GLOBE Data Entry vs Mars Info Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GLOBE Data Entry
Record scientific measurements directly from your device using GLOBE protocols. Utilize your phone's camera and GPS to document sites and data before submitting it to GLOBE. This app is designed for users with an existing GLOBE account.
- Enter GLOBE protocol data
- Use device camera for documentation
- Utilize GPS for site documentation
- Record measurements in the field
- Send data with internet connection
- Edit data before submission
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GLOBE’s Data Entry App allows you to enter GLOBE protocol data directly from your iOS device for any of GLOBE’s protocols. After an initial download of forms, you can record your measurements in the field, and then choose to send your data to GLOBE when you have an internet connection, or edit the data before you send it to GLOBE. The app streamlines some aspects of data entry, and allows you to use your phone’s camera and GPS to document your sites and measurements. This app is intended only for users who have an existing GLOBE account. New and interested users are encouraged to go to http://www.globe.gov to learn more.
Mars Info Lite
Explore the surface of the Red Planet with an interactive 3D globe. Discover significant locations like volcanoes, craters, and mountains, and view detailed information about each. This version offers a curated selection of points of interest.
- Interactive 3D Mars globe
- Rotate, tilt, and zoom controls
- Pinpoint key locations
- View location details (name, type, size, coordinates)
- List of selectable locations
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Explore Mars using simple gestures to rotate a globe, tilt, zoom and select locations. Credits - Viking Orbiter MDIM 2.1 map of Mars - NASA NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio: GMM-3 MOLA (Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter) Topography map GMM-3 Free-Air Mars Gravity map GMM-3 Bouguer Mars Gravity map GMM-3 Crustal Mars Thickness map Features: - Ability to pinpoint about 80 the most interesting areas on the map of Mars, including volcanos, craters, plains, mountains, spacecrafts. - Displaying some information about the location, such as its name, type, short description, size and coordinates. - Ability to select locations on the 3D globe and on the plain list. - Zoom, rotation, tilt of the globe. Lite version is limited to display 7 locations for each category, i.e. you will see 42 places vs 80 (currently) in a full version.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mars Info Lite at 96% against GLOBE Data Entry's 0%. Mars Info Lite also leads on ratings volume (200 vs 2). GLOBE Data Entry's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). 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.
GLOBE Data Entry holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Info Lite has 200 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of GLOBE Data Entry's written reviews are positive against 96% of Mars Info Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GLOBE Data Entry | Mars Info Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.4 (200 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 200 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 210 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NASA | Viktor Goltvyanytsya |
Customer experience
GLOBE Data Entry
Mars Info Lite
Bugs and requests
GLOBE Data Entry
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Mars Info Lite
Reported bugs
2 issues- Pinpoints shifted 90 degrees in longitude
- Crashes immediately on iPhone 4s
Requested features
4 requests- Implement geomorphology data
- Add ability to zoom out and see Mars alignment with other planets
- Add VR support
- Add apps for other planets
In-app purchases
GLOBE Data Entry
No in-app purchases
Mars Info Lite
No in-app purchases
Questions
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