EarthViewer

Name: EarthViewer
Rating: 4.3 (106 reviews)
Author: Howard Hughes Medical Institute

By: Howard Hughes Medical Institute App

Education

Overview

Version:

2.1

Last updated: 2017-06-19

Ranking

#135,397 ▼ 15

Overall

Features & Capabilities

EarthViewer acts as a time machine for Earth’s deep history. Users scroll through 4.5 billion years to see how continents drift, how fossils moved across the globe, and how climate and sea level evolved. The viewer layers data on atmospheric composition, temperature, biodiversity, day length, and solar luminosity to create a richer picture of our planet’s past.

Aimed at teachers and students, EarthViewer offers continental reconstructions, sea level maps (past and near-future), global temperature maps, automated play modes, and flexible projections between globe and flat maps. Its classroom-ready features include clickable geologic time details, extensive references, and practical ideas for teaching about major geological and biological events.

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App Education

By:

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Rating:

4.30

(106)

Version:

2.1 Last updated: 2017-06-19

Version code:

841950837

Creation date:

2013-01-31

Compatible devices:

Size:

107.67MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-10

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# 135,397 ▼ 15

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Developed by:

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earthviewer/id590208430

Website:

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive

User Reviews

EarthViewer is praised for its educational, free, and engaging portrayal of Earth's geologic history across billions of years, with classroom value and broad usefulness. However, it suffers from stability and exit problems, compatibility/update concerns, and visual glitches. Users frequently request expanded content (more periods, future drift, more continents) to enhance realism. Overall, its strong educational potential is clear, but ongoing support, bug fixes, and feature expansions are needed.

Pros

Educational and engaging Geologic History simulation that helps users understand Earth's long history
Free app with high educational value and widespread classroom utility
Delivers a broad, billions-of-years timescale useful for studying continental drift
Widely regarded as an informative and fascinating educational tool
Recognized as a valuable resource for both laypeople and students

Cons

Exit/close issues requiring force quit or device restart to close the app
Compatibility/update problems, including lack of iOS 13 support and apparent stale updates
Graphic and visualization bugs (e.g., missing lat/lon grid, transparent globe, distorted images)
Occasional factual/graphics inaccuracies and inconsistent data presentation
Requests for more content/features (additional ancient periods, future continental drift, more continents)

Recent reviews

This app is fairly accurate up until about the last hundred years when the images become completely disingenuous If you go back to the Cambrian and Ordovician, the app shows planetary temperatures to be 25 to 30°C with 5000 ppm CO2. But fast-forward to the last hundred years and the CO2 content of the atmosphere shows 380-400 ppm and mean temp of 15.5 (half that of the Ordovician. But the Ordovician image is bluish green and very “cool” an appearance. The so-called Anthropocene is red and orange like the Earth is extremely hot despite the fact that it’s half the temperature observed 450 million years ago and 1/10 the concentration of CO2 As a professional earth scientist, this makes me want to vomit. It’s so blatantly obvious what this app is trying to do. At least be more scientific and accurate in your presentation.