Solar Express vs Stars and Planets 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. :)
Stars and Planets Simulator
Design and explore your own universe, from crafting stars and planets to piloting a customizable spaceship. Walk the surfaces of your creations and dive into the atmospheres of gas giants.
- Create custom stars and celestial bodies
- Design terrestrial and gas giant planets
- Pilot customizable spaceships
- Explore created planets
- Walk on planet surfaces
- Explore gas giant atmospheres
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Shape the cosmos in Stars and Planets Simulator, a next-generation space simulator sandbox where creation meets exploration. Forge your own star systems from scratch: design radiant stars, swirling magnetars, enigmatic pulsars, and colossal black holes. Craft both terrestrial worlds and massive gas giants, sculpting their atmospheres, terrains, liquid oceans, or molten cores. Seamlessly switch from creator to explorer by piloting your fully customizable spaceship across the universe you designed. Land on your planets, step out with your personalized character, and walk the surfaces you imagined — from rocky wastelands to lush alien landscapes. Gas giants aren’t just clouds; dive deep into their immense atmospheres, maneuvering through stormy skies and dense, liquid metallic oceans, until you reach the solid heart hidden beneath. Every planet, every star, every swirling cosmic phenomenon you encounter is born from your imagination — and ready for you to experience firsthand. The universe is yours to build, shape, and discover.
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Verdict
Solar Express and Stars and Planets Simulator both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Stars and Planets Simulator's written reviews are positive against 0% of Solar Express's. Solar Express's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Stars and Planets Simulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solar Express asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stars and Planets Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Solar Express's written reviews are positive against 94% of Stars and Planets Simulator's.
Solar Express ships an update weekly, Stars and Planets Simulator every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solar Express | Stars and Planets Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (9 ratings) | 4.4 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.2 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 672 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gilman Tolle | Andrei Nistorescu |
Customer experience
Solar Express
Stars and Planets Simulator
In-app purchases
Solar Express
No in-app purchases
Stars and Planets Simulator
- Remove ads$1.99
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