Comparison

Galaxy Genome vs Ordinary Rocket

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Galaxy Genome

Embark on an open-world sci-fi adventure as a space pilot. Explore a vast, scientifically accurate Milky Way, customize your ship, and choose your path as a trader, pirate, or explorer. Engage in combat, smuggling, and mining while following a compelling story or undertaking side missions.

Highlights
  • Open-world sci-fi space simulator
  • Ship customization and upgrades
  • Explore a 1:1 scale Milky Way galaxy
  • Free-form play with multiple roles
  • Vibrant story and side quests
  • Surface vehicles for planet exploration
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Galaxy Genome is an open world sci-fi space simulator. You'll be able to upgrade your ship and customize every component as you hunt, explore, fight, mine, smuggle, trade and survive in the cutthroat galaxy. Follow the main story or do side missions. This game gives you the ability to feel real space exploration. The entirety of the Milky Way re-created at its full galactic proportions. At the beginning of the game you are a pilot of a small ship. Financial struggle forces you to start transporting contraband. Certainly, it will lead to you being in trouble with the law someday. But at some point in your life you are forced to make a deal with the authorities of the system. And that is when your dangerous space adventure begins. Game Features: - Free-form play allows everyone to choose their own path, becoming an angry pirate, a peaceful trader, an explorer, a bounty hunter, or a mix between these roles. - More than 30 different and customizable ships. - The game has a vibrant story and side quests. - Surface vehicles to explore planets. - No classes or skill levels, strength is decided by ship equipment and player skill. - The vast 1:1 scale Milky Way galaxy is based on real scientific principles. Around 2 billion star systems.

About

Ordinary Rocket

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Your space program starts in the junk drawer. Build ridiculous rockets from soda bottles, cardboard tubes, leaf blowers, spatulas, and other household treasures. Add a brave passenger, launch your creation, and see how far it flies. BUILD SOMETHING QUESTIONABLE Mix and match 16 illustrated parts across bodies, engines, fins, and passengers. Every part changes your rocket's weight, thrust, fuel, stability, or drag. GIVE IT A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT Steer through the sky and hold Boost for extra thrust. Keep your rocket upright: your duct tape has limits. SALVAGE. IMPROVE. REPEAT. Every completed flight earns scrap. Unlock better junk, chase six altitude milestones, and beat your personal best. Your parts always come home. BRING A FRIEND Captain Cork, a rubber duck, a garden gnome, and a houseplant are ready for the least conventional flight of their lives. PLAY ANYWHERE Completely free, with no ads, accounts, or in-app purchases. Works offline. Progress is saved on your device. Sound and haptics can be turned off. Extraordinary ambitions. Questionable materials.

Screenshots

Galaxy Genome4 screens
Ordinary Rocket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ordinary Rocket at Free against Galaxy Genome's $3.99. Galaxy Genome's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ordinary Rocket is free to download; Galaxy Genome costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Galaxy Genome versus Ordinary Rocket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGalaxy GenomeOrdinary Rocket
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (116 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings116 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB1 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAnton SkvortsovSean Wade

Bugs and requests

Galaxy Genome

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Game crashes when accessing mission menu
  • Game crashes when attempting warp jump with space station
  • Chinese characters display as blocks
  • Autopilot overshoots destinations
  • Module list cannot be scrolled when modules are disabled
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  • Mission rewards not calculating correctly with large fleets
  • Debris accumulation causes crashes if staying in system too long
  • Save files showing 0:00:00 playtime after crashes
  • Loading screen freezes on M1 iPad Pro
  • Virtual joystick not appearing in tutorial
  • Game crashes on older devices (iPhone 6, iPhone 10)
  • Landscape mode system menus remain in portrait orientation
  • Reputation system bugs preventing mission acceptance
  • Tutorial missions freezing and preventing progression
  • Pathfinding algorithm fails on optimal routes
  • Search function case-sensitive and returns only one result

Requested features

20 requests
  • Controller support (Xbox, Backbone)
  • Multiplayer or co-op gameplay
  • Ability to build and control space stations
  • Fleet management improvements
  • Save editing or money cheats for progression
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  • Galaxy map resource search filter
  • System naming and bookmarking features
  • More engineers for ship upgrades
  • Mod support on iOS
  • Better tutorial with highlighted interactive elements
  • Wiki or comprehensive in-game documentation
  • Portrait mode option
  • Reverse landscape mode
  • Quick-link from missions to galaxy map
  • Total light-years traveled tracker
  • More ship variety, especially for factions
  • Ability to disable ships and board them
  • Station conquest mechanics
  • Rank/reputation system with titles
  • Faster travel or acceleration options

Ordinary Rocket

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Galaxy Genome

No in-app purchases

None

Ordinary Rocket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Galaxy Genome free?
Galaxy Genome costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ordinary Rocket free?
Ordinary Rocket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Galaxy Genome or Ordinary Rocket have ads?
Neither Galaxy Genome nor Ordinary Rocket shows ads.

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