Features & Capabilities

Turn your iPad or iPhone into a window aboard the International Space Station. Experience stunning views of Earth captured by NASA astronauts.

Turn your iPad or iPhone into a window aboard the International Space Station. Experience stunning views of Earth captured by NASA astronauts. Touch the views and control the planet with your finger. A truly amazing one-of-a-kind experience.

The app comes complete with seven beautiful interactive views of earth as well as access to the HDEV live view showing Earth live from the Space Station. In addition the app includes 8 relaxing ambient space soundtracks, a clock, and worldwide weather from Weather Underground.

Please note that the ISS HDEV live feed is often off-line or otherwise unavailable. Even when on-line, the live view often shows black as the ISS is regularly on the dark side of Earth.

Support for AirPlay on the iPad (4th gen, 3rd gen, and iPad 2), iPhone 5, and iPhone 4S. See display options in app for instructions on how to enable.

Images courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center.

Created by the makers of Magic Window. For more beautiful views check out Magic Window on iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Apple TV. Earthlapse TV is also available on Apple TV (sold separately.)

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Jetson Creative LLC
Rating:
4.10
(25)
Version:
3.1415 Last updated: 2017-10-24
Version code:
841412056
Creation date:
2012-05-18
Compatible devices:
Size:
538.60MB
URLs:
Website
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-06
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Developed by:
Jetson Creative LLC
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earthlapse/id522003167
Website:
http://www.jetsoncreative.com/earthlapse/

User Reviews

Earthlapse is widely praised for its stunning Earth imagery and calming ambient soundtrack, offering a relaxing visual experience. However, users frequently complain about the app’s large size, limited and looping content, lack of real-time video, and compatibility/HD issues on some devices (notably older iPads and Apple TV).
Pros
  • Beautiful Earth imagery and visuals
  • Relaxing ambient music/soundscape
  • Generally positive reception and appeal
  • Ability to stream/cast to HDTV/Apple TV
Cons
  • Large storage size / significant storage hog
  • Content is limited and not regularly updated; few videos/images
  • No real-time/live feed; media are looped prerecorded videos
  • Compatibility issues with older devices/OS and cross‑device availability
  • HD quality issues on Apple TV
Recent reviews
Awesome images and background music. Relaxing and intriguing. Play to find a relaxing series of images of the earth from the SST.
by MI*****, 2026-05-03

The weather is showing forecast it’s blank space station it’s not right working . Please fix’s Earthlapse and I will give you a five star rating.iPad os and iOS iPhone too. Thank you
by Sp*****, 2024-10-03

The earth is flat this is all cgi crap lol
by MH*****, 2023-07-12
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