualize and interact with sea ice data from the CryoSat Mission. Track your Arctic routes, see how ice has changed, and learn about polar research. Contribute your own route data to help researchers.
- View Arctic ice extent and thickness data
- Track real-time routes in the Arctic Circle
- Import GPX tracks
- Process routes with satellite ice data
- Learn about polar science and research
- Contribute optional route data
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An application created at the University of Leeds in the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) for visualising and interacting with the sea ice thickness and extent data retreived from the European Space Agency's CryoSat Mission. View Sea Ice Data - View CryoSat's historic record of Arctic ice extent and thickness. See how the Arctic ice changes throughout the year, from 2010 to the present day, with detailed maps and charts, optimised for mobile. Track Your Route - Planning a trip or adventure in the Arctic Circle? Take this app with you and record your route in real time (or import a GPX track). When you're back on a stable internet connection, use our database of satellite ice data to process the route and see how the ice around you has changed in recent years. *Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life* Learn More - Learn all about the technology and science that goes into calculating the extent and thickness of Arctic sea ice - as well as some of the cutting edge research that's being conducted - with plenty of links to resources provided by CPOM and ESA, as well as their other partners, in the 'More' section. Send Us Your Route - We're all about gathering data in the Arctic. With your help, we can see the most popular places in the Arctic, and how this affects the surrounding areas. It's completely optional, but if you're happy for us to see your route, select 'Share with us' from within the route.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SeaIce at none against Animals Antarctica's shown. SeaIce also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 14 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Animals Antarctica ships an update every 14 months, SeaIce every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Animals Antarctica | SeaIce |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksei Neronov | University of Leeds |
Customer experience
Animals Antarctica
SeaIce
In-app purchases
Animals Antarctica
No in-app purchases
SeaIce
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Animals Antarctica free?
Is SeaIce free?
Do Animals Antarctica or SeaIce have ads?
Which is updated more often, Animals Antarctica or SeaIce?
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