meteor night vs Backyard Apollo AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
meteor night
Experience a unique night sky simulation with randomly generated celestial views. Relax and enjoy the tranquility of a virtual night, counting shooting stars as they appear. Perfect for unwinding and escaping the everyday.
- Randomly generated night skies
- Meditative and relaxing experience
- Shooting star simulation
- Simple, intuitive interface
- Suitable for all ages
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Whether under a gloomy city sky, or just longing to see some shooting stars... A randomly generated night sky every time you launch the app. Sit back, relax — see how many meteors you can count.
Backyard Apollo AR
Experience a life-sized Apollo Saturn V rocket in augmented reality. Explore it from all angles, walk around it, and launch it with realistic sounds and visuals. Customize your rocket experience and share snapshots.
- Life-sized rocket model
- 360-degree viewing
- Augmented reality placement
- Realistic launch sequence
- Authentic mission sounds
- Customizable rocket experience
- Snapshot sharing
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Its the model rocket you’ve always wanted! See a life-sized Apollo Saturn V rocket up close from every angle walk under and around it, then blast it off! Authentic mission sounds using 3D positional audio — wear headphones for the coolest effect — combine with realistic high-detail graphics, physically-based rendering, and HDR audio recordings of real rocket launches to make the experience just like being there! You’ll be able to launch your rocket again and again, from anywhere you like. Just tap where you want your rocket to appear. It's that easy! Launch a tiny model on your desktop or a full-sized giant in a field! Backyard Apollo offers ways to customize your experience too, making it even more fun to launch your rockets and take snapshots for your friends. “3…2…1…Houston: we have liftoff”!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Backyard Apollo AR at 4.7 against meteor night's 3.1. Backyard Apollo AR also leads on update cadence (every 7 months vs every 65 months) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 23). meteor night's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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.
Backyard Apollo AR holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backyard Apollo AR has 1.5K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of meteor night's written reviews are positive against 71% of Backyard Apollo AR's.
meteor night ships an update every 65 months, Backyard Apollo AR every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | meteor night | Backyard Apollo AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (23 ratings) | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.0% of reviews | 70.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 65 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guillaume Ardaud | Wobbleworks LLC |
Customer experience
meteor night
Backyard Apollo AR
Bugs and requests
meteor night
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Backyard Apollo AR
Reported bugs
3 issues- Startup crashes and sensor reset loops
- Rocket launch sequence freezes
- Persistent audio issues after app closure
Requested features
3 requests- Add more rocket models and launch configurations
- Implement video recording capability
- Improve overall stability and performance
In-app purchases
meteor night
No in-app purchases
Backyard Apollo AR
No in-app purchases
Questions
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