Solar Express vs Space Crew Dragon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solar Express
Embark on a realistic yet casual spaceflight simulation. Explore the solar system, dock with stations, and perform powered landings on celestial bodies. Deliver supplies across planets and moons with intuitive controls.
- Realistic orbital mechanics
- Solar system exploration
- Space station docking
- Powered landings
- Supply delivery missions
- Heads-up display navigation
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Solar Express is a realistic, yet casual spaceflight simulation game. Start flying your rocket immediately (no building required), with enough delta-V to visit every planet in the solar system. Navigate using a heads-up display optimized for phones. Dock with space stations using your maneuvering thrusters. Do powered landings on the surface of moons and planets. Deliver supplies between planets and space stations around the solar system. Real orbital mechanics, real 3D simulation, real programmer art, real nerdy. :)
Space Crew Dragon
Experience a realistic rocket launch and recovery simulation. Aim to dock with the International Space Station after successfully landing your booster. This game is inspired by the historic Crew Demo2 mission.
- Multi-stage rocket launch
- First stage booster recovery
- Sea platform landing
- ISS docking simulation
- Based on real historical mission
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Launch a multi-stage rocket and follow a crew capsule mission from Earth to orbit and back. Play through the stages of the journey: • Rocket launch and booster landing • Earth orbit and docking with the International Space Station • Undocking and atmospheric reentry • Parachute descent Practice each stage as you work toward completing the mission. Explore the sequence of a spaceflight through a game inspired by crewed missions to the space station.
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Verdict
Solar Express and Space Crew Dragon both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 47% of Space Crew Dragon's written reviews are positive against 0% of Solar Express's. Space Crew Dragon also leads on ratings volume (174 vs 7). Solar Express's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 38 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Solar Express against 4.1 for Space Crew Dragon. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Crew Dragon has 174 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Solar Express's written reviews are positive against 47% of Space Crew Dragon's.
Solar Express ships an update weekly, Space Crew Dragon every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solar Express | Space Crew Dragon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) | 4.1 (174 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 47.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 174 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 352 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gilman Tolle | Renzo Macedo |
Customer experience
Solar Express
Space Crew Dragon
In-app purchases
Solar Express
No in-app purchases
Space Crew Dragon
No in-app purchases
Questions
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