Comparison

Spaceflight Simulator vs F

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

Head to head
About

Spaceflight Simulator

Build and launch rockets to explore a realistic, open universe. Experience space exploration with accurate physics and a vast, explorable solar system.

Highlights
  • Build custom rockets
  • Realistic orbital mechanics
  • Explore a scaled universe
  • Visit planets and moons
  • Open-world space exploration
  • Real-life physics simulation
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This game is about space explorations, its about building your own rocket, and going out to explore and see whats out there, all while following real life physics. • Realistically scaled universe, with planets up to hundreds of kilometers in size and millions of kilometers of space between them. • Realistic orbital mechanics • Open universe, if you see something in the distance, you can go there, no limits, no invisible walls. Current planets: Mercury. Venus. Earth. Moon. Mars. Phobos. Deimos.

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
Currently charting
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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

Spaceflight Simulator4 screens
F4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spaceflight Simulator at Free against F's $4.99. Spaceflight Simulator also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (97K vs 526). F's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and chart position (#57 vs unranked). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Spaceflight Simulator is free to download; F costs $4.99 up front. Spaceflight Simulator sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. F asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spaceflight Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spaceflight Simulator has 97K ratings behind it against 526, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Spaceflight Simulator's written reviews are positive against 62% of F's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spaceflight Simulator ships an update every 9 days, F every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Spaceflight Simulator versus F: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpaceflight SimulatorF
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (97K ratings) — better4.6 (526 ratings)
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews — better62.0% of reviews
Number of ratings97K — better526
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#57 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB1.3 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpaceflight Simulator UK LtdSkyTale Software GmbH

Customer experience

Spaceflight Simulator

All ratings97,457 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews4,782 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.5%

F

All ratings526 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews216 reviews
Positive62.0%
Neutral11.6%
Negative26.4%

User reviews

Spaceflight Simulator

From 97K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Realistic physics and space simulation
  • 👍 Intuitive controls and easy to learn
  • 🚀 Ability to build complex rockets and spacecraft
  • 👍 No ads or in-app purchases required to play

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches, especially with large rockets
  • 🔋 Potential performance issues on older devices
  • 🔒 Limited customization and part options in free version
  • 🚀 Docking and rendezvous maneuvers can be very challenging

F

From 526 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Cool game
  • 🚀 Great game
  • 🚀 Really cool
  • 🚀 Fantastic
  • 🚀 Stunning

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Tilt control issues
  • 🐛 Reentry not working
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Inconsistent landing scoring
  • 🐛 Overly sensitive controls

Bugs and requests

Spaceflight Simulator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Rocket parts sometimes clipping through each other
  • Occasional freezing or crashing when launching large rockets
  • Issues with RCS thrusters firing unexpectedly during docking
  • Problems with maintaining stable orbits and transfers

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more planets, moons, and celestial bodies to explore
  • Implement a career mode or progression system with challenges
  • Allow for more customization of rocket parts and spacecraft
  • Improve docking and rendezvous mechanics to make them more accessible
  • Add the ability to control individual astronauts and perform EVAs
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  • Implement a fuel line system for more efficient staging

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
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  • Cargo deployment
  • More mission types
  • Ability to change units (imperial/metric)
  • Background audio support
  • More landing sites

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Spaceflight Simulator

One-time10
  • Skins Expansion$2.99
  • Full Version$3.99
  • Redstone + Atlas Pack$3.99
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  • Parts Expansion$4.99
  • Infinite Area Expansion$4.99
  • Expansion Bundle$7.99
  • Cheats Expansion$9.99
  • Full Bundle Upgrade$9.99
  • Full Bundle$11.99
  • Full Bundle$14.99
None

F

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spaceflight Simulator free?
Spaceflight Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is F free?
F costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spaceflight Simulator or F?
Spaceflight Simulator is rated higher. Spaceflight Simulator averages 4.8 out of 5 from 97K ratings, while F averages 4.6 from 526 ratings.
Do Spaceflight Simulator or F have ads?
Neither Spaceflight Simulator nor F shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spaceflight Simulator or F?
Spaceflight Simulator ships an update every 9 days, and F every 2 months. Most recently, Spaceflight Simulator was updated on September 27, 2026 and F on September 25, 2026.

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