A variety of Earth features can be displayed including: imagery, political boundaries, coastlines, a reference grid, and night shading. The friendly interface allows users to control the simulation, change the view perspective, modify satellite display properties, edit the views in the transition list, choose which cities from a database of over 28,000 to display, and discover information about more than 650 included satellites.

Freefall's key design feature is the fusion of engineering precision and aesthetics; a fine balance between intense engineering and graphics computations. The rendered scenes are simultaneously mesmerizing and accurate. The raw power of the Mac OS X / PowerPC architecture and the high-performance Freefall calculation libraries immerse the viewer with a sense of realism unlike any other satellite simulator.