Planes vs Space Rocket Exploration
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Planes
Engage in intense aerial combat with a variety of warplanes. Test your skills through challenging missions, including battles against formidable bosses. Simple controls and rocket/gunplay make for straightforward, action-packed gameplay.
- 10 different planes
- 15 fatigue missions
- Rocket and gunplay combat
- Laserpointer aiming
- 3 boss battles
- Simple controls
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New Level Of War Plane Sim! Planes: War Flight Sim 2016 - not another sorority app, this is game for true mean man! Let's check your fatigue! Download now and play! As cool as San Andreas! 10 different planes and 15 fatigue missions are waiting for you. Only rockets and gunplay. Control is simple, lead the laserpointer and than shoot. Enemies are mean and hard. 3 bosses check your fatigue. Download Planes: War Flight Sim 2016 and beat the records, pilot!
Space Rocket Exploration
Build and launch custom rockets to explore planets and moons in our solar system. Construct a space station with unlimited potential and deploy various satellites. Experience realistic space physics and astonishing graphics.
- Build custom rockets
- Explore solar system planets and moons
- Construct unlimited space stations
- Launch and control satellites
- Realistic space physics simulation
- Astonishing graphics
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Space Rocket Exploration gives you the ability to feel the exctiment of traveling to space and exploring planets like you never have felt and seen before. The game has astonishing graphics and physics that simulate space how it's in the real life! First part of the game is where you have to build your own rocket and launch it in the launch area! There are three stages: small stages, medium stages and larg stages. You can combine all parts of different size and make a big rocket that you can travel and discover planets further and further. Most interesting part of the game is the ability to build a Space Station in space by attaching every single part that you bring from earth. Size of Space Station is unlimited you can also add controllers to make it controllable. Satellite is another object that you can launch in space. You have many different satellites. The Game has all planets with their moons that exist in our solar system which all of them have different characteristics. Now is time for you to try it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Space Rocket Exploration at 69% against Planes's 20%. Space Rocket Exploration also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (315 vs 14). Planes's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Space Rocket Exploration holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Rocket Exploration has 315 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Planes's written reviews are positive against 69% of Space Rocket Exploration's.
Planes ships an update every 2 months, Space Rocket Exploration monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planes | Space Rocket Exploration |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (14 ratings) | 3.7 (315 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 69.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 315 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 216 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vitaliy Odarchenko | Genc Sadiku |
Customer experience
Planes
Space Rocket Exploration
Bugs and requests
Planes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Space Rocket Exploration
Reported bugs
4 issues- Rockets exploding on launch
- Satellites randomly exploding in orbit
- Inability to remove space station parts
- Orbit lines not showing correctly
Requested features
5 requests- Add landing on planets
- Improve space station building
- Introduce more rocket parts
- Add astronaut and EVA functionality
- Implement interplanetary travel
In-app purchases
Planes
No in-app purchases
Space Rocket Exploration
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Planes free?
Is Space Rocket Exploration free?
Which has better reviews, Planes or Space Rocket Exploration?
Do Planes or Space Rocket Exploration have ads?
Which is updated more often, Planes or Space Rocket Exploration?
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