Ascent vs PlanetenSpielundApp2b
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ascent
Explore stunning Shuttle mission footage with commentary, additional scenes, and production notes. This educational compilation offers a deep dive into the STS-114, STS-117, and STS-124 missions.
- Ground-based Shuttle motion imagery
- STS-114, STS-117, and STS-124 mission footage
- Includes commentary
- Additional scenes
- Selected images
- Production notes
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Ascent is a compilation of film and video representing the best of the best ground based Shuttle motion imagery from the STS-114, STS-117, and STS-124 missions. This app includes the entire Ascent production with commentary, numerous additional scenes, selected images, and production notes.
PlanetenSpielundApp2b
An educational game designed for children to explore and learn about celestial bodies, including planets, moons, stars, and black holes. It features a gravitation arena to demonstrate Newton's laws of motion.
- Learn about planets, moons, and stars
- Explore black holes and nebulae
- Gravitation arena for physics demonstrations
- Interactive celestial body learning
- Newton's laws of motion explained
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Educational game for children to learn the celestial bodies (all planets included, many known moons, asteroids, stars, black holes and the latest a nebula). We still have some celestial bodies in the works - please leave them in the comment if a specific celestial body is to be included. A gravitation arena where you can see, Newton Laws in action. Lernspiel für Kinder zum Erlernen der Himmelskörpern (alle Planeten dabei, bekannte Monde, Asteroiden, Stern, schwarze Löcher). Wir haben noch einige Himmelskörper in Arbeit - bitte in die Kommentar hinterlassen, wenn ein bestimmter Himmelskörper aufgenommen werden soll. Eine Gravitationsarena, wo Newton Gesetze wirken.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ascent at 4.6 against PlanetenSpielundApp2b's 3.5. Ascent also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). PlanetenSpielundApp2b's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 46 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Ascent holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ascent has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ascent ships an update every 46 months, PlanetenSpielundApp2b every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ascent | PlanetenSpielundApp2b |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (16 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 46 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 731 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NASA | Steffen Rokosch |
Customer experience
Ascent
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In-app purchases
Ascent
No in-app purchases
PlanetenSpielundApp2b
No in-app purchases
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