Comparison

Factory Frontier vs Asteronium

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

Head to head
About

Factory Frontier

Design and expand a 2D factory to maximize profits by strategically placing production elements. Optimize your setup, unlock upgrades, and rebirth for unique bonuses to grow your industrial empire. Ideal for players who enjoy strategy and automation.

Highlights
  • Design and expand 2D factories
  • Strategic placement of production elements
  • Optimize production lines
  • Unlock upgrades
  • Rebirth for bonuses
  • Automation gameplay
Features
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Factory Frontier is a 2D mobile game where you design and expand your own factory to maximize profits. Strategically place droppers, upgraders, furnaces, and conveyors to create efficient production lines that generate money. Optimize your setup, unlock upgrades, and climb the ranks as your factory grows. Once you've built a thriving operation, rebirth to start anew with unique bonuses, pushing the boundaries of your industrial empire even further. Perfect for players who love strategy, creativity, and the thrill of automation!

About

Asteronium

Develop a deep-space industrial empire by strategically building and managing your space station. Optimize resource extraction, refine materials, and trade goods to become an idle mining tycoon. Research new technologies and upgrade modules to maximize efficiency, even when offline.

Highlights
  • Build and manage space station
  • Optimize resource extraction
  • Refine materials and trade goods
  • Research new technologies
  • Offline progression
  • Upgrade modules
Features
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Build your industrial space station and become an idle miner tycoon in a deep-space economy. Lay out your colony smartly: link ships that mine asteronium to factories that refine it, then route goods to trade drones — every connection matters, every bottleneck is yours to solve. Expand around the asteroid, upgrade your modules, and keep production flowing even while you’re offline. Research new technologies, earn permanent boosts between runs, and push your throughput to the limit. Balance mining speed against asteroid stability, then launch to Earth to refine rare finds and come back stronger. Watch your numbers soar, your layouts evolve — and chase the rumor of a mysterious element hidden at the cores of the largest asteroids. Should we explore?

Screenshots

Factory Frontier4 screens
Asteronium3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Asteronium at 5.0 against Factory Frontier's 3.6. Asteronium also leads on iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). Factory Frontier's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Factory Frontier sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Asteronium sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Asteronium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Factory Frontier has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Factory Frontier ships an update every 2 weeks, Asteronium monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Factory Frontier versus Asteronium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFactory FrontierAsteronium
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (16 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB186 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBenjamin CerroneMarina Kornilova

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Factory Frontier

One-time10
  • 250 Gems$1.99
  • More Quests$2.99
  • Double Gems$3.99
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  • Extra Layout Slot$4.99
  • No Ads$4.99
  • 1000 Gems$4.99
  • VIP$6.99
  • MVIP$9.99
  • Vip Bundle$12.99
  • Mega Bundle$24.99
10 purchases

Asteronium

One-time10
  • Station Eta$0.99
  • Station Theta$0.99
  • Station Eta$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Station Theta$1.99
  • Station Zeta$2.99
  • Station Eta$2.99
  • Station Theta$2.99
  • Station Eta$3.99
  • Station Theta$3.99
  • Mega Station$4.99

Questions

Is Factory Frontier free?
Factory Frontier is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Asteronium free?
Asteronium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Factory Frontier or Asteronium?
Asteronium is rated higher. Factory Frontier averages 3.6 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Asteronium averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Factory Frontier or Asteronium have ads?
Asteronium shows ads; Factory Frontier does not.
Which is updated more often, Factory Frontier or Asteronium?
Factory Frontier ships an update every 2 weeks, and Asteronium monthly. Most recently, Factory Frontier was updated on October 24, 2026 and Asteronium on October 28, 2026.

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