Comparison

Space Rocket Lander vs Padfall

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

Head to head
About

Space Rocket Lander

Pilot a spacecraft on a mission to land on Mars. Navigate challenging terrain, collect resources, and avoid hazards like meteors. Control your ship with an on-screen joystick in this 2D action-adventure game.

Highlights
  • Mars landing missions
  • Joystick controls
  • Resource collection (fuel, plasma)
  • Meteor avoidance
  • 2D action-adventure gameplay
Features
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Your new mission is to land the spacecraft on the planet MARS. Overcoming obstacles, crossing various trails, slowly lower the spacecraft to the surface without hitting. It is a 2d Space themed action & adventure game. It can be controled by joystick. Collect plasmas, fuels and more. Dont forget run away from meteors.

About

Padfall

Guide a reusable rocket booster to a soft, upright landing on various celestial bodies and challenging environments. Master steering and thrust control to achieve perfect touchdowns and earn high scores. Progress through campaign missions and test your skills in a unique chain-of-drops challenge.

Highlights
  • Precision rocket landing gameplay
  • Steering and thrust control
  • Eight campaign missions
  • Moving recovery decks and adverse conditions
  • Scoring system for touchdowns
  • Cadence challenge mode
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Padfall is a precision rocket landing game. Guide a reusable booster to a soft, upright touchdown with careful steering and thrust. Steer with the left pad and set thrust with the right. The altitude tape shows a burn bracket: the last altitude where a full vertical burn still stops you at the deck. Light the engine there, manage your sideways drift, and touch down soft, upright and on the pad. • Twenty campaign missions on Earth, the Moon and Mars, unlocked one landing at a time • Moving recovery decks at sea, night recoveries, crosswind and thin Martian air • Thrust and attitude control • Grades for every touchdown: Nominal or Perfect, with a score for softness, centring, attitude and fuel left • Cadence: a chain of drops that climbs higher each time, with a growing score multiplier • Progress and settings are saved on your device • Supported by ads; optional paint schemes for the booster as in-app purchases; no account

Screenshots

Space Rocket Lander4 screens
Padfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Padfall at 5.0 against Space Rocket Lander's 2.5. Space Rocket Lander's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Padfall sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Space Rocket Lander asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Padfall holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Space Rocket Lander ships an update weekly, Padfall every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Space Rocket Lander versus Padfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpace Rocket LanderPadfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbugra bayrakBRADLY MICHEAL PLUMMER-RIX

Customer experience

Space Rocket Lander

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Padfall

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Space Rocket Lander

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Padfall

One-time10
  • India Paint$1.99
  • Japan Paint$1.99
  • Israel Paint$1.99
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  • Iran Paint$1.99
  • North Korea Paint$1.99
  • South Korea Paint$1.99
  • Ukraine Paint$1.99
  • United Kingdom Paint$1.99
  • France Paint$1.99
  • New Zealand Paint$1.99

Questions

Is Space Rocket Lander free?
Space Rocket Lander is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Padfall free?
Padfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Space Rocket Lander or Padfall?
Padfall is rated higher. Space Rocket Lander averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Padfall averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Space Rocket Lander or Padfall have ads?
Padfall shows ads; Space Rocket Lander does not.
Which is updated more often, Space Rocket Lander or Padfall?
Space Rocket Lander ships an update weekly, and Padfall every 5 days. Most recently, Space Rocket Lander was updated on October 29, 2026 and Padfall on October 29, 2026.

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