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Spaceflight Simulator vs Rockets Up!

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

Head to head
Spaceflight Simulator
Spaceflight Simulator

Rocket science made simple!

Free
🎮 Games
★ 4.897K ratingsView app →
Rockets Up!
Rockets Up!

Build your rocket and launch!

Free
🎮 Games
★ 5.01 ratingsView app →
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

Rockets Up!

Build and upgrade your rocket to explore distant planets. Rise higher and higher in this engaging space adventure.

Highlights
  • Rocket upgrades
  • Planet exploration
  • Progressive launch mechanics
  • Simple controls
Features
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- Upgrade your rocket. - Explore planets. - Rise up and rise up!!!

Screenshots

Spaceflight Simulator4 screens
Rockets Up!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rockets Up! at none against Spaceflight Simulator's 11. Rockets Up! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Spaceflight Simulator's advantage is ratings volume (97K vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spaceflight Simulator sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Rockets Up! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rockets Up! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spaceflight Simulator has 97K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Spaceflight Simulator versus Rockets Up!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpaceflight SimulatorRockets Up!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (97K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings97K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpaceflight Simulator UK LtdMelih Kavla

Customer experience

Spaceflight Simulator

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

Rockets Up!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Rockets Up!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

Rockets Up!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spaceflight Simulator free?
Spaceflight Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rockets Up! free?
Rockets Up! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spaceflight Simulator or Rockets Up!?
Rockets Up! is rated higher. Spaceflight Simulator averages 4.8 out of 5 from 97K ratings, while Rockets Up! averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Spaceflight Simulator or Rockets Up! have ads?
Neither Spaceflight Simulator nor Rockets Up! shows ads.

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