Xtreme Soaring 3D vs 3,2,1 Launch!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Xtreme Soaring 3D
Experience the thrill of soaring through realistic landscapes. This flight simulator lets you master the skies like a bird, utilizing natural forces. Enjoy detailed cockpits, diverse gliders, and online competitions.
- Realistic thermal and ridge lift simulation
- Multiplayer internet mode
- Detailed glider cockpits
- High-resolution satellite terrain
- Online competitions
- Realistic flight characteristics
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(FREE version available) Have you ever dreamed of soaring the sky like a bird, circling on an invisible thermal and staying aloft just by your skills and the forces of natures? Or are you already a glider pilot who looking for more funs while you're not flying? Welcome to XtremeSoaring3D, one of the best soaring/flight simulation available for mobile devices. It captures the beauty, the excitement and the technology of the soaring sport. Beside flying, the beauty of soaring sport is also the landscapes, the countrysides that we glide over. Therefore, we manage to integrate terrain data in this sim using high resolution satellite images and elevation. This resulted in a look real, beautiful landscapes with highly detail airport hangars and runways. FEATURES * Thermal lift and ridge-lift * Multiplayer over the internet. * ASK-21 trainer gldier, DG-808S and LS-8 high performance glider with full function cockpit. * 360 degrees look around cockpit, and multi-touch zoom. * Realistic terrain with high resolution satellite images, detail airport: Zeltweg (Austria), Santiago (Chile), Omarama (New Zealand), Oahu (Hawaii). * Realistic flight characteristic, accurate performance, wing-flex. * Realistic flight instruments, Total Energy Compensated variometer. * Winch launch take-off. * Thermal-lift, ridge-lift simulation. * Online competition.
3,2,1 Launch!
Experience the journey of a spacecraft from selection to launch. This game features 8 mini-games that educate players on the engineering and processes involved in sending a spacecraft into orbit.
- Rocket and spacecraft matching
- Engineering analysis
- Spacecraft cleaning
- Rocket assembly
- Fueling process
- Orbit targeting
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In 1998, NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) was established to support NASA’s science and robotic missions by procuring commercial launch vehicles. The program was established at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to centralize technical and management support to spacecraft customers. LSP brings together people, procurement, engineering best practices, strategic planning, studies, and cutting-edge techniques—all instrumental components for the United States to have a dependable and secure Earth-to-Space bridge that is dedicated to launching all types of spacecraft. This game goes through the process of a spacecraft matching to a rocket, the integration of the spacecraft to the rocket and the engineering behind it, and its eventual launch into space and the correct orbit. The game consists of 8 mini games to educate the player on the process Features: • Buying a rocket • How to get where you want to go in space • Analyzing the rocket and spacecraft • How to clean a spacecraft • Putting together a rocket • Time to fuel up • Frequency • Staying on target The characters that the player can choose from are represented by animals that are found in the Cape Canaveral Wildlife Refuge which encompasses Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Base. • Tortoise • Manatee • Wild hog • Bobcat • Alligator • T- Rex (not found in the Cape Canaveral Wildlife Refuge)
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The clearest difference is price: 3,2,1 Launch! at Free against Xtreme Soaring 3D's $3.99. 3,2,1 Launch! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Xtreme Soaring 3D's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.6). On ratings volume, 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
3,2,1 Launch! is free to download; Xtreme Soaring 3D costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
3,2,1 Launch! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Xtreme Soaring 3D's written reviews are positive against 100% of 3,2,1 Launch!'s.
Xtreme Soaring 3D ships an update fortnightly, 3,2,1 Launch! every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Xtreme Soaring 3D | 3,2,1 Launch! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 947 MB | 1008 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PNTK, Inc. | NASA |
Customer experience
Xtreme Soaring 3D
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In-app purchases
Xtreme Soaring 3D
No in-app purchases
3,2,1 Launch!
No in-app purchases
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