Lunar Orbit vs Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lunar Orbit
Guide an asteroid containing life-creating elements to inhabitable planets by manipulating gravity and using black holes. Navigate through space, avoid obstacles, and create new galaxies.
- Physics-based space simulation
- Gravity manipulation
- Black hole navigation
- Obstacle avoidance
- Galaxy creation
- Multiplayer galaxy building
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Lunar Orbit is a game that will show you how easy and simple physics works in the space! You control the asteroid. It contains elements that can create life when they interact with water. Guide the asteroid to blue planets to inhabit them. Gravity! Use red planets to adjust the asteroid’s movement. Gravity fields of such planets are very strong! Use them to change the direction of the asteroid. Go around the obstacles and hit the target. But don’t fly to close to the red planet because gravity will drag you in and you will lose a life. Black holes! Sometimes you’ll not be able to go around the obstacles that you see on your way. Use Black Holes! As you enter one of them, you will instantly come out from another. Your speed and direction after the jump will remain the same. Calculate your trajectory smartly and choose the right Black Hole as an entrance. Obstacles Sometimes asteroid belts and other space junk will block your way to the blue planet. If your asteroid collides with them it’ll be destroyed and you’ll lose the chance to create life on the planet. Do your best to avoid them. Join other players from all over the world and create your own unique galaxy.
Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator
Experience the Mars Perseverance rover's landing and exploration. Pilot the rover across the Martian surface and fly the Ingenuity drone in this realistic space simulator.
- Relive Perseverance rover's Mars arrival
- Enter Martian atmosphere and land
- Pilot the rover on the surface
- Fly the Ingenuity drone
- Based on real NASA mission
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Explore the journey of Perseverance on Mars in a 3D space simulator. Guide the descent through the atmosphere, attempt a landing, drive the rover across the surface and fly the Ingenuity helicopter. Take on different stages of the journey: • Atmospheric entry and descent • Landing on Mars • Rover driving on the surface • Ingenuity helicopter flight Choose a stage from the mission menu and return to try again. Each activity uses the game's on-screen controls. This is a game inspired by the Perseverance mission, rather than a scientific training tool.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lunar Orbit at 5.0 against Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator's 4.0. Lunar Orbit also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 66 months). Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator's advantage is ratings volume (178 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lunar Orbit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator has 178 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Lunar Orbit's written reviews are positive against 59% of Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator's.
Lunar Orbit ships an update every 3 weeks, Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator every 66 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Lunar Orbit | Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (178 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 59.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 178 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 66 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DashApps OU | Renzo Macedo |
Customer experience
Lunar Orbit
Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator
In-app purchases
Lunar Orbit
No in-app purchases
Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator
No in-app purchases
Questions
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