# Rockets: Launch Tracker — Live rocket launch tracker

> Live rocket launch tracker (iPhone/iPad app by Mirco Schoepf.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rockets-launch-tracker/id6786837655 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mirco Schoepf](https://appshunter.io/developer/6786837657)
- Category: Weather, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-14
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rockets-launch-tracker/id6786837655/reviews.md

## What is Rockets?

Rockets is a personal launch-day companion for spaceflight fans who want to know what is worth watching, what changed, and what to do next. Today highlights the next relevant mission and source freshness. Explore keeps the 3D globe, search, Mission Planner, and Launch Pulse. My Missions saves a complete local journey, while Launch Room combines the countdown, status, source details, change history, Calendar, Live Activity, and alert controls.

Mission Control is the existing optional EUR 4.99 one-time purchase. It unlocks unlimited watched missions and advanced enthusiast tools forever. There is no subscription, trial, recurring billing, account, or Rockets-operated backend. Existing Mission Control buyers receive the Rockets 2 paid capabilities automatically after StoreKit restoration.

Explore launch sites on a 3D globe, search pads and missions, compare recent and upcoming launches, and use Mission Planner to filter missions by provider, orbit, status, timing, and weather or hold concerns. Add selected launch windows to Calendar and start a Live Activity for upcoming missions.

Rockets uses Launch Library 2 for launch schedules and launch pad data. If launch-site data is temporarily unavailable, the app may use OpenStreetMap Overpass as a fallback for public launch-site map data.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mission Control | $3.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 2.0 — 2026-08-09

Rockets 2 introduces Launch Day, a personal mission companion built around Today, Explore, and My Missions. See the next relevant launch and source freshness at a glance, follow a mission into Launch Room, and review transparent old/new schedule and status changes. The existing Mission Control lifetime purchase now unlocks unlimited watched missions and all advanced Rockets 2 features—without a subscription or another charge for existing owners.

### 1.28 — 2026-07-25

Launch Pulse ranks upcoming missions with an explainable readiness score based on published status, GO probability, weather or hold concerns, timing certainty, and pad history. Version 1.28 also adds a bold new app icon and direct navigation from every readiness signal to mission details.

### 1.27 — 2026-07-17

Mission Control is here: follow launches, receive T-24h, T-1h and T-10m reminders, get schedule-change alerts, and save Mission Planner filter presets with a one-time unlock.

### 1.26 — 2026-07-13

No release notes.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-14.*