Advanced Space Flight Lite vs 3,2,1 Launch!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Advanced Space Flight Lite
Explore the cosmos with a realistic space simulator. Travel between planets and stars, experiencing relativistic effects and the true scale of the universe. Includes detailed planetarium and star chart features.
- Realistic space flight simulation
- Relativistic effects for interstellar travel
- Planetarium with real-scale planets and orbits
- Star chart and exoplanet explorer
- Full-scale universe visualization
- Realistic and free flight modes
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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 through thousands of galaxies and galaxy clusters until you see the entire observable universe in your screen. Locations with full access: - All inner planets in the Solar System and its moons: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Phobos, Deimos, Ceres - Nearby star systems: Proxima Centauri, Alpha Centauri, Sirius, Epsilon Eridani Locations with partial access: - All solar system planets plus 5 dwarf planets. - All confirmed exoplanetary solar systems within 50 light years. - 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 optimised trajectories, calculated based on the orbital parameters of the origin and destination planets to minimise 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, but only one in available in this free version: - Space Shuttle (Chemical Rocket): Designed in 1968-1972 y 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. 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 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.
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.
- 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)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 3,2,1 Launch! at 5.0 against Advanced Space Flight Lite's 3.9. 3,2,1 Launch! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Advanced Space Flight Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (83 vs 4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
3,2,1 Launch! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Advanced Space Flight Lite has 83 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Advanced Space Flight Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of 3,2,1 Launch!'s.
Advanced Space Flight Lite ships an update every 4 months, 3,2,1 Launch! every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Advanced Space Flight Lite | 3,2,1 Launch! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (83 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 83 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 1008 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guillermo Pawlowsky | NASA |
Customer experience
Advanced Space Flight Lite
3,2,1 Launch!
In-app purchases
Advanced Space Flight Lite
No in-app purchases
3,2,1 Launch!
No in-app purchases
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