Moon Pioneer vs Astro Builder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moon Pioneer
Embark on an interstellar journey to explore the cosmos. Gather vital resources like oil, construct essential factories, and expand your reach across the entire universe. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
- Collect oil resources
- Build factories
- Explore the universe
- Interstellar adventure
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Turn untouched planets into thriving space industries! Mine valuable resources, build factories, and connect every step into an efficient automated production chain. Expand your base, launch rockets, and carry your growing operation from world to world. • Extract resources across alien landscapes • Build and automate production • Expand faster with smart upgrades • Launch into space and discover new planets Start small. Build big. Conquer the universe!
Astro Builder
Build a sprawling space station in orbit with this idle construction game. Start with basic components and expand your facility by unlocking new equipment and generating resources. Discover and develop new areas as your station grows.
- Idle space station construction
- Resource management
- Unlock new equipment
- Expand and develop areas
- Space elevator material transport
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Welcome to Astro Builder, the ultimate casual idle game where you construct a space station in near-Earth orbit. Begin with a simple setup—a connecting ground track and a small platform. Material is transported to the platform via a space elevator and piled on the ground. Utilize the resources to expand and improve the platform, unlocking new equipment and producing valuable resources. Each construction phase reveals a new area, waiting to be developed and unlocked. Can you build the ultimate space station and conquer the cosmos?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Moon Pioneer at every 3 weeks against Astro Builder's every 11 months. Moon Pioneer also leads on ratings volume (37K vs 3.4K). Astro Builder's advantage is review sentiment (35% vs 23%). On price, rating, ads 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. Moon Pioneer sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Astro Builder sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Astro Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moon Pioneer has 37K ratings behind it against 3.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Moon Pioneer's written reviews are positive against 35% of Astro Builder's.
Moon Pioneer ships an update every 3 weeks, Astro Builder every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moon Pioneer | Astro Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (37K ratings) | 4.7 (3.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 34.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37K — better | 3.4K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 11 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 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 320 MB | 251 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | Solid Games |
Customer experience
Moon Pioneer
Astro Builder
User reviews
Moon Pioneer
From 37K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Fun and addictive
- 🕹️ Smooth gameplay
- 🎨 Nice graphics
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🔁 Repetitive after a while
- 🔒 Requires internet connection
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
Astro Builder
From 3.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun game concept
- 👍 Detailed space station building
- 💡 Customizable astronaut suits
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy AI and builder behavior
- 🔇 Lack of sound and music
- 🔁 Repetitive and monotonous gameplay
- 🔒 Forced ads and limited free content
- ⏱️ Slow progress without watching ads
Bugs and requests
Moon Pioneer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashing and resetting progress
- Inability to progress due to resource depletion
- Glitches with the helper robots and conveyor belts
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to customize the character and planet
- Offline mode or reduced ads
- More automation and quality of life improvements
Astro Builder
Reported bugs
3 issues- Builders getting stuck or ignoring resource needs
- Inconsistent behavior when collecting from processors
- Permanent worker upgrades not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to continue progress offline
- More varied level designs and challenges
- Autonomous builder behavior
- Background progress while app is closed
In-app purchases
Moon Pioneer
- Skin Speed$0.99
- Skin Plastic$0.99
- Skin Oil$0.99
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- Skin Weapon$0.99
- Comets Pack$1.99
- Drone$1.99
- Dog pet$1.99
- Skin All Stars$2.99
- No Ads$4.99
- No Ads + 20 Crystals$6.99
- Limited Offer$7.99
- No Ads + Two Builder-Bots$8.99
- No Ads$8.99
- No Ads + Comets pack$10.99
- No Ads + Drones pack$12.99
- One-Time Offer$14.99
Astro Builder
- AD TICKETS 10$0.99
- AD TICKETS 25$1.99
- AD TICKETS 60$3.99
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- Ad-free 7 day$4.99
- Permanent ad-free!$9.99
Questions
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