Rocket Golf vs Nova Golf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rocket Golf
Experience a unique twist on golf with 2D gameplay and clean 3D graphics. Navigate 72 challenging holes across four courses, featuring accurate physics with an arcade feel. Enjoy multiplayer modes, water hazards, sand traps, and variable wind for endless fun.
- 2D gameplay with 3D graphics
- 72 unique holes
- Four distinct courses
- Accurate game physics
- Arcade feel
- Online and local multiplayer
- Water hazards, sand traps, variable wind
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Rocket Golf gives golfing a new twist with its 2D gameplay and clean 3D graphics. Challenge yourself to 72 unique holes over four courses. Rocket Golf provides accurate game physics while maintaining an arcade feel. Up to four players can enjoy all of Rocket Golf's features for countless hours, including online and local best rounds, water hazards, sand traps, variable wind, and much more. Rocket Golf iPhone requires any iPhone, iPhone 3G, or iPod Touch with OS version 3.2+. iPad currently supported (pixel doubling), high resolution version to follow "This golf game takes a side-scroller type view of the golf course, and actually provides some real fun gameplay. The first edition of this game includes 2 golf courses (36 holes) and some very accurate physics. Try and navigate your ball through each course, while avoiding the traditional water hazards, bunkers and more… and while traditional hazards abound, some of the holes are, shall we say… a little less traditional!? You’ll have to check it out for yourself for more!" -intomobile.com Make sure to check out Nuclear Nova's golf game simulator, GL Golf and GL Golf Lite. GL Golf is a 3D golfing game for the casual gamer. With a realistic physics system and great simple graphics, you and up to four players can golf twenty+ unique courses for countless hours. iphone golf game mac golf game http://nuclearnova.com/ http://nuclearnova.com/games/rocket-golf/
Nova Golf
Experience a realistic and immersive golf simulation with stunning 3D graphics and diverse courses. Customize your character, compete in career modes, and challenge friends in multiplayer. Earn virtual currency or use in-app purchases for custom clubs and balls.
- Realistic ball physics
- Stunning 3D graphics
- Unique global courses
- Customizable characters
- Career mode
- Multiplayer challenges
- In-app purchases for clubs/balls
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Welcome to Nova Golf, the finest golfing game on the Mac! A followup to the award winning game GL Golf, Nova Golf is sure to keep you entertained and immersed for countless hours. Redesigned from the ground up, Nova Golf has everything both casual/hardcore gamers and frequent/weekend golfers could want. • Realistic ball physics - Everyone will enjoy the simple realism while avid golfers will be able to shape every shot and watch the ball react to all surfaces and lies • Stunning 3D graphics - Nova Golf adapts to each computer for the best image quality while always maintaining a smooth framerate • Unique courses - Locations from around the world feature distinct styles of both play and appearance. You'll know if you're in the Pennsylvania forest, Arizona desert, or on the Scottish coastline • Customizable characters - Level up five playing statistics while managing each avatar's wardrobe and physical appearance • Career mode - Play as both an amateur and professional and progress by winning the required qualifiers and tournaments • Multiplayer - Challenge up to three of your friends and play at the same time • Purchase custom clubs and golf balls using both virtual currency earned in game and through In-App Purchase • High replay value - No hole is the same when varying the white/blue/green tees, five pin locations, and three environmental difficulty settings • Custom music made specifically for Nova Golf • Best rounds list for each course/difficulty setting System Requirements: iOS 7+ iPhone 4+ iPad 2+ iPad Mini+ iPod Touch 4th+ If you like Nova Golf, make sure to check out Nuclear Nova's other games, all available for the Mac/iPhone/iPad/iPod. • GL Golf, the predecessor to Nova Golf, is still actively developed and has over 35 unique courses! Thousands of golfers are posting scorecards online every day with this golf classic • Pinball Shuffle and Pinball Massacre are two unique comic book arcade style pinball tables • Barnyard Blaster is a unique shooter with plenty of weapons, animals, and environments • Rocket Golf gives golf a new twist with its unique 2D side scrolling gameplay • Liquid Defense, Hydrothermal, and Escape are our three classic puzzle/simulator games • Fractal 3D and ASCII Art are our first non-game apps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nova Golf at 3.6 against Rocket Golf's 2.7. Nova Golf also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 3) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Rocket Golf's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 46%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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
Rocket Golf costs $2.99 and Nova Golf $1.99 up front. Rocket Golf sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Nova Golf sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nova Golf holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nova Golf has 31 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Rocket Golf's written reviews are positive against 46% of Nova Golf's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rocket Golf ships an update every 5 months, Nova Golf every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rocket Golf | Nova Golf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 3.6 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better | 45.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #200 | #189 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 287 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nuclear Nova Software | Nuclear Nova Software |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Rocket Golf
- Rocket Golf Course 3$0.99
- Rocket Golf Course 4$0.99
Nova Golf
- Extra Mulligans$0.99
- Dozen of all Balls$1.99
- 1,000 Experience$1.99
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- Course Pack 1$1.99
- Driver$1.99
- Course Pack 2$1.99
- Level Overdrive$1.99
- Character Pack$1.99
- Course Pack 3$1.99
- Course Pack 4$1.99
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