Comparison

Draw A Rocket Lite vs Horizon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Draw A Rocket Lite

Explore the galaxy and develop your drawing skills by creating rockets and vehicles. This version features spacemen, rockets, and moon-buggies to draw and drive across alien worlds. It's designed by educators to foster creativity and online safety for children.

Highlights
  • Develop drawing confidence
  • Explore the galaxy
  • Draw spacemen, rockets, and moon-buggies
  • Drive vehicles to alien worlds
  • Child-friendly design
  • Focus on online safety
Features
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Develop drawing confidence as you explore the galaxy. Lite version showcases spaceman, rocket & moon-buggies to draw and drive to two alien worlds. In the full version draw your way past aliens, lasers and fire pits whilst using your problem solving skills! In space you need to be creative to survive!! The MadeByEducators Project design apps with children we know in mind. As educators we are committed to maintaining a high level of online safety for children, parents and teachers. We are upfront about what our apps contain, so there are no hidden surprises. Child friendly apps - No in-app purchases - No third-party advertising - No social media integration - No collection or sharing of personal information

About

Horizon

Features
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Hold up your phone and watch the night sky come alive. Horizon-AR uses your camera, GPS, and device motion to place real-time augmented reality overlays exactly where celestial objects appear in the sky above you. TRACK THE SOLAR SYSTEM Follow the Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn with a live arc overlay showing each object's full path across the sky tonight. Rise and set times update in real time based on your precise location. 110 MESSIER DEEP-SKY OBJECTS IN AR Activate Hot Targets mode and see every Messier object currently above your horizon floating in the AR view — galaxies, nebulae, open clusters, and globular clusters, each colour-coded by type. Tap any label to open a detail card showing: • Object type and Messier catalogue number • Common name (Andromeda Galaxy, Orion Nebula, Pleiades…) • Current altitude above the horizon • Apparent visual magnitude • Recommended instrument — naked eye, binoculars, or telescope • Favourite toggle, saved across sessions When objects cluster together, a single tap fans them out radially so you can reach each one individually. FILTER BY OBJECT TYPE Narrow the Hot Targets overlay to just galaxies, just nebulae, or just star clusters with a single tap. Objects you've starred appear in your Nightly Overview for quick access every session. FREEZE THE SKY Long-press anywhere to lock the entire AR view — overlays and camera image — as a still frame. Perfect for star parties, sketching, or sharing a screenshot. Tap once to unfreeze. NIGHTLY OVERVIEW Open the Tonight sheet for a full list of rise, transit, and set times for all solar system objects plus your Messier favourites, sorted for the coming night at your location. WORKS WITHOUT FULL PERMISSIONS No camera access? Horizon-AR switches to a star-field background with altitude rings and an azimuth grid so you can still explore the sky. Declined location? Enter coordinates manually and continue without interruption. No account. No subscription. No ads. Privacy: your location and camera data never leave your device.

Screenshots

Draw A Rocket Lite4 screens
Horizon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Horizon at every 2 months against Draw A Rocket Lite's every 21 months. Draw A Rocket Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Draw A Rocket Lite ships an update every 21 months, Horizon every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Draw A Rocket Lite versus Horizon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraw A Rocket LiteHorizon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopermadebyeducatorsMichael Bartos

In-app purchases

None

Draw A Rocket Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Horizon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Draw A Rocket Lite free?
Draw A Rocket Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Horizon free?
Horizon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Draw A Rocket Lite or Horizon have ads?
Neither Draw A Rocket Lite nor Horizon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Draw A Rocket Lite or Horizon?
Draw A Rocket Lite ships an update every 21 months, and Horizon every 2 months. Most recently, Draw A Rocket Lite was updated on November 2, 2026 and Horizon on October 31, 2026.

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