Spaceman vs Solar Smash 2D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spaceman
Embark on an interstellar journey with simple one-touch controls. Navigate through challenging levels, collect coins for upgrades, and plant your country's flag on newly discovered planets. Experience a unique and engaging space exploration adventure.
- One-finger control
- Simulated solar planets
- Light and simple graphics
- Challenging levels
- Collect coins for upgrades
- Plant country flags on planets
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Exploring the vast universe by a single tap. In 2050, humankind has been building a vast number of star bases over the Solar system. The Crew brothers, one in their job of flying to Jupiter base, their ship hit a meteoroid and the explosion destroyed almost the ship, luckily one thrust engine still was working fine. Astronauts took turns to grab firmly on the engine, they continued on their journey to visit each star bases. What make this game is worth a try - Easy to control with one finger. There is no complicated control but it is also challenging - the controlling is unlike anything else before. - The Solar planets are simulated on your palm. - Light and simple graphics - wait! What is that? Yes it is but it is pretty cool and it is worth the performance. - Amazing levels await in this game. More planets (levels) even something more the Solar system may be added in future updates! Controlling There is only one jet engine to fly. To control, players will touch down and hold a bit to thrust the left man fly up. Release and repeat the steps to wrap turns to control the right man. The controlling is unlike anything else before. Single touch, hold, and release at the right time is all you need to do. Level For each completing level you will fly across the next harder levels. New tools/equipment also will be found in further levels; along with new challenges. Flag After reaching a planet/moon, you can plan your country's flagpole on this planet and take a screenshot to share with everybody. Fuel tank Fuel tank of the thrust engine is limited, remember to collect the supply fuel tanks on your way. Coin Coin is one kind of asset that you properly should collect on your journey. Coin is used to upgrade the capacity of fuel tanks and much more. Star Collect stars on the trip, it determines how good you are on each complete level.
Solar Smash 2D
Explore unique destruction mechanics in a space-themed sandbox. Break planets into pieces, control spaceships in epic battles, or design your own celestial bodies with custom physics.
- Unique destruction mechanics
- Break planets into pieces
- Physics-based planet movement
- Control and spawn spaceships
- Create space battles
- Draw custom planets
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Solar Smash 2D is a spin off from the original Solar Smash by the same developers, this game was designed to allow for different technology to be utilised and allow for unique destruction mechanics. It features the ability to break planets into pieces and each planet will float and move with its own physics, players can control or spawn in spaceships and create huge space battles, or you can draw in your own planet with any design you want. Indonesia (IGRS) Age Rating: 13+
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Solar Smash 2D at 14K against Spaceman's 3. Spaceman's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Spaceman sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Solar Smash 2D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spaceman holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solar Smash 2D has 14K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Spaceman ships an update every 2 weeks, Solar Smash 2D every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spaceman | Solar Smash 2D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (14K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 82.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 252 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Duy Nguyen | PARADYME LIMITED |
Customer experience
Spaceman
Solar Smash 2D
Bugs and requests
Spaceman
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Solar Smash 2D
Reported bugs
3 issues- Movement controls disappear when switching maps
- Soft-lock when controlling ships and resetting world
- Gem counter bug showing incorrect values
Requested features
6 requests- Add more ships and factions to spawn
- Allow controlling of larger ships and bosses
- Implement faction relationship editor
- Add pause, slow-motion, and speed up controls
- Expand custom planet creation tools
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- Introduce multiplayer mode
In-app purchases
Spaceman
- Remove Ads$2.99
Solar Smash 2D
- AdFree$3.99
Questions
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