Comparison

The Fleet vs Spacing Out

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

The Fleet

Embark on an epic interactive novel to reclaim your home world from alien invaders. Forge alliances, make critical choices that shape the narrative, and battle your way to victory with a vast arsenal. Your decisions will determine the fate of your planet and your own destiny.

Highlights
  • Interactive story choices
  • Intergalactic alliance building
  • Alien invasion combat
  • Expandable arsenal
  • Branching narrative paths
  • Multiple endings
Features
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Take back your home world from alien invaders! Forge an Intergalactic Alliance (with untrustworthy allies) to reclaim your planet; blast your way to victory with an ever-expanding arsenal. Will you sacrifice civilian lives to exact vengeance on your enemies? "The Fleet" is an interactive novel where you control the main character. In each chapter, your choices determine how the story proceeds. Will you return home as a military dictator, a prisoner of war, or the president of a puppet state? Will you even recognize home when you get there?

About

Spacing Out

Embark on a 50,000-word personal tale of exploration and intense battles on a planet of nightmares. Lead a team of futuristic warriors, evolve your combat skills, and forge alliances with alien races to retrieve a powerful artifact and shape your future.

Highlights
  • 50,000-word personal tale
  • Lead a team of futuristic warriors
  • Evolve combat expertise
  • Befriend alien races
  • Claim a powerful artifact
  • Choose gender and romance options
Features
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Explore the planet of nightmares with your small team of warriors. Retrieve a powerful artifact from the claws of adversaries or die trying. Meet an enigmatic race of insectoid beings and befriend their hybrid queen, helping her bring peace to a captured hatchery. Get assisted by a powerful Pleiadian woman who mingles with the structure of time itself. Claim the artifact and embrace the options it gives you to forge a future of your desire. • Enjoy a 50,000-word personal tale of exploration, intense battles and reestablishing yourself in a world of your choice. • Lead a small team of futuristic warriors. • Evolve your expertise at sniping, close-range combat, melee combat, healing and forcefield generation. • Get saved by a beautiful Pleiadian woman. • Meet the enigmatic race of the insectoids and befriend their queen. • Claim a powerful artifact and decide what to do with it. • Play as male or female, gay or straight. • Choose between 3 optional romances.

Screenshots

The Fleet4 screens
Spacing Out4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spacing Out at Free against The Fleet's $4.99. The Fleet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (63% vs 33%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Spacing Out is free to download; The Fleet costs $4.99 up front. Spacing Out sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Fleet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Fleet holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of The Fleet's written reviews are positive against 33% of Spacing Out's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Fleet ships an update every 8 months, Spacing Out every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
The Fleet versus Spacing Out: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe FleetSpacing Out
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (24 ratings) — better3.7 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 8 months — betterEvery 15 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB27 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperChoice of Games LLCHosted Games LLC

Customer experience

The Fleet

All ratings24 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral20.8%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%

Spacing Out

All ratings23 ratings
Positive60.9%
Neutral8.7%
Negative30.4%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral22.2%
Negative44.4%

In-app purchases

None

The Fleet

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spacing Out

One-time1
  • Remove Advertising$4.99

Questions

Is The Fleet free?
The Fleet costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spacing Out free?
Spacing Out is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Fleet or Spacing Out?
The Fleet is rated higher. The Fleet averages 3.9 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Spacing Out averages 3.7 from 23 ratings.
Do The Fleet or Spacing Out have ads?
Both The Fleet and Spacing Out show ads.
Which is updated more often, The Fleet or Spacing Out?
The Fleet ships an update every 8 months, and Spacing Out every 15 months. Most recently, The Fleet was updated on November 6, 2026 and Spacing Out on November 2, 2026.

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