Comparison

Advanced Space Flight vs 3,2,1 Launch!

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

Head to head
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

3,2,1 Launch!

Experience the journey of a spacecraft from selection to launch. This game features 8 mini-games that educate players on the engineering and processes involved in sending a spacecraft into orbit.

Highlights
  • Rocket and spacecraft matching
  • Engineering analysis
  • Spacecraft cleaning
  • Rocket assembly
  • Fueling process
  • Orbit targeting
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In 1998, NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) was established to support NASA’s science and robotic missions by procuring commercial launch vehicles. The program was established at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to centralize technical and management support to spacecraft customers. LSP brings together people, procurement, engineering best practices, strategic planning, studies, and cutting-edge techniques—all instrumental components for the United States to have a dependable and secure Earth-to-Space bridge that is dedicated to launching all types of spacecraft. This game goes through the process of a spacecraft matching to a rocket, the integration of the spacecraft to the rocket and the engineering behind it, and its eventual launch into space and the correct orbit. The game consists of 8 mini games to educate the player on the process Features: • Buying a rocket • How to get where you want to go in space • Analyzing the rocket and spacecraft • How to clean a spacecraft • Putting together a rocket • Time to fuel up • Frequency • Staying on target The characters that the player can choose from are represented by animals that are found in the Cape Canaveral Wildlife Refuge which encompasses Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Base. • Tortoise • Manatee • Wild hog • Bobcat • Alligator • T- Rex (not found in the Cape Canaveral Wildlife Refuge)

Screenshots

Advanced Space Flight4 screens
3,2,1 Launch!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 3,2,1 Launch! at Free against Advanced Space Flight's $4.99. 3,2,1 Launch! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Advanced Space Flight's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (39 vs 4). On 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

3,2,1 Launch! is free to download; Advanced Space Flight costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

3,2,1 Launch! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Advanced Space Flight has 39 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Advanced Space Flight's written reviews are positive against 100% of 3,2,1 Launch!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Advanced Space Flight ships an update every 4 months, 3,2,1 Launch! every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Advanced Space Flight versus 3,2,1 Launch!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdvanced Space Flight3,2,1 Launch!
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (39 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB1008 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuillermo PawlowskyNASA

Customer experience

Advanced Space Flight

All ratings39 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral3.1%
Negative12.5%

3,2,1 Launch!

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Advanced Space Flight

No in-app purchases

None

3,2,1 Launch!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Advanced Space Flight free?
Advanced Space Flight costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 3,2,1 Launch! free?
3,2,1 Launch! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Advanced Space Flight or 3,2,1 Launch!?
3,2,1 Launch! is rated higher. Advanced Space Flight averages 4.3 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while 3,2,1 Launch! averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Advanced Space Flight or 3,2,1 Launch! have ads?
Neither Advanced Space Flight nor 3,2,1 Launch! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Advanced Space Flight or 3,2,1 Launch!?
Advanced Space Flight ships an update every 4 months, and 3,2,1 Launch! every 13 months. Most recently, Advanced Space Flight was updated on September 23, 2026 and 3,2,1 Launch! on June 5, 2026.

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