Satellite vs Tiny Space Program
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Satellite
Control gravity to guide your rocket through space. Avoid crashing into planets while collecting coins to unlock new rocket styles. A simple yet engaging physics-based challenge.
- Gravity control gameplay
- Rocket navigation
- Planet avoidance
- Coin collection
- Rocket style customization
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In Satellite, YOU control gravity. Press and hold planets to move your rocket, but be careful not to crash! Collect coins along the way to buy new Rocket Styles in the shop.
Tiny Space Program
Manage your own space agency, from designing and building rockets to launching missions for research, mining, or tourism. Explore planets and moons, establish off-world economies, and advance your technology in this interplanetary simulation.
- Space program management
- Build off-world colonies
- Launch rockets and spaceships
- Research technologies
- Mine resources from celestial bodies
- Astronaut progression
- Simulates orbital mechanics
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Build and run your own space program — like SpaceX, but yours. Launch rockets, manage astronauts, mine planets, and colonize the solar system from the Moon to beyond the Kuiper Belt. WHAT WOULD YOU DO AS A SPACE BILLIONAIRE? Send tourists on a spacewalk? Start a mining operation on Titan? Build a space station around Mars? In Tiny Space Program you manage the early colonization of our solar system — based on real orbital mechanics and ship propulsion. BUILD YOUR SPACE AGENCY - Launch rockets and spaceships into orbit - Build off-world colonies, outposts, and modular space stations - Mine resources on moons, planets, and dwarf planets - Research new technologies and better spacecraft - Level up your astronauts and equip spacesuits - Establish off-world economies and trade A CHILL GAME, NOT A CHORE No forced ads, no daily-streak punishments. Play at your own pace — run an hour-long research expedition, take tourists on a quick tour, then put it down and come back later. Mines keep producing while you're away. MADE BY ONE DEVELOPER Actively updated (space stations, automation, dwarf planets, and vehicles all shipped recently). Join the Discord and help shape what comes next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Satellite at none against Tiny Space Program's 14. Satellite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Tiny Space Program's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 40). On price, update cadence 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. Tiny Space Program sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Satellite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Satellite holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Space Program has 1.7K ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Satellite's written reviews are positive against 81% of Tiny Space Program's.
Satellite ships an update every 4 months, Tiny Space Program every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Satellite | Tiny Space Program |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (40 ratings) — better | 4.5 (1.7K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better | 81.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 1.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Basim Mekha | Jerry Neimann |
Customer experience
Satellite
Tiny Space Program
Bugs and requests
Satellite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tiny Space Program
Reported bugs
4 issues- Buttons not working or unresponsive
- Disappearing ships and resources
- Crashes and freezes after updates
- Quests and missions not tracking properly
Requested features
6 requests- Add more planets and moons to explore
- Improve the economy and resource management
- Implement cloud/online save functionality
- Streamline the UI and make it more intuitive
- Expand the research and upgrade trees
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- Add more animations and visual effects
In-app purchases
Satellite
No in-app purchases
Tiny Space Program
- Supporting the game, thank you$1.99
- Helping out, many thanks$4.99
- Crystal Pack 1$4.99
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- Starter Pack$4.99
- Plasma Space Ship Package$8.99
- You are great! Many thanks$9.99
- Crystal Pack 2$9.99
- Colonizer Pack$9.99
- Experimental Dragon Ships$9.99
- Aerospike space ship pack$9.99
- A big pile of credits$19.99
- Crystal Pack 3$19.99
- Biggest box of credits$49.99
- Crystal Pack 4$49.99
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