Rocketboat vs Live Factory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rocketboat
Embark on an action-adventure platformer with a unique visual style blending pixel art and 3D. Experience a humorous story filled with nostalgic nods, sci-fi tropes, and conspiracy themes, all set to a retro soundtrack.
- Unique graphic style
- Humorous story
- Nostalgic gaming and sci-fi nods
- Retro 8-bit soundtrack
- Touch controls or gamepad support
- Unlockable Challenge Mode
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Rocketboat - Pilot is an action/adventure platformer which features a unique graphic style that mixes classic minimalist pixel art with modern 3D rendering techniques. The game tells a humorous story with memorable characters while giving nods to nostalgic gaming and sci-fi clichés, conspiracy culture, the Illuminati, and even the hacktivist group Anonymous. Tying it all together is an 8-bit retro soundtrack influenced by the band’s music. * Use touch controls or a gamepad (recommended!) * Turn on shadows via Options > Display! * Find hidden music notes to unlock jukebox featuring original Rocketboat recordings and chiptune remakes. * Collect all planet points to unlock Challenge Mode! * Please rate and review! STORY: Far beyond the reaches of the Milky Way, a great darkness is looming. A clandestine force using powerful social manipulation techniques is controlling the resources of star systems throughout the universe. Their only existential threat appears to be a rock band from the planet Earth. Meanwhile on Earth, while experimenting with new ways to promote their music, the band Rocketboat is about to find itself on a life-changing adventure.
Live Factory
Explore a hidden underground factory filled with dangers, secrets, and spatial puzzles. Utilize your wit and reaction to uncover all its mysteries. Enjoy immersive 3D graphics, responsive controls, and offline gameplay.
- Underground factory exploration
- Spatial puzzles and secrets
- Responsive 3D controls
- Offline gameplay
- Cloud save progress
- Gamepad and keyboard support
- Customizable controls
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Run, jump, fix, explore, have fun and enjoy the game! ABOUT THE GAME: Explore an underground factory hidden from eyes, filled with dangers, secrets and spatial puzzles. Use your wits and reaction to reveal all the secrets! Excellent 3D graphics and music will immerse you in the atmosphere at their best. Responsive controls will help you to run away from trouble and make accurate jumps to the intended goal. FEATURES: • Interesting gameplay • Unusual visual style and beautiful 3D graphics • New game mechanics and situations during your passing through • Offline. No network required - great for travelers • Ability to save progress to the cloud • 100% achievements is a challenge and will definitely take some time to beat. CONTROLS: • Support of Gamepad or Joystick • Keyboard support • Ability to customize controls by your wish PERFORMANCE: • Ability to change graphics quality to increase performance and raise FPS. Game with a soul
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Live Factory at 100% against Rocketboat's 0%. Live Factory also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Rocketboat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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. Live Factory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rocketboat asks for nothing beyond the download.
Live Factory holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Rocketboat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Live Factory's.
| Parameter | Rocketboat | Live Factory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 14 months |
| 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 | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 184 MB | 419 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Present Day Media LLC | Ekaterina Molodtsova |
Customer experience
Rocketboat
Live Factory
In-app purchases
Rocketboat
No in-app purchases
Live Factory
- full version$0.99








