Comparison

Advanced Space Flight vs F

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

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About

Advanced Space Flight

Explore the cosmos with a realistic space simulator for interplanetary and interstellar travel. Experience relativistic effects, view planets in real scale, and chart star systems with confirmed exoplanets. Discover the true scale of the universe, from nearby moons to the observable universe.

Highlights
  • Realistic space flight simulation
  • Relativistic effects for interstellar travel
  • Planetarium with real-scale planets and orbits
  • Star chart and exoplanet explorer
  • Full-scale universe exploration
  • Multiple spacecraft and flight modes
Features
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Advanced Space Flight is a realistic space simulator for interplanetary and interstellar travel. It is the only space simulator available that takes into account relativistic effects during interstellar flight. Besides simulating space flight this app can also be used as a planetarium, with all known planets shown in real scale with their accurate keplerian orbits. It can also be used as a star chart and exoplanet explorer, showing all solar systems with confirmed exoplanets within 50 light years from the Sun. This is the only app where you can get a sense of the true scale of the Universe, zooming out throught thousands of galaxies and galaxy clusters until you see the entire observable universe in your screen. Locations: - All Solar System planets plus 5 dwarf planets and 27 moons - All confirmed exoplanetary solar systems within 50 light years from the Sun, making a total of over 100+ exoplanets. - Over 50+ stars, including main sequence stars like the Sun, red dwarfs like TRAPPIST-1, white dwarfs like Sirius B, brown dwarfs like 54 Piscium B, etc. - Experience the full scale of the Universe: you can zoom out from a few meters to billions of light years, until you see the entire observable universe in your screen. Flight Modes: - Realistic Flight: Travel using optimized trajectories, calculated based on the orbital parameters of the origin and destination planets to minimize fuel usage. These are the kind of trajectories that would be used in a real space mission. - Free Flight: Take manual control of a spaceship in space, activating the engines as you see fit to achieve your goals. Spaceships: Advanced Space Flight features several spacecraft, based on present and future technology: - Space Shuttle (Chemical Rocket): Designed in 1968-1972 by NASA and North American Rockwell. It has been in service from 1981 to 2011, making it the most successful reusable spacecraft ever built. - Falcon Heavy (Chemical Rocket): Designed and manufactured by SpaceX, made its first flight in 2018. - Nuclear Ferry (Nuclear Thermal Rocket): Designed in 1964 by Ling-Temco-Vought Inc. - Lewis Ion Rocket (Ion Drive): Designed in a 1965 study by the Lewis Research Center. - Project Orion (Nuclear Pulse Propulsion): Designed in 1957-1961 by General Atomics. Some early prototypes were built before the project was abandoned after 1963. - Project Daedalus (Fusion Rocket): Designed in 1973-1978 by the British Interplanetary Society. - Antimatter Startship (Antimatter Rocket): First proposed in the early 1950s, the concept was further studied after advances in antimatter physics in the 80s and 90s. - Bussard Ramjet (Fusion Ramjet): First proposed in 1960 by Robert W. Bussard, design was improved in 1989 by Robert Zubrin and Dana Andrews. - IXS Enterprise (Alcubierre Warp Drive): Based on a concept design fom NASA designed in 2008 and popularized in 2015, it was the first serious attempt to design a superluminal spacecraft. Artificial Satellites: Several human-made satellites are present in the app: - Sputnik 1 - Hubble Space Telecope - Internation Space Station - Kepler Space Observatory - Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) - James Webb Space Telescope Effects: - Atmospheric light scattering effects, making atmospheres look realistic both from space and from the surface of planets. - Planetary clouds that move at different speed than the surface. - Clouds in tidal-locked planets form giant hurricanes, caused by the Coriolis force. - Stars with volumetric corona and lens flares. Star color determined by surface temperature. - Planetary rings with realistic light scattering and real-time shadows from the planet. - Realtivistic effects when travelling close to the speed of light: time dilation, length contraction and relativistic doppler effect. Join our discord community for discussions or suggestions about the app: https://discord.gg/guHq8gAjpu You can also contact me by email if you have any complaint or suggestion: gpawlowsky@gmail.com

About

F

Experience the thrill of landing a space shuttle with this detailed flight simulator. It offers console-quality graphics, interactive tutorials, and realistic flight physics for an authentic challenge. Master the steep and fast approach, improve your landings with scoring, and compete with friends.

Highlights
  • Realistic space shuttle approach and landing simulation
  • Console-quality graphics
  • Interactive tutorials with autopilot assist
  • Landing analysis and scoring system
  • Orbit mode
  • Multiple landing sites including White Sands
  • Adjustable wind conditions and emergency scenarios
Features
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Here is the long-awaited successor to our critically acclaimed flight simulator. It simulates the Space Shuttle approach and landing in incredible detail and accuracy. This is a remaster of our original F-Sim Space Shuttle, completely rewritten from scratch. New features include: - Console quality graphics - Interactive tutorials - White Sands as a third landing site option - Orbit mode F-Sim Space Shuttle combines realistic flight simulation with stunning graphics and fun gameplay. You’ve never landed a Space Shuttle before? We’ve got you covered: Included are several tutorials with varying degrees of autopilot assist. Our landing analysis and scoring system tells you exactly how to improve your next landing. It will make you come back and try again. Each flight starts at either 10,000 feet, already aligned with the runway, or at up to 50,000 feet, before banking into the heading alignment cone. During descent, the Orbiter is an unpowered glider, so you will only have one chance to get it right. Astronauts used to call it a flying brick: Because of its 200,000 lbs. gross weight and low lift over drag ratio, the approach is six times steeper and two times faster than a typical airliner approach. After your first safe touchdown, chase that perfect landing, compare your high scores online with your friends, earn medals, and unlock achievements. Experiment with different wind conditions, night approaches, and even emergency scenarios or system failures. At the end of each flight, watch a replay from different camera angles. You control the Orbiter’s pitch and roll axes by tilting your device. Alternatively, you may switch to on-screen analog sticks or use a gamepad. Rudder, speed brake, gear, and chute are usually handled by the autopilot, but you can have full manual control if you like. For beginners, we’ve added rectangles that visualize the desired approach path. Simply try to stay within the corridor of rectangles, and they’ll guide you right to the touchdown point. Advanced pilots can turn them off and rely on the instruments in the head-up display (HUD) instead. The simulated guidance, navigation and control (GNC) systems are authentic replications of their counterparts in the real Orbiter, and the HUD features all the instruments real Space Shuttle commanders used to employ to skillfully land this unique aircraft. Now it’s your turn to give it a try. A new orbit mode lets you take the Orbiter for a spin around the planet, and we’re working on a full atmospheric re-entry scenario, which, among other new features, will be released as free updates in the coming months. There are no ads or in app purchases, and we don’t collect any personal data.

Screenshots

Advanced Space Flight4 screens
F4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Advanced Space Flight at 85% against F's 63%. F's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (535 vs 40). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Advanced Space Flight costs $4.99 and F $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

F holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: F has 535 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Advanced Space Flight's written reviews are positive against 63% of F's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Advanced Space Flight ships an update every 4 months, F every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Advanced Space Flight versus F: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdvanced Space FlightF
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating4.3 (40 ratings)4.6 (535 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.8% of reviews — better62.6% of reviews
Number of ratings40535 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#66 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB1.3 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuillermo PawlowskySkyTale Software GmbH

Customer experience

Advanced Space Flight

All ratings39 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative12.1%

F

All ratings526 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews219 reviews
Positive62.6%
Neutral11.4%
Negative26.0%

Bugs and requests

Advanced Space Flight

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

F

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Tilt control not working
  • Reentry mode not available
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Inconsistent landing scoring
  • Overly sensitive controls

Requested features

10 requests
  • Reentry mode
  • Launch sequence
  • Orbit mode improvements
  • Ability to open payload bay doors
  • Docking with ISS
Show 5 more
  • Cargo deployment
  • More mission types
  • Ability to change units (imperial/metric)
  • Background audio support
  • More landing sites

In-app purchases

None

Advanced Space Flight

No in-app purchases

None

F

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Advanced Space Flight free?
Advanced Space Flight costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is F free?
F costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Advanced Space Flight or F?
F is rated higher. Advanced Space Flight averages 4.3 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while F averages 4.6 from 535 ratings.
Do Advanced Space Flight or F have ads?
Neither Advanced Space Flight nor F shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Advanced Space Flight or F?
Advanced Space Flight ships an update every 4 months, and F every 2 months. Most recently, Advanced Space Flight was updated on October 26, 2026 and F on October 29, 2026.

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