Quick Summary
EarthAge is an educational reference app for iPhone and iPad that walks users through roughly 4.6 billion years of Earth's story, using a compressed timeline where a single day represents the planet’s entire history. The experience combines interactive 3D visualizations of plate movement and other major geological developments with explanatory text, illustrations, and web-based animations.
Hands-on Exploration
- Move a timeline slider to jump forward and backward through Earth's history.
- Swipe to spin and inspect a rotatable 3D globe.
- Swap between a flat map layout and a spherical globe view for different perspectives.
- Turn map labels on or off to simplify or enrich the display.
- Select among information layers such as global data, life’s progression, and fossil records.
- Access embedded online animations that expand on key processes and events.
Viewing & Controls
This app gives you control over how information is presented: switch display modes for broader context, toggle labels when you need a cleaner view, and choose which category of content to highlight so you can focus on planetary, biological, or paleontological themes.
Languages and Educational Media
EarthAge supports multiple user languages (for example: English, German, Italian) and links to web animations covering subjects like the birth of the solar system, continental drift, and major impact events that shaped Earth’s surface.
Recommended Alternative
Toca Life World: Create & Explore Your Story! — a free, kid-friendly app suggested as an alternative experience for creative exploration.
Technical
- iPhone
- Full
