TERC EarthLabs vs Earth's Core
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TERC EarthLabs
This app offers free high school Earth science curriculum units with interactive visualizations, videos, and hands-on labs. It allows users to run Flash-based videos and interactives on their iPad for engaging science education.
- Interactive visualizations
- Video content
- Hands-on labs
- Flash-based interactives
- Curriculum units
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EarthLabs (http://serc.carleton.edu/earthlabs) is a free set of high school Earth science curriculum units developed by TERC that engage students through a variety of modes including interactive visualizations, video, and hands-on labs. Download the EarthLabs App to run many of the Flash-based videos and interactives on your iPad.
Earth's Core
Explore the internal structure of our planet with a detailed view of Earth's layers. Discover the composition, temperature, and depth of each section, from the crust to the core. This educational tool provides a fascinating look beneath your feet.
- Visualize Earth's internal structure
- Explore planet layers
- Discover layer temperatures
- Learn layer depths
- Detailed look inside the planet
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The Earth's Core App lets you see our planet’s internal structure. Just point your mobile to the center of the Earth and experience a deep look inside our planet. Right beneath your feet, thousands of kilometers deep, lies a giant ball of molten Iron as hot as the surface of the sun! Explore the Layers of the Earth and their names, discover the temperature and depth of each layer. Feedback and ideas: please send to support@cosmic-watch.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Earth's Core at 100% against TERC EarthLabs's 40%. Earth's Core also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). TERC EarthLabs's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TERC EarthLabs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of TERC EarthLabs's written reviews are positive against 100% of Earth's Core's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TERC EarthLabs ships an update every 53 months, Earth's Core every 70 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TERC EarthLabs | Earth's Core |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 53 months — better | Every 70 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TERC, Inc. | Celestial Dynamics AG |
Customer experience
TERC EarthLabs
Earth's Core
In-app purchases
TERC EarthLabs
No in-app purchases
Earth's Core
No in-app purchases
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