A God's-Eye View of Earth — native on your iPhone.
Love the idea of God's Eye View — Bilawal Sidhu's open-source “spy-satellite simulator, except the data is real”? PlanetEar brings that same god's-eye view to iOS, rebuilt natively: live aircraft, ships, satellites and the ISS, earthquakes, weather and thousands of cameras over a cinematic 3D Earth — with no API keys, no map billing, and everything private on-device.
The original God's Eye View by Bilawal Sidhu (above). PlanetEar is an independent, unaffiliated project — all credit for the concept goes to him. See the open-source repo.
Inspired by the original God's Eye View.
In August 2026 Bilawal Sidhu open-sourced God's Eye View — a browser app that fuses live public data onto a photorealistic 3D globe, and it hit #1 on GitHub Trending. Brilliant on a desktop, but it needs Google's paid 3D Tiles, your own API keys and a big screen. We thought a god's-eye view belonged in your pocket — so we built a native iPhone take on the idea that's free, keyless and private.
Same god's-eye view. A different engine.
God's Eye View's photorealistic globe is gorgeous. PlanetEar trades it for a native one that's free to run, private, and built for a phone. Honestly, side by side:
| Feature | God's Eye View (web) | PlanetEar (iOS) |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | Web browser (desktop) | Native iPhone app (iOS 17+) |
| 3D globe | Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles — a paid, billable API | Apple MapKit + SceneKit — native, no map API billing |
| Live aircraft (ADS-B) | Yes | Yes |
| Ships (AIS) | Yes | Yes |
| Satellites & the ISS | Yes | Yes — SGP4 propagated on-device |
| Earthquakes & natural events | Yes | Yes |
| Traffic & public cameras | Yes | Yes |
| Weather forecast | — | Yes — current, hourly & 7-day |
| Voice control | Realtime AI agent (LLM, needs an API key) | On-device parser — no LLM, no cloud |
| API keys to run | Bring your own (Google, LLM, …) | None — nothing to configure |
| Cost | Free & open-source (you pay the API bills) | Free on the App Store |
| Works in your pocket | Runs in a browser | Built for iPhone, offline-friendly |
Questions people ask
Is there a God's Eye View app for iPhone?
Yes — PlanetEar is a free native iOS app that brings the god's-eye-view idea to iPhone: live aircraft, ships, satellites, the ISS, earthquakes, weather and thousands of public and traffic cameras over a 3D Earth, plus a full Solar System. It's inspired by Bilawal Sidhu's open-source God's Eye View, rebuilt natively for iOS.
Is PlanetEar the same as God's Eye View?
No, and it isn't affiliated with it. God's Eye View is an open-source browser app by Bilawal Sidhu that renders a photorealistic globe using Google's paid 3D Tiles. PlanetEar is an independent iPhone app inspired by the same idea, built on Apple's native stack so it runs smoothly on mobile with no API keys and no map billing.
Why build a native iOS version instead of a mobile web page?
The browser version leans on Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles and a cloud LLM for voice — both billable, and heavy on a phone. Building natively with MapKit and SceneKit means no map API charges, on-device voice with no LLM, better battery and performance, and it works even where a web app would struggle.
How much does PlanetEar cost?
It's completely free on the App Store — no account, no subscription, no API keys to enter and no ads.
What can I see in it?
Live aircraft (ADS-B), ships (AIS), satellites and the ISS, earthquakes and natural events, weather, thousands of traffic and public cameras, internet radio and scanners, ham-radio beacons, bikeshare docks, the submarine cables under the sea, and a real Solar System with live orbits.
Get the god's-eye view in your pocket.
Free on the App Store. No account, no keys, nothing to configure — just open it and fly.
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