Launchcraft vs To the Moon and Beyond
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Launchcraft
Stay informed about upcoming rocket launches globally. Catch up on past missions with date range filtering and easily access launch details, webcasts, and additional information. Supports Siri Shortcuts and customizable widgets for quick updates.
- Upcoming launch schedule
- Filter launches by date and provider
- Watch launch webcasts
- View mission details
- Historical launch data
- Siri Shortcuts integration
- Customizable widgets
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Never miss a launch. Launchcraft brings real-time rocket launch tracking, live countdowns, and space news together in one beautifully designed app — built for space enthusiasts who want to follow every mission from liftoff to landing. Universal app with a dedicated iPad experience — full split-view layout, not just a stretched-out phone screen. Live Activities & Dynamic Island Watch launches unfold in real time right from your Lock Screen or Dynamic Island — live countdown, mission status, and key timeline events (stage separation, booster landing, payload deployment) without opening the app. Your Feeds, Your Way Build a personalized "For You" page from launches, events, news, and astronauts — filter by agency, launch site, crewed missions, or your favorite providers. Reorder your feeds and subscribe to exactly the notifications you care about. Push Notifications Stay ahead of every mission with notifications tailored to what you follow: launch reminders as T-0 approaches, status changes (go, hold, scrub, success, failure), schedule updates when a launch date shifts, breaking space news, event countdowns, and alerts when an astronaut launches or returns to Earth. You're always in control of exactly which alerts you get. Siri & Shortcuts Ask Siri for the next launch, or build it into your own Shortcuts automations — get launch info hands-free without even opening the app. Apple Watch Support Track launches right from your wrist. Add complications for live countdowns, browse your feeds, and get instant launch details. Track the People, Not Just the Rockets Follow astronauts currently in space, see how long they've been there, and get notified the moment someone new launches or returns to Earth. Everywhere You Look Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep the next launch and your favorite feeds visible at a glance, on both iPhone and iPad. Launchcraft Pro Unlock the full experience with Launchcraft Pro: Live Activities, custom push notifications, iCloud sync across all your devices, deeper launch and provider details, unlimited custom feeds, and exclusive app icons — all with a subscription that supports ongoing development. Whether you're tracking a single high-profile mission or following the entire global launch manifest, Launchcraft keeps you closer to the action. Privacy Policy: https://launchcraft.space/privacy-policy Terms Of Use: https://launchcraft.space/terms-of-use
To the Moon and Beyond
Manage your own space program, deciding which research to fund on the International Space Station and on Earth. Project outcomes influence your budget and program's success, with unpredictable events impacting your eight-part mission objectives within four years.
- Research funding decisions
- Space station and Earth projects
- Budget management based on results
- Event-driven challenges
- Eight-part mission objectives
- Four-year program simulation
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The International Space Station is a state-of-the-art microgravity laboratory that is unlocking discoveries not possible on Earth, and is helping us push farther into deep space. Our research is contributing to medical and social benefits on our home planet, as well as stimulating a growing space economy. We’re inspiring future generations from a platform that is one of the largest international collaborations of our time. This is your space program. You determine what research to fund on the space station and what projects you want to fund back on Earth. Conducting research on the orbital laboratory can reduce the cost of some projects or give you the ability to do others. Results from the projects you fund determine you budget for the next year. Everything you do affects the outcome of your eight part program. But beware, events can happen that can influence that outcome. Will you be able to complete all of your eight mission objectives in four short years?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: To the Moon and Beyond at 100% against Launchcraft's 57%. To the Moon and Beyond also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Launchcraft's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 18 months) and ratings volume (102 vs 3). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Launchcraft sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. To the Moon and Beyond asks for nothing beyond the download.
To the Moon and Beyond holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Launchcraft has 102 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Launchcraft's written reviews are positive against 100% of To the Moon and Beyond's.
Launchcraft ships an update every 3 months, To the Moon and Beyond every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Launchcraft | To the Moon and Beyond |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (102 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 102 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dustin Lange | NASA |
Customer experience
Launchcraft
To the Moon and Beyond
In-app purchases
Launchcraft
- Launchcraft Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Launchcraft Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
To the Moon and Beyond
No in-app purchases
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