Space Crew Dragon vs Build Your Rocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Build Your Rocket
Design and construct your own powerful rocket with optimal fuel and speed. Launch into space to explore distant planets, achieve higher scores, and unlock new levels in this interstellar adventure.
- Build custom rockets
- Manage fuel and speed
- Explore different planets
- Unlock new levels
- Compete for high scores
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Who doesn't want to reach other planets? Speed and fly away by building your rocket! Build a rocket with power, fuel, and speed to make it the most powerful of all. Start and fly to the farthest planets and reach to end of the galaxy if you can! The higher you go with your rocket to different planets, the better you score and reach new levels. Beat your competition and fly to all planets before they do! The score goes up high as your rocket reaches new heights in the galaxy. Do you see Mars? Accelerate and score! Features: - Build your own powerful rocket - Fuel and speed up - Reach different planets! - Unlock new levels
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Space Crew Dragon at 47% against Build Your Rocket's 0%. Space Crew Dragon also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Build Your Rocket's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 38 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Build Your Rocket holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 174 and 84 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Space Crew Dragon's written reviews are positive against 0% of Build Your Rocket's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Space Crew Dragon ships an update every 38 months, Build Your Rocket fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Space Crew Dragon | Build Your Rocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (174 ratings) | 4.8 (84 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 174 — better | 84 |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 352 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Renzo Macedo | Clap Clap Games |
Customer experience
Space Crew Dragon
Build Your Rocket
In-app purchases
Space Crew Dragon
No in-app purchases
Build Your Rocket
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Space Crew Dragon free?
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