Flare Elite vs PlanetBuilder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flare Elite
Engage in an action-packed space shooter with innovative gameplay. Explore lengthy campaigns, customize your ship with upgradable weapons, and navigate a stunning, interactive star map. Enjoy an original soundtrack that complements the intense space battles.
- Lengthy campaigns with 13 missions
- Upgradable weapons and ship add-ons
- Original retro soundtrack
- Interactive touchable Star Map
- Multiple difficulty levels
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Join the Flare Elite in this action packed space shooter. Flare Elite significantly innovates on the genre, with features that have never been seen before. LENGTHY CAMPAIGNS WITH STUNNING ACTION The game contains three lengthy campaigns of varying difficulty, totaling to 13 challenging missions and providing hours of gameplay. Five different upgradable weapons and other ship add-ons create countless ways to play through the game. Each mission is filled with action and plenty of explosions. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Four original retro music tracks are included that match the action perfectly. They will be stuck in your head long after you have stopped playing. GORGEOUS STAR MAP Forget about those boring mission selection menus of other games. Flare Elite features a gorgeous touchable Star Map to navigate to your next mission, or to just leisurely float around in space. For more information, visit http://www.firigames.com/flare
PlanetBuilder
Shape cosmic debris into a living planet, bending gravity to your will. Defend your creation from deadly debris and hostile alien forces as life evolves and civilization rises.
- Shape cosmic debris into a planet
- Bend gravity to manipulate your world
- Defend against cosmic debris and alien forces
- Witness life evolve and civilization rise
- Adapt to challenges as your world grows
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Bend gravity. Build a world. Protect life. You are a chosen member of an ancient race that has mastered the fabric of space itself. In these proving grounds, you must gather cosmic debris and shape it into a living planet, and then defend it as life emerges and evolves. BUT... the universe is not empty. Deadly cosmic debris is everywhere. Hostile alien forces will test your creation at every stage. Your planet’s survival depends on your mastery of gravity, your reflexes and your ability to adapt. As life evolves, your world grows stronger. Civilization rises. Defenses awaken. And if life endures long enough… …it will ascend.
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The clearest difference is update cadence: PlanetBuilder at every 26 months against Flare Elite's every 84 months. PlanetBuilder also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 57%). Flare Elite's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Flare Elite costs $0.99 and PlanetBuilder $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flare Elite holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Flare Elite's written reviews are positive against 71% of PlanetBuilder's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flare Elite ships an update every 84 months, PlanetBuilder every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flare Elite | PlanetBuilder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 4.1 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.5% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 84 months | Every 26 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Firi Games | Strange Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Flare Elite
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In-app purchases
Flare Elite
No in-app purchases
PlanetBuilder
No in-app purchases
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