Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator vs 3,2,1 Launch!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator
Experience the Mars Perseverance rover's landing and exploration. Pilot the rover across the Martian surface and fly the Ingenuity drone in this realistic space simulator.
- Relive Perseverance rover's Mars arrival
- Enter Martian atmosphere and land
- Pilot the rover on the surface
- Fly the Ingenuity drone
- Based on real NASA mission
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Explore the journey of Perseverance on Mars in a 3D space simulator. Guide the descent through the atmosphere, attempt a landing, drive the rover across the surface and fly the Ingenuity helicopter. Take on different stages of the journey: • Atmospheric entry and descent • Landing on Mars • Rover driving on the surface • Ingenuity helicopter flight Choose a stage from the mission menu and return to try again. Each activity uses the game's on-screen controls. This is a game inspired by the Perseverance mission, rather than a scientific training tool.
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 rating: 3,2,1 Launch! at 5.0 against Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator's 4.0. 3,2,1 Launch! also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 59%) and ads (none vs shown). Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator's advantage is ratings volume (178 vs 4). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator has 178 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator's written reviews are positive against 100% of 3,2,1 Launch!'s.
Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator ships an update every 66 months, 3,2,1 Launch! every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator | 3,2,1 Launch! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (178 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 178 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 66 months | Every 13 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 219 MB | 1008 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Renzo Macedo | NASA |
Customer experience
Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator
3,2,1 Launch!
In-app purchases
Mars Perseverance 3D Simulator
No in-app purchases
3,2,1 Launch!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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