Solar Express vs Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator
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. :)
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 review sentiment: Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator at 59% against Solar Express's 0%. Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator also leads on ratings volume (178 vs 9). Solar Express's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 66 months). 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.
Solar Express holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator has 178 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Solar Express's written reviews are positive against 59% of Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Solar Express ships an update weekly, Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator every 66 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Solar Express | Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (9 ratings) — better | 4.0 (178 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 59.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 178 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — 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 | 10.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gilman Tolle | Renzo Macedo |
Customer experience
Solar Express
Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator
In-app purchases
Solar Express
No in-app purchases
Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator
No in-app purchases
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