Space Agency vs Advanced Space Flight Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space Agency
Design, construct, and launch your own rockets and satellites. Build a space station and explore the solar system in this challenging simulation game for aspiring astronauts.
- Build rockets
- Launch satellites
- Create a space station
- Explore the solar system
- Challenging gameplay
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Build rockets, launch satellites, create a space station! Do you want to build and fly your own space rockets? Of course you do! Are you a billionaire? No...that makes it tricky. Fortunately, there is a way for us non-billionaires to run our own space programme...Space Agency! * Build rockets * Launch satellites * Create a space station * Explore the solar system This is a highly challenging and complex game. Only the most talented astronauts should attempt it. Have you got the right stuff?
Advanced Space Flight Lite
Explore the cosmos with a realistic space simulator. Travel between planets and stars, experiencing relativistic effects and the true scale of the universe. Includes detailed planetarium and star chart features.
- Realistic space flight simulation
- Relativistic effects for interstellar travel
- Planetarium with real-scale planets and orbits
- Star chart and exoplanet explorer
- Full-scale universe visualization
- Realistic and free flight modes
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Advanced Space Flight is a realistic space simulator for interplanetary and interstellar travel. It is the only space simulator available that takes into account relativistic effects during interstellar flight. Besides simulating space flight, this app can also be used as a planetarium, with all known planets shown in real scale with their accurate keplerian orbits. It can also be used as a star chart and exoplanet explorer, showing all solar systems with confirmed exoplanets within 50 light years from the Sun. This is the only app where you can get a sense of the true scale of the Universe, zooming out through thousands of galaxies and galaxy clusters until you see the entire observable universe in your screen. Locations with full access: - All inner planets in the Solar System and its moons: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Phobos, Deimos, Ceres - Nearby star systems: Proxima Centauri, Alpha Centauri, Sirius, Epsilon Eridani Locations with partial access: - All solar system planets plus 5 dwarf planets. - All confirmed exoplanetary solar systems within 50 light years. - Experience the full scale of the Universe: you can zoom out from a few meters to billions of light years, until you see the entire observable universe in your screen. Flight Modes: - Realistic Flight: Travel using optimised trajectories, calculated based on the orbital parameters of the origin and destination planets to minimise fuel usage. These are the kind of trajectories that would be used in a real space mission. - Free Flight: Take manual control of a spaceship in space, activating the engines as you see fit to achieve your goals. Spaceships: Advanced Space Flight features several spacecraft, but only one in available in this free version: - Space Shuttle (Chemical Rocket): Designed in 1968-1972 y NASA and North American Rockwell. It has been in service from 1981 to 2011, making it the most successful reusable spacecraft ever built. - Falcon Heavy (Chemical Rocket): Designed and manufactured by SpaceX, made its first flight in 2018. - Nuclear Ferry (Nuclear Thermal Rocket): Designed in 1964 by Ling-Temco-Vought Inc. - Lewis Ion Rocket (Ion Drive): Designed in a 1965 study by the Lewis Research Center. Artificial Satellites: Several human-made satellites are present in the app: - Sputnik 1 - Hubble Space Telecope - Internation Space Station - Kepler Space Observatory - Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) - James Webb Space Telescope Join our discord community for discussions or suggestions about the app: https://discord.gg/guHq8gAjpu You can also contact me by email if you have any complaint or suggestion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Advanced Space Flight Lite at Free against Space Agency's $1.99. Advanced Space Flight Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11). Space Agency's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, monetization model, 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
Advanced Space Flight Lite is free to download; Space Agency costs $1.99 up front. Space Agency sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Advanced Space Flight Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Space Agency holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Agency has 738 ratings behind it against 83, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Space Agency's written reviews are positive against 67% of Advanced Space Flight Lite's.
Space Agency ships an update every 2 months, Advanced Space Flight Lite every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Space Agency | Advanced Space Flight Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (738 ratings) — better | 3.9 (83 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 738 — better | 83 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #178 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nooleus | Guillermo Pawlowsky |
Customer experience
Space Agency
Advanced Space Flight Lite
User reviews
Space Agency
From 738 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Challenging and fun gameplay
- 👍 Great value for money
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay and controls
- 🚀 Addictive and engaging
- 👍 Realistic space simulation
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🔒 Limited parts and features in sandbox mode
- 🔒 Microtransactions for additional content
- 🐛 Difficulty with certain missions
- 🔒 Lack of updates and new content
Advanced Space Flight Lite
From 83 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Amazing graphics
- 🌌 Fascinating game idea
- 👍 Realistic simulation
- 🚀 Great for space exploration
- 🤩 Fun to play
Room to improve
- 💰 Paywall for full game
- 💸 Too focused on money
- 🎮 Hard controls
- 📉 Basic space flight mechanics
- 🤔 Unclear unlock mechanics
Bugs and requests
Space Agency
Reported bugs
5 issues- Sandbox mode parts not unlocking properly
- Crashes and freezes during gameplay
- Inability to restore purchased content
- Glitches with certain rocket and station designs
- Inconsistent performance on different devices
Requested features
6 requests- Add space shuttle functionality
- Introduce astronauts and crew management
- Expand the solar system with more planets and moons
- Implement a more realistic orbital mechanics system
- Add multiplayer and co-op capabilities
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- Improve the camera and docking controls
Advanced Space Flight Lite
Reported bugs
4 issues- 🐛 Cannot go beyond the moon
- 🐛 Glitchy interstellar travel
- 🐛 Texture flickering issues
- 🐛 Poor/no pitch control
Requested features
20 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More stages on rockets
- Add Jupiter and Neptune rings
- More spaceships (Ariane, Soyuz, Saturn V, NASA X planes, Interstellar, Star Wars ships)
- Missions and launchpads
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- Skylon spaceship
- Rovers and space probes
- More realistic planet graphics
- Unlock faster rockets for free
- Add tutorial missions
- Add nebulae, black holes, quasars, pulsars, magnetars, neutron stars, other galaxies
- Land on planets with terrain view
- Add asteroids and other interactive elements
- Payload missions with mission selection
- Add ISS and Hubble satellites
- Add more celestial systems (HD 20794, Nu2Lupi, Gliese 433c)
- Add SpaceX's Falcon-Heavy
- Add objectives for spaceships (multiple missions, fuel selection)
- Add comets
- Add Wolf 359
In-app purchases
Space Agency
- Mission 02 Skip$0.99
- Mission 12 Skip$0.99
- Mission 15 Skip$0.99
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- Mission 16 Skip$0.99
- Transponder Module$0.99
- 50 Quick Launches$1.99
- 1000 Quick Launches$3.99
- Nooleus X Parts Pack$3.99
- Mission Free Unlock-All$4.99
- Sandbox Unlock All Parts$7.99
- Sandbox Unlock Standard Parts$7.99
Advanced Space Flight Lite
No in-app purchases
Questions
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