Pocket Lander vs Rocket Lander
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Lander
Experience the thrill of lunar exploration with a realistic physics-based landing simulator. Carefully manage fuel and thrusters to achieve a gentle touchdown, or face the consequences of a damaged module and permanent stranding. Choose between third-person or immersive cockpit views.
- Realistic physics simulation
- Descent thruster control
- Fuel management
- Lunar environment steering
- 3rd person and cockpit views
- Damage and stranding consequences
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Pocket Lander is a simple but challenging moon landing simulator with impressive 3D graphics and realistic physics. Feel the intensity of controlling descent thrusters, managing fuel, and steering through the lunar environment. Fly from the classic 3rd person view or for the full experience - inside the cockpit! Land gently or you will damage the lunar module and be stranded on the moon forever with no hope of rescue.
Rocket Lander
A skill-based game where players must carefully land a rocket using its thrusters. Avoid crashing by controlling descent speed to prevent explosions.
- Skill-based gameplay
- Rocket landing simulation
- Thruster control
- Physics-based challenges
- Explosion mechanics
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Rocket Lander is a skill based game where you must try to safely land the rocket using its thrusters. Careful not to hit the ground too fast or your rocket will explode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rocket Lander at 100% against Pocket Lander's 20%. Rocket Lander also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Pocket Lander's advantage is ratings volume (45 vs 7) and device support. On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Rocket Lander holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Lander has 45 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Pocket Lander's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rocket Lander's.
| Parameter | Pocket Lander | Rocket Lander |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (45 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stuart Bermingham | Benjamin Cook |
Customer experience
Pocket Lander
Rocket Lander
In-app purchases
Pocket Lander
No in-app purchases
Rocket Lander
No in-app purchases
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