DFRCT vs Tiny Space Program
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DFRCT
This utility helps test your connection to a Dwarf Fortress Remote server before buying the full application. It's ideal for users with servers behind firewalls or NAT, ensuring connectivity before purchase. Results may vary between cellular and Wi-Fi networks, so test your intended play connections.
- Connection testing for DF Remote server
- Firewall and NAT compatibility check
- Pre-purchase connectivity verification
- Supports cellular and Wi-Fi network testing
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Dwarf Fortress Remote Connection Tester This tool lets you test connection to your Dwarf Fortress Remote server before purchasing the actual DF Remote application. This is useful if your server is behind a firewall or NAT and you're unsure DF Remote will work. Please note that results may differ when you switch between a cellular and different Wi-Fi networks. You should test the same connection(s) you're intending to use to play. Visit mifki.com/df/setup for instructions on setting up a DF Remote server.
Tiny Space Program
Manage your own space agency, from designing and building rockets to launching missions for research, mining, or tourism. Explore planets and moons, establish off-world economies, and advance your technology in this interplanetary simulation.
- Space program management
- Build off-world colonies
- Launch rockets and spaceships
- Research technologies
- Mine resources from celestial bodies
- Astronaut progression
- Simulates orbital mechanics
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Build and run your own space program — like SpaceX, but yours. Launch rockets, manage astronauts, mine planets, and colonize the solar system from the Moon to beyond the Kuiper Belt. WHAT WOULD YOU DO AS A SPACE BILLIONAIRE? Send tourists on a spacewalk? Start a mining operation on Titan? Build a space station around Mars? In Tiny Space Program you manage the early colonization of our solar system — based on real orbital mechanics and ship propulsion. BUILD YOUR SPACE AGENCY - Launch rockets and spaceships into orbit - Build off-world colonies, outposts, and modular space stations - Mine resources on moons, planets, and dwarf planets - Research new technologies and better spacecraft - Level up your astronauts and equip spacesuits - Establish off-world economies and trade A CHILL GAME, NOT A CHORE No forced ads, no daily-streak punishments. Play at your own pace — run an hour-long research expedition, take tourists on a quick tour, then put it down and come back later. Mines keep producing while you're away. MADE BY ONE DEVELOPER Actively updated (space stations, automation, dwarf planets, and vehicles all shipped recently). Join the Discord and help shape what comes next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tiny Space Program at 4.5 against DFRCT's 3.7. Tiny Space Program also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). DFRCT's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tiny Space Program sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. DFRCT asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tiny Space Program holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Space Program has 1.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of DFRCT's written reviews are positive against 80% of Tiny Space Program's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DFRCT ships an update every 3 months, Tiny Space Program monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DFRCT | Tiny Space Program |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 79.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MIFKI PTY LTD | Jerry Neimann |
Customer experience
DFRCT
Tiny Space Program
Bugs and requests
DFRCT
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tiny Space Program
Reported bugs
4 issues- Buttons not working or unresponsive
- Disappearing ships and resources
- Crashes and freezes after updates
- Quests and missions not tracking properly
Requested features
6 requests- Add more planets and moons to explore
- Improve the economy and resource management
- Implement cloud/online save functionality
- Streamline the UI and make it more intuitive
- Expand the research and upgrade trees
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- Add more animations and visual effects
In-app purchases
DFRCT
No in-app purchases
Tiny Space Program
- Supporting the game, thank you$1.99
- Helping out, many thanks$4.99
- Crystal Pack 1$4.99
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- Starter Pack$4.99
- Plasma Space Ship Package$8.99
- You are great! Many thanks$9.99
- Crystal Pack 2$9.99
- Colonizer Pack$9.99
- Experimental Dragon Ships$9.99
- Aerospike space ship pack$9.99
- A big pile of credits$19.99
- Crystal Pack 3$19.99
- Biggest box of credits$49.99
- Crystal Pack 4$49.99
