Space Frontier vs Space Rocket Exploration
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space Frontier
Launch rockets to orbit and beyond to colonize Mars in this addictive physics game. Earn in-game currency to upgrade your rockets and compete for high scores. Easy to learn, but challenging to master, offering endless replayability.
- One-button gameplay
- Fun, fast physics
- Easy to learn, hard to master
- Colonize Mars
- Earn in-game currency
- Buy new rocket parts
- Multiple rocket styles
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Blast off to the stratosphere and colonize Mars in Space Frontier, the addictive physics rocket game that your friends will want to play—but they can’t! Because it’s your phone. But hey! They can download it on theirs, too. In fact, you want them to do that. So you can pound them into dust with your superior rocket scores! In Space Frontier your mission is to launch your rocket as high in to the orbit as possible and beyond to Mars. Earn in-game currency from launches and hard working Martians. Invest it to acquire new parts/styles, and send more people to mars! Easy to play but hard to master gameplay means you’ll be coming back again and again for one more boost. Ridiculously Cool Features List: ◉ One-button gameplay ◉ Fun, fast physics ◉ Easy to learn, hard to master ◉ Colonize Mars ◉ Infinite variety and replayability ◉ Earn in-game currency to buy new rocket parts ◉ More than sixteen rocket styles to try
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 rating: Space Frontier at 4.3 against Space Rocket Exploration's 3.7. Space Frontier also leads on ratings volume (14K vs 313). Space Rocket Exploration's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (69% vs 47%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Space Frontier sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Space Rocket Exploration asks for nothing beyond the download.
Space Frontier holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Frontier has 14K ratings behind it against 313, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Space Frontier's written reviews are positive against 69% of Space Rocket Exploration's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Space Frontier ships an update every 2 months, Space Rocket Exploration monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Space Frontier | Space Rocket Exploration |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (14K ratings) — better | 3.7 (313 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.6% of reviews | 69.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 313 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 231 MB | 216 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ketchapp | Genc Sadiku |
Customer experience
Space Frontier
Space Rocket Exploration
User reviews
Space Frontier
From 14K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Good for getting into rocket science
- 👍 Fun and interesting game
- 🚀 Excellent game
- 🚀 Great game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Game just slows down
- 🐛 Crashes
- 🤖 Ad takeover
- 🤖 Too many ads
- 🐛 Doesn't save
Space Rocket Exploration
From 313 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 🌟 Great graphics
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💯 Awesome game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🔍 Lack of tutorials
- 🔌 Ads interrupting gameplay
- 🔧 Difficult to build space stations
Bugs and requests
Space Frontier
Reported bugs
7 issues- Ads pop up during launch causing rocket to explode
- Ads don't load properly
- Game freezes and lags
- Mute button doesn't work
- Coins from ads not working correctly
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- Rocket goes really slow due to glitches
- Money randomly disappears
Requested features
16 requests- Add more planets
- Add more content
- Add more customization
- Add more levels
- Add more upgrades
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- Add more planets to colonize
- Add aliens and other obstacles
- Add different types of people with different roles
- Add more strategy elements
- Add the ability to build on planets
- Add the ability to travel between planets
- Add the ability to steer the rocket
- Add the ability to control the people
- Add the ability to upgrade fuel efficiency, rocket size, etc.
- Add the ability to choose fuel load
- Add the ability to reach new planets beyond the solar system
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
Space Frontier
- Remove Ads$1.99
Space Rocket Exploration
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is Space Rocket Exploration free?
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