Solar System Scope vs Self
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solar System Scope
Explore and discover the solar system and outer space with realistic 3D visualizations and detailed celestial simulations. This app offers an educational and engaging experience for all ages, featuring a comprehensive encyclopedia and a night sky observatory.
- 3D Encyclopedia of celestial bodies
- Realistic 3D visualizations
- Night sky observatory with time simulation
- Accurate orbital parameter calculations
- High-quality planetary and moon maps
- Multilingual support
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Solar System Scope is a fun way of Exploring, Discovering and Playing with the Solar System and Outer Space. Solar System Scope (or just Solar) contains many views and celestial simulations, but most of all - it brings you closer to the furthest reaches of our world and lets you experience lots of fantastic space sceneries. It aspires to be the most illustrative, easy to understand and simple to use space model. - 3D Encyclopedia In Solar’s unique encyclopedia you will find the most interesting facts about every planet, dwarf planet, every major moon and more – and everything is accompanied by realistic 3D visualizations. Solar’s encyclopedia is available in 10 languages: English, Spanish, German, Russian, Italian, Korean and Slovak. More languages are coming soon! - Nightsky Observatory Enjoy Stars and constellation of the night sky as viewed from any given location on Earth. You can point your device at the sky to see all objects in their proper place, but you can also simulate Night sky in the past or in the future. Now with advanced options that let you simulate ecliptic, equatorial and azimuthal line, or grid (among other things). - Scientific Instrument Solar System Scope calculations are based on up-to-date orbital parameters published by NASA and let you simulate celestial positions at any given time. - For Everyone Solar System Scope is well suited for all audiences and ages: It is enjoyed by space enthusiasts, teachers, scientists, but Solar is successfully used even by children of 4+ years of age! - Unique Maps We are proud to present a very unique set of planetary and moon maps, that let you experience a true-color space as never before. These accurate maps are based on NASA elevation and imagery data. Colors and shades of the textures are tuned according to true-color photos made by Messenger, Viking, Cassini and New Horizon spacecrafts, and the Hubble Space Telescope. Basic resolution of these maps is for free – but if you would like the best experience, you can check out the highest quality, which is available with In-App purchase. - Join our vision Our vision is to build the ultimate space model and bring you the deepest space experience. And you can help - try Solar System Scope and if you like it, spread the word! And don’t forget to join the community and vote for new features on our homepage.
Self
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Self-Transcendence is a spiritual practice companion offering 52 weekly exercises from the teachings of Sri Chinmoy. Each week brings a new exercise to inspire and deepen your inner journey. The app shows the exercise for the current week automatically — so your practice always stays fresh and alive. FEATURES • 52 weekly spiritual exercises from Sri Chinmoy • Beautiful Jharna-Kala paintings for each exercise • Original PDF source documents included • Daily practice tracker — mark each day of the week • 52-week progress journey map • Daily, interval, and one-time practice reminders • Dark and Light themes • Links to original texts at srichinmoylibrary.com Begin each week with intention. Carry your practice through every day. Transcend yourself — one week at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Self at none against Solar System Scope's 1. Self also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Solar System Scope's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Solar System Scope sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Self asks for nothing beyond the download.
Solar System Scope ships an update every 4 months, Self every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solar System Scope | Self |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (882 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 882 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | INOVE, s.r.o. | Andrej Kling |
Bugs and requests
Solar System Scope
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when dragging Jupiter
- Upside-down orientation on tablets
- Unable to restore purchases
- Freezes and crashes on launch
Requested features
5 requests- Add more celestial bodies (Messier objects, Planet 9/10, black holes, etc.)
- Enable exploration of other galaxies and deep space objects
- Improve telescope/zoom functionality
- Add more moons and irregular satellites
- Implement continental drift and solar system evolution
Self
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Solar System Scope
- HQ Textures / No Ads$5.99
Self
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Solar System Scope free?
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Do Solar System Scope or Self have ads?
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