Red Rocket vs Rocket Dive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Red Rocket
Race away from a pursuing rocket, collecting power-ups and customizing your vehicle. Explore diverse environments, complete daily quests, and compete for the highest score. Unleash massive boosts to outrun your pursuer.
- Race against a pursuing rocket
- Collect boost canisters, coins, and wrenches
- Unlock 17+ car skins
- Customize cars with 9+ wheel types
- Utilize 9+ boost juice varieties
- Explore different biomes
- Complete daily quests
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RACE AGAINST THE ROCKET!! The government has discovered your super secret ULTRA-COOL car that you've named the "Red Rocket." In an effort to restore the self-esteem of the populace, they've sent a rocket of their own kind to bring your adventures to a poetic end. Features: -Race from the rocket, collecting boost canisters, coins, wrenches, and hitting fire hydrants along the way! -Unlock 17+ skins, with many more coming in the future! -Customize your car with 9+ different types of wheels! -Utilize 9+ boost juice varieties as you race across the land. -Outlast the world and compete for personal glory as you maximize your high score. -Explore different biomes as you drive while discovering special structures within each. -Complete quests each day to earn more coins and wrenches! -Double tap the movement arrow to unleash a MASSIVE boost that scales with your collected boost canisters. -Fun.
Rocket Dive
Pilot a rocket through challenging levels, using energy lines to guide its path and change its color to control speed and abilities. Defend the planet from an unknown threat in this retro-modern arcade adventure.
- Energy line controls for movement
- Color-changing rocket for abilities
- 20+ challenging levels
- Adventure Mode with score tracking
- Arcade Mode with online leaderboards
- Retro-modern arcade style
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Welcome To Rocket Dive! The planet is being taken over by an unknown threat and its up to you to Dive in and defend what is ours! Take flight in this Retro meets Modern arcade game and Control our latest in technology Rocket across 20+ fun and challenging levels. Every run will feel different from the last, since the enemy can be unpredictable with their attack and defense! Guide our Rocket remotely to the end of each level by creating Energy Lines anywhere on-screen to make Rocket jump, bounce, and glide its way to victory! Change the Rocket's color to control its speed and its bounce! Arcade Mode Controls: Tap and Hold the screen to control the rocket's ascend speed; let go of screen to descend. Avoid all obstacles and Destroy the main target at the end of each level! Swipe screen to change rocket color to help defend against different obstacles and to use each rocket's color ability! Easy To Learn, hard to master! Feels like a retro arcade with a touch of modern style. Unlock features that help you complete your Adventure. Do you have what it takes to defend and uncover the enemy's plan? Bounce, Control, Seek, Aim, and Destroy! Game Features: *Adventure Mode - Local Completion Score Card. - Scores save after every Level. - Checkpoints are after 5 Levels Completed. *Arcade-Online Leaderboards *Extra End-Game Challenges with more coming at a later time. *and More!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Red Rocket at 5.0 against Rocket Dive's 4.1. Red Rocket also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Rocket Dive's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
Red Rocket holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 13 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Red Rocket ships an update fortnightly, Rocket Dive every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Red Rocket | Rocket Dive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (22 ratings) — better | 4.1 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 220 MB | 215 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Owen Clinton | Sweet Levelz, LLC |
Customer experience
Red Rocket
Rocket Dive
In-app purchases
Red Rocket
No in-app purchases
Rocket Dive
No in-app purchases









