PlanetBuilder vs Build Your Rocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Build Your Rocket
Design and construct your own powerful rocket with optimal fuel and speed. Launch into space to explore distant planets, achieve higher scores, and unlock new levels in this interstellar adventure.
- Build custom rockets
- Manage fuel and speed
- Explore different planets
- Unlock new levels
- Compete for high scores
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Who doesn't want to reach other planets? Speed and fly away by building your rocket! Build a rocket with power, fuel, and speed to make it the most powerful of all. Start and fly to the farthest planets and reach to end of the galaxy if you can! The higher you go with your rocket to different planets, the better you score and reach new levels. Beat your competition and fly to all planets before they do! The score goes up high as your rocket reaches new heights in the galaxy. Do you see Mars? Accelerate and score! Features: - Build your own powerful rocket - Fuel and speed up - Reach different planets! - Unlock new levels
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlanetBuilder at 71% against Build Your Rocket's 0%. PlanetBuilder also leads on ads (none vs shown). Build Your Rocket's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.8 vs 4.1). On in-app purchases and device support 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
Build Your Rocket is free to download; PlanetBuilder costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Build Your Rocket holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Build Your Rocket has 66 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of PlanetBuilder's written reviews are positive against 0% of Build Your Rocket's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PlanetBuilder ships an update every 26 months, Build Your Rocket fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlanetBuilder | Build Your Rocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) | 4.8 (66 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 26 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Strange Labs LLC | Clap Clap Games |
Customer experience
PlanetBuilder
Build Your Rocket
In-app purchases
PlanetBuilder
No in-app purchases
Build Your Rocket
No in-app purchases
Questions
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