SimpleRockets vs Super Starship 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleRockets
Design and build custom rocket ships with a variety of parts, then launch them into space to explore the solar system. Engage in challenges that test your engineering skills and learn about realistic orbital physics.
- Design custom rocket ships
- Connect various parts and gizmos
- Build rovers with wheels
- Explore the solar system
- Realistic orbital physics simulation
- Engage in in-game challenges
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Be sure to check our new game, SimplePlanes. Build airplanes and test them with realistic physics and see how they fly. You can find it on the App Store now or check out the website at http://www.SimplePlanes.com Design your own rocket ships. Blast off into space. Explore the solar system. See if you have what it takes to be a rocket scientist. CREATE Choose and connect parts together to build rocket ships. You can choose from a variety of rocket engines, fuel tanks, and other gizmos. You can even build rovers with powered wheels. You are only limited by your imagination. EXPLORE Blast off from any planet you want. You can fly through the intense atmosphere of Venus, or you can take advantage of the low gravity of Mercury. Whip around the sun and launch yourself out to the far reaches of the solar system. CHALLENGES Several challenges are built into the game so you can see who can go the fastest, fly the farthest, orbit with the least amount of fuel, land on the moon, and so much more. ROCKET SCIENCE Kepler wrote the equations 400 years ago, and SimpleRockets uses those equations to model extremely realistic orbital physics. Players will learn about rocket science and astrodynamics while they are having a blast exploring the solar system. This makes SimpleRockets ideal for the classroom, or as a healthy alternative to the barrage of brainless games available on the App Store.
Super Starship 3
Pilot your own starship through a vast, procedurally generated galaxy of millions of stars and planets. Explore, claim celestial bodies, and search for extraterrestrial intelligence signals. Collect resources, discover alien structures, and upgrade your ship.
- Explore a galaxy of millions of stars and planets
- Claim stars and planets
- Search for extraterrestrial intelligence signals
- Collect resources and discover alien structures
- Upgrade your starship
- Build bases on planets
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Explore strange new worlds. Go where no one has gone before! Are you a fan of Star Trek or No Man's Sky? What would you do if you had your own starship? Where would you go? Explore a huge persistent galaxy of one million stars and almost 6 million planets (5,999,792 to be exact). The galaxy is split up into 125 quadrants with each quadrant split into 729 sectors. There's a lot to explore. Claim stars and planets and make them yours forever. Other starship captains will also see stars and planets that you claim and you will see theirs. Full 3D universe - fly to any star/planet you see in your view and claim/explore it. Your mission, as starship captain, is to locate ETI (extraterrestrial intelligence) signals in deep space. Galactic Command has detected the signals and will supply you with quadrant and sector coordinates, but it is up to you to scan the planets and locate the source of the signals. Each of the one million stars is a unique solar system with a random number of planets and maybe a starbase. Each planet is unique and you can fly your starship down through the planet atmosphere and even land on the planets. Collect beacons on the planet surface for points/credits/fuel/minerals. Collect all beacons on a planet for an extra reward. Sell your habitable planet discoveries and collected minerals for credits at any starbase. Use credits to upgrade your ship. Refuel your ship and recharge your life support system by visiting starbases. Just fly to one of the green cubes around the starbase to dock with it. Land on planets! Your starship will convert to a hovercraft where you can explore the planet surface and collect PODS for big points/fuel/minerals. Discover alien structures on habitable planets. Build bases on the planets. Bases are saved on the backend server so others can see and use them as well. Planet bases act just like starbases - you can sell resources and upgrade your ship when you dock with one. This is a game of exploration and discovery, not combat. Inspired by No Man's Sky, explore a massive persistent procedurally generated universe with a huge number of unique planets on your mobile device. Device with A12 or higher recommended. "Just give me a starship and stars to steer her by." - 2021 Les Bird
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Super Starship 3 at Free against SimpleRockets's $2.99. Super Starship 3 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). SimpleRockets's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 46%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.1). On 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
Super Starship 3 is free to download; SimpleRockets costs $2.99 up front. SimpleRockets sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Super Starship 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
SimpleRockets holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpleRockets has 686 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of SimpleRockets's written reviews are positive against 46% of Super Starship 3's.
SimpleRockets ships an update monthly, Super Starship 3 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleRockets | Super Starship 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (686 ratings) — better | 4.1 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better | 45.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 686 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 336 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jundroo, LLC | Les Bird |
Customer experience
SimpleRockets
Super Starship 3
Bugs and requests
SimpleRockets
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes on startup
- Rocket parts detaching mid-flight
- Docking and rendezvous issues
- Inconsistent controls and responsiveness
- Graphical glitches and visual bugs
Requested features
7 requests- More parts and customization options
- Improved rocket building and assembly
- Camera controls and different views
- Career mode or progression system
- Multiplayer or cooperative features
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- Expanded solar system and exploration
- Better tutorials and guidance
Super Starship 3
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SimpleRockets
- Angel Rocket Skin$0.99
- Cartoon Rocket Skin$0.99
- Guardian Rocket Skin$0.99
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- Lava Rocket Skin$0.99
- Platinum Rocket Skin$0.99
Super Starship 3
No in-app purchases
Questions
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