Cinematic worlds
Explore a photographic Earth, a reimagined Sun, and richer planets and moons in the app’s interactive 3D renderer.
Dust to Cosmos 3.0
An extraordinary universe. Yours to explore.
Turn a sunlit Earth in your hands. Fly past Saturn’s rings. Follow Voyager beyond the planets. A deeper universe begins here.
Preview the upcoming update. Start exploring with the current app today.
Keep exploring
Illustrative EarthEarth in motion
New in 3.0
Come closer to our home planet.
Sunlight over an ocean. Clouds casting shadows. A blue atmosphere fading into the dark. Meet a more cinematic Earth—and keep exploring beyond it.
Clouds with a history
See recent cloud observations and their capture times. Revisit available recorded frames, then continue into the Solar System at the same epoch.
Wonder, with context
Keep observations, reconstructions and modeled effects distinguishable. The Sun combines archival observations and visual models; it is not a live solar feed.
iPhone & iPad
Your own window into the cosmos.
A pocket universe on iPhone. An expansive observatory on iPad. Rotate a planet, explore a system, and give every discovery room to breathe.
A proper iPad experience
Landscape exploration gives planets, system navigation and requested detail panels their own space.
Same curiosity, either device
Browse, Now, Journey and Record. Explore the same universe in portrait on iPhone and landscape on iPad.
Made to be touched
Turn worlds with a drag. Move closer with a pinch. Follow your curiosity through connected celestial systems.
The next chapter in 3.0
Take the controls. Follow the wonder.
Take a spacecraft to the Moon and beyond. Steer with touch controls, accelerate through fictional obstacles, and collect points and exploration stamps.
10
flight destinations
24
science dossiers
109
Earth epochs
Voyager 1 & 2 · Free
Inspect both spacecraft, explore their sourced trajectories and discoveries, and revisit the 1989 Neptune encounter.
Earth Through Time · Pro
Move from modeled early environments to reconstructed continents and modern Earth. Explore 109 geography epochs spanning 540 million years.
Black Hole Studio · Pro
Adjust the disc, light, color and motion while watching the renderer respond. Save a view that is distinctly yours.
Find your next discovery
One universe. So many ways in.
Follow the connections.
Move through planets, moons, star systems, black holes and deep-sky objects. Select a world, focus on it, then keep its larger system in view.
- Connected systems
- Earth and Moon, the Solar System, Jupiter, Saturn and beyond.
- Science Dossiers · Pro in 3.0
- 24 curated dossiers with measurements, uncertainty and compatible comparisons.
- Observation Desk
- Representative images and sources are free. Pro adds deeper observing guides.
Start with the sky around you.
Make today’s curiosity a place to begin. Explore Living Earth, inspect available cloud observations, or use a guided AR view to find a target in the sky.
- Living Earth
- A connected Earth experience with source times kept visible.
- AR sky guidance · expanded in Pro
- Target directions, surrounding stars, horizon and observing guides. Moon finding stays free.
- Voyager observatory · Free
- Explore sourced trajectories and their data dates for Voyager 1 and 2.
Experience the scale of it all.
Compare sizes and travel with light. Go further with piloted flight, Earth’s interior and Earth Through Time.
- Cosmic scale
- Size comparison, Journey of Light and the Cosmic Calendar.
- Earth Interior · Pro in 3.0
- Rotate a 3D cutaway and explore physical depths. Representative depths remain free.
- Your own expedition · Pro
- Piloted flight, exploration stamps and 109 reconstructed Earth epochs.
Keep what made you stop.
Save a scene, add a thought, and keep the source beside it. Your observations become a personal collection you can return to.
- Observation notebook · Pro
- Saved scenes and viewpoints, notes, source records and comparison exports.
- Continue your expedition · Pro
- Return to flight stamps and saved viewpoints.
- Basic sharing stays free
- Keep ordinary image sharing, source access and scientific context.
Dust to Cosmos Pro
Go deeper, with one purchase.
3.0 brings the expanded experiences together in the same non-consumable Pro purchase. No new subscription. No separate ticket for each journey.
3.0 is in preparation. Availability and regional pricing will be shown in the app at release.
- Cinematic Earth, Sun & planets
- Recent observed clouds & available replay
- Black Hole Studio & piloted flight
- Earth Through Time & 3D Earth Interior
- Additional observatories, science dossiers & notebooks
- Pro Motion · up to 120 FPS on supported devices
Curiosity comes first
Core exploration, Voyager 1 and 2, the Neptune encounter, Moon finding, sources, basic sharing and 30/60 FPS stay free. Try Cinematic on Earth or the Sun for one minute.
Beautiful. And honest about what you see.
Dust to Cosmos is a 3D space exploration app by SnapWorks Lab for iPhone and iPad. Explore connected worlds, compare their sizes, and read the evidence behind real discoveries. Source labels distinguish observations, reconstructions and modeled imagery.
Source organizations provide scientific data; they do not endorse this app. Cloud observations can be delayed or missing. Early Earth environments and internal materials include explanatory models.
Hero Earth textures: Solar System Scope / INOVE · CC BY 4.0. NASA-based maps, resized and converted, with illustrative lighting, atmosphere and accelerated rotation. Not current cloud observations or a native app capture.
A few things before you launch.
What is Dust to Cosmos?
Dust to Cosmos: Universe Scale is a 3D space exploration app for iPhone and iPad, made by SnapWorks Lab. Explore connected planets, moons, stars, black holes and deep-sky objects, compare their sizes, and discover cosmic time with visible scientific sources.
Is Dust to Cosmos 3.0 available now?
3.0 is being prepared for release. App Store links open the currently published version. Screens on this page were captured from the 3.0 development build; check the store for update availability.
Does it support iPad as well as iPhone?
Yes. iPhone defaults to portrait and also supports landscape. iPad uses a broad landscape workspace for exploration and detail.
What stays free, and what is included in Pro?
Core exploration, Voyager 1 and 2, the Neptune encounter, Moon finding, sources, basic sharing and 30/60 FPS stay free. Try Cinematic on Earth or the Sun for one minute. Advanced experiences share one non-consumable Pro purchase, with no subscription. High-refresh Pro Motion requires Pro; actual frame rates depend on the scene, hardware, temperature and power state. Check the app for regional pricing.
Is the imagery live, observed or simulated?
It depends on the feature. Cloud observations show capture times and can have gaps. The cinematic Sun uses archival data and modeled effects. Voyager uses public trajectory coverage, while piloted flight is virtual. Deep-time geography is reconstructed; early environments are modeled. Source and Truth Class information distinguish these cases.
Can I use it offline?
Bundled celestial content and offline science materials can be explored without a continuous connection. Fresh cloud observations and other network data need internet access. Cloud replay depends on the validated records actually available on the device.
Was Dust to Cosmos featured on the App Store?
Yes. In July 2026, Dust to Cosmos appeared in “Best New Apps and Updates” in the United States and “Hot This Week” in Canada, on both iPhone and iPad. These placements were documented on July 4, 2026; that is the verification date, not a confirmed first day of featuring. Apple’s collections change over time. This recognition of the app is separate from the upcoming 3.0 release.
3.0 · Coming soon
The universe is already in your hands.
Start exploring today. A whole new depth arrives with 3.0.
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