Spaceship Builder vs Below The Layer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spaceship Builder
Design, build, and pilot your own spaceship in a vast galaxy. Progress through a tech tree, engage in thrilling space combat, and explore new sectors. Earn credits to upgrade your vessel and become a legendary commander.
- Engineer and customize spaceships
- Unlock advanced technologies
- Master manual space combat
- Earn and upgrade ship systems
- Explore diverse space sectors
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Spaceship Builder: Your Gateway to Galactic Adventure! Take control of your destiny in the vast expanse of space. As a novice cadet in the Empire's fleet, you'll embark on an extraordinary journey from humble beginnings to becoming a legendary spaceship commander. Key Features: - Engineer Your Dream Spaceship Start with limited resources and gradually build your way to the stars. Design and construct your spaceship from the ground up, customizing every aspect to suit your playstyle. - Unlock Advanced Technologies Progress through an extensive tech tree, unlocking cutting-edge parts and systems to enhance your ship's capabilities. Each discovery brings you closer to crafting the ultimate vessel. - Master Space Combat Take full control of your ship in intense, manual battles. Prove your worth as a pilot by outmaneuvering and outgunning your opponents in thrilling space dogfights. - Earn and Upgrade Collect valuable Empire Credits through epic battles and daring missions. Use your hard-earned rewards to upgrade resource limits, improve ship systems, and unlock new technologies. - Explore the Cosmos Navigate through treacherous space sectors, each presenting unique challenges and opportunities. Your decisions and piloting skills will determine your fate in this vast, unforgiving universe. From precise shooting to strategic ship building, every moment in Spaceship Builder is packed with excitement and challenge. Will you rise through the ranks to become the Empire's finest pilot? Your adventure in space awaits! https://www.spaceship-builder.com/privacy-policy/
Below The Layer
Command a submarine in a tactical simulation. Interpret sonar, exploit thermal layers, and make critical decisions about evasion or engagement. Every choice has consequences in this challenging game of stealth and strategy.
- Sonar analysis
- Target motion solutions
- Periscope observation
- Torpedo room operation
- Weapon guidance
- Patrol mission execution
- Stealth tactics
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Take command of a submarine in a tactical simulation where every decision matters. Read the ocean, interpret uncertain contacts, exploit the thermal layer, and decide when to evade or strike. No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. The complete game is yours from the moment you dive. Listen through passive sonar, classify contacts, and maneuver to turn uncertain bearings into a firing solution. Close the range, prepare your tubes, and decide whether the shot is worth revealing your position. Every choice has a cost. Speed helps you intercept, but it raises self-noise. The thermal layer may hide you—or conceal the enemy. A periscope observation can tighten a solution, but an exposed mast can betray you. Every torpedo launch leaves a datum that escorts, helicopters, and hostile submarines may investigate. FEATURES - Read faint contacts on a scrolling broadband waterfall, then dissect their signatures in narrowband - Build honest target-motion solutions from bearing rate, geometry, and your own maneuvers—not omniscient map markers - Risk raising the periscope to sweep the horizon, estimate range, and judge angle on the bow - Operate a working torpedo room: power, program, flood, open, fire, secure, and reload four independent tubes - Keep launched weapons on the guidance wire until their active seekers take over - Carry out changing patrol orders involving interception, reconnaissance, navigation, identification, and weapons-tight restrictions - Outsmart escorts, ASW helicopters, and hostile submarines that search for where they think you are - Exploit depth, silence, thermal layers, bottom terrain, maneuver, and decoys to break the enemy’s picture - Cross long patrol distances under time compression that yields when danger arrives - Face reproducible seeded patrols where imperfect information makes every decision matter Your crew handles routine classification and procedure. You decide where to listen, which contact to track, when to expose the boat, when to fire, and when to break contact and return home. Below the Layer rewards patience, geometry, stealth, and judgment—not reflex shooting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Below The Layer at 5.0 against Spaceship Builder's 4.5. Below The Layer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 27) and ads (none vs shown). Spaceship Builder's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Spaceship Builder sells 27 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Below The Layer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Below The Layer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spaceship Builder has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Spaceship Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, Below The Layer every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spaceship Builder | Below The Layer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 546 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | DR-Online Sp. z o.o. | James Seaward |
Customer experience
Spaceship Builder
Below The Layer
In-app purchases
Spaceship Builder
- Imperial Privilege$3.991 Month
- 1200 Gold Pack (4x Bonus)$0.99
- 600 Gold Pack (2x Bonus)$0.99
- 300 Gold Pack$0.99
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- 1500 credits pack$0.99
- 2800 Gold Pack (4x Bonus)$1.99
- 1400 Gold Pack (2x Bonus)$1.99
- 700 Gold Pack$1.99
- 5000 credits pack$1.99
- 6000 Gold Pack (4x Bonus)$3.99
- 3000 Gold Pack (2x Bonus)$3.99
- 1500 Gold Pack$3.99
- 15000 credits pack$4.99
- Remove obligatory ads$6.99
- 7000 Gold Pack (2x Bonus)$7.99
- 14000 Gold Pack (4x Bonus)$7.99
- 35000 credits pack$7.99
- 3500 Gold Pack$9.99
- 500 hangar resources$9.99
- Sandbox Unlock$12.99
- 32000 Gold Pack (4x Bonus)$19.99
- 8000 Gold Pack$22.99
- 16000 Gold Pack (2x Bonus)$22.99
- 68000 Gold Pack (4x Bonus)$39.99
- 2500 hangar resources$39.99
- 17000 Gold Pack$44.99
- 34000 Gold Pack (2x Bonus)$44.99
Below The Layer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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