Animals Antarctica vs Planet Ice AR
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.
Planet Ice AR
Explore Ice Age history and interact with virtual prehistoric animals in your environment using augmented reality. Discover creatures like the Woolly Mammoth and Smilodon in snowy, icy settings. This educational experience is brought to you by the Canadian Museum of Nature.
- Augmented reality animal interactions
- Virtual Ice Age creatures
- Icy virtual environments
- Snowy weather systems
- Educational content from Canadian Museum of Nature
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Explore 80,000 years of Ice Ages with the Planet Ice Augmented Reality app. See and play with virtual Ice Age animals in the world around you – Woolly Mammoth, Smilodon (sabre-toothed cat), Caribou, Muskox, Wolf, and Short-faced bear. Play with all of these amazing creatures through your device’s camera. There are icy virtual environments and snowy weather systems too! Planet Ice AR is brought to you by the Canadian Museum of Nature.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Animals Antarctica at 100% against Planet Ice AR's 40%. Animals Antarctica also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6). Planet Ice AR's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 14 months). On price, 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 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planet Ice AR has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Animals Antarctica's written reviews are positive against 40% of Planet Ice AR's.
Animals Antarctica ships an update every 14 months, Planet Ice AR every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Animals Antarctica | Planet Ice AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 326 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksei Neronov | Sinking Ship Interactive Inc. |
Customer experience
Animals Antarctica
Planet Ice AR
In-app purchases
Animals Antarctica
No in-app purchases
Planet Ice AR
No in-app purchases
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