Melt and Fill vs Astro Builder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Melt and Fill
Engage in a satisfying melting and filling experience. Slice, cook, and chop various items to fill bottles and earn in-game profit. Upgrade your equipment to melt faster and unlock new substances.
- Melt various items
- Slice, cook, and chop ingredients
- Fill bottles for profit
- Upgrade melting machine
- Upgrade bottles
- Unlock new substances
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Melt plastic balls, gold bitcoins, and other different stuff! Slice marshmallows, cook corn and chop honeycombs! Try to fill as many bottles as you can to make a higher in-game profit! Use it wisely to be able to efficiently upgrade your melting machine and bottles! Then you can melt faster and more to produce higher profit, which you need to complete a level and find more substances to melt!
Astro Builder
Build a sprawling space station in orbit with this idle construction game. Start with basic components and expand your facility by unlocking new equipment and generating resources. Discover and develop new areas as your station grows.
- Idle space station construction
- Resource management
- Unlock new equipment
- Expand and develop areas
- Space elevator material transport
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Welcome to Astro Builder, the ultimate casual idle game where you construct a space station in near-Earth orbit. Begin with a simple setup—a connecting ground track and a small platform. Material is transported to the platform via a space elevator and piled on the ground. Utilize the resources to expand and improve the platform, unlocking new equipment and producing valuable resources. Each construction phase reveals a new area, waiting to be developed and unlocked. Can you build the ultimate space station and conquer the cosmos?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Melt and Fill at monthly against Astro Builder's every 11 months. Melt and Fill also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Astro Builder's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 613). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Melt and Fill sells 18 one-off in-app purchases and Astro Builder sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Astro Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Astro Builder has 3.4K ratings behind it against 613, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Melt and Fill's written reviews are positive against 34% of Astro Builder's.
Melt and Fill ships an update monthly, Astro Builder every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Melt and Fill | Astro Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (613 ratings) | 4.7 (3.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.5% of reviews | 34.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 613 | 3.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 274 MB | 251 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | Solid Games |
Customer experience
Melt and Fill
Astro Builder
User reviews
Melt and Fill
From 613 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Satisfying gameplay
- 🕰️ Good time-waster
- 🎨 Visually appealing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs
- 💰 Inconsistent pricing
- 📺 Excessive ads
- 🔄 Progress resets on app close
Astro Builder
From 3.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun game concept
- 👍 Detailed space station building
- 💡 Customizable astronaut suits
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy AI and builder behavior
- 🔇 Lack of sound and music
- 🔁 Repetitive and monotonous gameplay
- 🔒 Forced ads and limited free content
- ⏱️ Slow progress without watching ads
Bugs and requests
Melt and Fill
Reported bugs
3 issues- Stuck/missing objects
- Knife/tool malfunctions
- Pricing issues after app close
Requested features
3 requests- More level variety
- Improved save/load functionality
- Better ad management
Astro Builder
Reported bugs
3 issues- Builders getting stuck or ignoring resource needs
- Inconsistent behavior when collecting from processors
- Permanent worker upgrades not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to continue progress offline
- More varied level designs and challenges
- Autonomous builder behavior
- Background progress while app is closed
In-app purchases
Melt and Fill
- Auto Sell$0.99
- Speed Booster$0.99
- Auto Add$0.99
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- Auto Tap$0.99
- Coins Small Amount$1.99
- Auto Tap$1.99
- Auto Add$1.99
- Auto Sell$1.99
- Speed Booster$1.99
- Coins Small Amount$2.99
- Coins Medium Amount$3.99
- Progression Pack$4.99
- Coins High Amount$6.99
- Starter Pack$6.99
- Coins Medium Amount$6.99
- Remove Ads$7.99
- Coins High Amount$9.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
Astro Builder
- AD TICKETS 10$0.99
- AD TICKETS 25$1.99
- AD TICKETS 60$3.99
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- Ad-free 7 day$4.99
- Permanent ad-free!$9.99
Questions
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