Floatplane vs Satisfactory Helper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Floatplane
This platform allows users to support content creators directly, offering an ad-free and high-quality video viewing experience. The mobile app extends this premium content access to users on the go.
- Ad-free viewing
- High-quality video
- Support content creators
- Personal premium experience
- Mobile access
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Say hello to Floatplane! We believe in supporting both content creators and fans by providing a stable platform to grow on, with ad-free viewing and high-quality video for a personal, premium experience for all. Floatplane’s iPhone app lets you bring all this awesomeness with you wherever you go!
Satisfactory Helper
This production planning tool helps users design and optimize their factory layouts. It features a refreshed interface with a Liquid Glass design and supports the latest iOS versions. Users can provide feedback and suggestions via a Discord community.
- Production planning
- Factory layout design
- Optimization tool
- Updated Liquid Glass design
- iOS support
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Welcome to Satisfactory Helper! This app will help you to plan and design a factory in the Satisfactory video game. Want to make a mega-build and use all the resources on the map? Or you just stated and those screws are driving you crazy? With the Satisfactory Helper you can solve everything! Tired of building constructors and assemblers? Your perfect setup lack that one power shard? Open a Map and see where you can find your missing slug or somersloop. If you play on different saves or platforms, don't worry, Map has an infinite amount of profiles, so you can track each of your progress.
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Verdict
Floatplane and Satisfactory Helper both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 81% of Satisfactory Helper's written reviews are positive against 51% of Floatplane's. Satisfactory Helper also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). Floatplane's advantage is ratings volume (394 vs 58) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Floatplane against 4.1 for Satisfactory Helper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Floatplane has 394 ratings behind it against 58, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of Floatplane's written reviews are positive against 81% of Satisfactory Helper's.
Floatplane ships an update every 3 weeks, Satisfactory Helper fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Floatplane | Satisfactory Helper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (394 ratings) | 4.1 (58 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.7% of reviews | 80.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 394 — better | 58 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Floatplane Media Inc. | Viacheslav Nahorniak |
Customer experience
Floatplane
Satisfactory Helper
Bugs and requests
Floatplane
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inconsistent video loading indicators
- Unreliable login/sign-up process
- Orientation issues on iPad
- Casting/mirroring problems
Requested features
5 requests- Picture-in-Picture mode
- Resume playback across devices
- Notification settings
- Offline video downloads
- Improved video scrubbing
Satisfactory Helper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Floatplane
No in-app purchases
Satisfactory Helper
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Floatplane free?
Is Satisfactory Helper free?
Which has better reviews, Floatplane or Satisfactory Helper?
Do Floatplane or Satisfactory Helper have ads?
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