Space Crew Dragon vs 3,2,1 Launch!
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.
3,2,1 Launch!
Experience the journey of a spacecraft from selection to launch. This game features 8 mini-games that educate players on the engineering and processes involved in sending a spacecraft into orbit.
- Rocket and spacecraft matching
- Engineering analysis
- Spacecraft cleaning
- Rocket assembly
- Fueling process
- Orbit targeting
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In 1998, NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) was established to support NASA’s science and robotic missions by procuring commercial launch vehicles. The program was established at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to centralize technical and management support to spacecraft customers. LSP brings together people, procurement, engineering best practices, strategic planning, studies, and cutting-edge techniques—all instrumental components for the United States to have a dependable and secure Earth-to-Space bridge that is dedicated to launching all types of spacecraft. This game goes through the process of a spacecraft matching to a rocket, the integration of the spacecraft to the rocket and the engineering behind it, and its eventual launch into space and the correct orbit. The game consists of 8 mini games to educate the player on the process Features: • Buying a rocket • How to get where you want to go in space • Analyzing the rocket and spacecraft • How to clean a spacecraft • Putting together a rocket • Time to fuel up • Frequency • Staying on target The characters that the player can choose from are represented by animals that are found in the Cape Canaveral Wildlife Refuge which encompasses Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Base. • Tortoise • Manatee • Wild hog • Bobcat • Alligator • T- Rex (not found in the Cape Canaveral Wildlife Refuge)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 3,2,1 Launch! at 100% against Space Crew Dragon's 47%. 3,2,1 Launch! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and ads (none vs shown). Space Crew Dragon's advantage is ratings volume (174 vs 4). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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.
3,2,1 Launch! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Crew Dragon has 174 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Space Crew Dragon's written reviews are positive against 100% of 3,2,1 Launch!'s.
Space Crew Dragon ships an update every 38 months, 3,2,1 Launch! every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Space Crew Dragon | 3,2,1 Launch! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (174 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 174 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 13 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 352 MB | 1008 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Renzo Macedo | NASA |
Customer experience
Space Crew Dragon
3,2,1 Launch!
In-app purchases
Space Crew Dragon
No in-app purchases
3,2,1 Launch!
No in-app purchases
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