Ellipse vs SkyHaul
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ellipse
Design, build, and launch rockets with realistic orbital mechanics. Explore celestial bodies and experience dynamic physics for a true-to-life space simulation. Ideal for aspiring engineers and space enthusiasts.
- Rocket design and customization
- Realistic orbital mechanics
- Explore celestial bodies
- Dynamic physics engine
- Space exploration simulation
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Build your own vehicles and conduct your own space missions to explore space. Launch capsules, satellites, land on the Moon, land on Mars. - Real orbital mechanics and physics, nothing is faked - Planets based on real solar system data - Thrilling visual effects - No ads, no account required, free to download
SkyHaul
Build and manage your own airline, from buying real aircraft to opening routes. You can choose to fly manually, performing 3D takeoffs and landings, or let your crew handle the flights. Progress through career objectives and unlock new aircraft and liveries.
- Build and manage your own airline
- Buy and upgrade real aircraft
- Open routes to 100 busy airports
- Manual 3D takeoffs and landings
- Real-time flight progression
- Unlock liveries and career objectives
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Build your own airline: buy real aircraft, open routes, and land your planes yourself at the world's 100 busiest airports, rebuilt in 3D. Every flight is a decision. Hand the controls to your crew, or take over for takeoff and landing: the better you fly, the better your grade, and the faster your airline grows. RUN YOUR AIRLINE • 13 aircraft, from regional jets to superjumbos • Open routes based on each airport's demand • Level up your crews: piloting, service, technical skills • Watch the wear, repair, upgrade cabins and range • Sell at the right time: every aircraft has a trade-in value FLY WHEN YOU WANT • Manual 3D takeoffs and landings, graded on every flight • Wind, visibility, cloud ceiling, day and night: no two flights alike • 100 real airports with their actual runways, taxiways and lighting • Local time is real: land in Tokyo at sunset YOUR FLIGHTS CONTINUE WITHOUT YOU • Flights progress in real time, even with the app closed • Come back to land by hand, or let the crew take care of it COLLECT AND PROGRESS • 15 liveries to unlock and apply to your 3D aircraft • A new landing challenge every day, with Miles to earn • Career objectives to claim and levels that unlock new aircraft SkyHaul is fully playable offline, with no ads and no trackers. Download and take off.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SkyHaul at daily against Ellipse's monthly. SkyHaul also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Ellipse's advantage is ratings volume (2K vs 5). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Ellipse sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and SkyHaul sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SkyHaul holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ellipse has 2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Ellipse's written reviews are positive against 100% of SkyHaul's.
Ellipse ships an update monthly, SkyHaul daily. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ellipse | SkyHaul |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 293 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Starwelds | William Balance |
Customer experience
Ellipse
SkyHaul
Bugs and requests
Ellipse
Reported bugs
12 issues- Connected parts don't work
- Staging issues (last stage goes first)
- Fairings don't attach
- Cannot delete after spawning samples
- Detached parts don't detach
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- Game freezes during missions
- Parachute gets cut before launch
- Expansion pack causes build issues
- Glitches on iPad
- Rocket parts don't separate
- Capsule doesn't separate from rocket near the moon
- Build area barrier
Requested features
49 requests- Add more planets
- Add astronauts
- Add a delete button
- Add more parts (solar panel, battery, antenna, wing, landing leg, chassis, monopropellant tank, docking port)
- Add electricity consumption
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- Add plane flight mechanics
- Add planet navigation (like SFS)
- Improve RCS control
- Improve plane aerodynamics
- Improve RCS in docking mode
- Add launch instructions
- Add symmetry feature
- Add staging mechanic
- Add modding or community made packs
- Add individual save slots
- Add more free stuff
- Add engine mounts
- Add SRB customizations
- Make fuel tanks adjustable
- Add emergency escape towers
- Add Jupiter and its moons
- Add Deimos (Mars' second moon)
- Add gas giants and their moons
- Add controllers support
- Add better damage and break apart models
- Add rovers
- Add Saturn V rocket parts
- Add free space shuttle
- Adjust planet speed
- Add more buildings around Earth
- Make planets more detailed
- Add more expansion parts
- Make build area better
- Remove build area barrier
- Add Saturn V rocket
- Add gas giants
- Add gas giant moons
- Add Deimos
- Add Jupiter and its 4 biggest moons
- Add more free parts
- Add tutorial on how to build
- Improve realism
- Add space stations
- Add more capsules
- Add bigger fuel tanks
- Add bigger rocket booster fuel
- Add more detailed graphics
- Add more parts to build planes
- Add a tutorial for maneuvers
SkyHaul
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ellipse
- Large Parts$2.99
- Heavy Lift Program$4.99
- Expansion$4.99
SkyHaul
- 100 Miles$1.99
- 300 Miles$3.99
- 700 Miles$8.99
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- 1500 Miles$17.99









