# SOS Explorer

> Explore Earth and Space

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1358724422](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1358724422)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1358724422`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** University of Colorado Boulder
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (20 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-09
- **First published:** 2019-08-12
- **Size:** 249 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sos-explorer/id1358724422)
- **Website:** [https://sos.noaa.gov/SOS\_Explorer/](https://sos.noaa.gov/SOS_Explorer/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sos.noaa.gov/noaa-privacy-policy/](https://sos.noaa.gov/noaa-privacy-policy/)

## Description

SOS Explorer (SOSx) Mobile is a free, flat screen mobile app version of the popular NOAA Science On a Sphere (SOS). This revolutionary software takes SOS datasets, usually only seen on a 6-foot sphere in large museum spaces, and makes them accessible, portable, and interactive anywhere. SOSx Mobile can immerse the user in animated images such as Saturn’s rings, atmospheric storms, climate change, and ocean temperatures to help explain sometimes complex environmental processes in a way that is intuitive, captivating, interactive, and entertaining. A desktop version, called SOS Explorer, is also available. 

Thank you for using SOS Explorer (SOSx) Mobile. We are committed to continually improving our software and providing you with an engaging and educational experience. We hope you enjoy the new features and enhancements in version 1.2!  Please continue to share your feedback with us as we work on improvements. We appreciate your patience and support.

Features include:

• Streaming, high-resolution datasets
• Educational videos
• User-guided tours
• Analysis tools
• 100+ datasets
• Global and flat map views

Sample datasets:

• Recent Hurricane Seasons
• Bird Migration
• Earthquake Activity
• Snow and Ice
• Ocean Currents
• Historical Tsunamis
• Facebook Friendships
• Air Traffic
• Planets of the Solar System
• Climate Change Models
• 360 Underwater Imagery
• Narrated Movies
• ...and so much more!

## Rankings

- #246,032 — Overall
- #73 — explore

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