Future Fleet vs Backyard Apollo AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Future Fleet
Command aircraft carriers and manage flight operations from a God's-eye view. Experience realistic takeoffs and landings with various real-world aircraft and carriers. Explore naval aviation in this simulation game.
- Aircraft carrier command
- Realistic takeoffs and landings
- Multiple real-world aircraft
- Simulation of carrier operations
- God's-eye perspective
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The aircraft carrier commander is a simulation game based on the God's perspective, which can command the aircraft on the aircraft plane to take off and land, the real simulation of the aircraft carrier operations. 1.Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the lead ship of her class of United States Navy supercarriers. with Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet twin-engine carrier-capable multirole fighter aircraft 2.Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning is the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force. It is classified as a training ship, intended to allow the Navy to experiment and gain familiarity with aircraft carrier operations. with J-15, a Chinese carrier-based jet fighter aircraft also known as Flying Shark include Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities.
Backyard Apollo AR
Experience a life-sized Apollo Saturn V rocket in augmented reality. Explore it from all angles, walk around it, and launch it with realistic sounds and visuals. Customize your rocket experience and share snapshots.
- Life-sized rocket model
- 360-degree viewing
- Augmented reality placement
- Realistic launch sequence
- Authentic mission sounds
- Customizable rocket experience
- Snapshot sharing
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Its the model rocket you’ve always wanted! See a life-sized Apollo Saturn V rocket up close from every angle walk under and around it, then blast it off! Authentic mission sounds using 3D positional audio — wear headphones for the coolest effect — combine with realistic high-detail graphics, physically-based rendering, and HDR audio recordings of real rocket launches to make the experience just like being there! You’ll be able to launch your rocket again and again, from anywhere you like. Just tap where you want your rocket to appear. It's that easy! Launch a tiny model on your desktop or a full-sized giant in a field! Backyard Apollo offers ways to customize your experience too, making it even more fun to launch your rockets and take snapshots for your friends. “3…2…1…Houston: we have liftoff”!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Backyard Apollo AR at 70% against Future Fleet's 26%. Backyard Apollo AR also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). Future Fleet's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). 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. Future Fleet sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Backyard Apollo AR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Backyard Apollo AR holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backyard Apollo AR has 1.5K ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Future Fleet's written reviews are positive against 70% of Backyard Apollo AR's.
Future Fleet ships an update every 2 weeks, Backyard Apollo AR every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Future Fleet | Backyard Apollo AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (60 ratings) | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.6% of reviews | 69.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.4 GB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 昱贇 姜 | Wobbleworks LLC |
Customer experience
Future Fleet
Backyard Apollo AR
Bugs and requests
Future Fleet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Backyard Apollo AR
Reported bugs
3 issues- Startup crashes and sensor reset loops
- Rocket launch sequence freezes
- Persistent audio issues after app closure
Requested features
3 requests- Add more rocket models and launch configurations
- Implement video recording capability
- Improve overall stability and performance
In-app purchases
Future Fleet
- 1000Gold Flying coins$0.99
- TYPE003$0.99
- 快速补给舰$0.99
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- VIP$1.99
- 10000Gold Flying coins$8.99
- 60000Gold Flying coins$48.99
Backyard Apollo AR
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Future Fleet free?
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