Low Poly Earth
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- Rank
- No. 299Apps board
Previous survey · No. 284 ·
- Pricing
- Free
- Type
- APP
- Date
About
Low Poly Earth is a native Mac app for Apple silicon that renders the entire planet in 3D using OpenStreetMap building and road data combined with global elevation data, including 231 individually modeled landmarks and simulated day/night cycles, weather, and seasonal snow. Users can pan and zoom from orbit down to street level, fly using one of three vehicles, search for any place by name, and save 4K photographs of what they find.
At a glance
Low Poly Earth renders a stylized globe from elevation, imagery and map data. It is worth trying for a short flight over familiar terrain or a look at how daylight changes across a region.
Good fit
People who enjoy exploring terrain and city layouts, or composing a landscape view by changing the time and simulated weather.
Consider something else when
Use another source for live weather, street photography or precise building information. Buildings depend on available map data and the renderer adds procedural detail.
Start here
Choose Play online and wait for the globe to render. Click +1h to see the light move across the same view. From there, use search to jump to a named place or try the documented flight controls.
Cost and requirements
The website offers a free Apple-silicon Mac version for macOS 13 or later and a desktop browser version that needs WebGPU. Map and terrain services receive requests for the areas you explore, according to the FAQ.
Limits to know
The browser trial confirmed the globe and hourly lighting change. Native flight and image export remain untested. The developer describes weather as simulated and terrain detail as dependent on streamed data.
Sources checked 2026-11-05. Source-based assessment.
Why it made the leaderboard
A free, native Mac app lets you fly across a low-poly rendering of the entire real Earth built from open map and elevation data, with dynamic weather, lighting, and hundreds of modeled landmarks.
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