Comparison

Spacian vs Liftoff

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

Head to head
About

Spacian

Track rocket launches and space events with live countdowns, mission timelines, and detailed context. Get reminders for liftoff and explore space history with daily features and a comprehensive search.

Highlights
  • Live countdowns for rocket launches
  • Mission timelines and deep context
  • Customizable launch reminders
  • Widgets for home screen tracking
  • Searchable database of space entities
  • NASA Image of the Day
Features
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Rocket launch times change. Spacian tells you when the mission you care about moves — and opens the updated launch directly from the alert. Follow a launch for schedule changes, T-24h/T-1h/T-10m reminders, a live countdown, Lock Screen status, and official stream links. TRACK ONE MISSION FREE Choose any upcoming launch or space event and tap Track. Your first tracked mission is free. ALERTS THAT LEAD TO THE ANSWER Tap an alert to open the relevant launch or event directly. See the latest time, status, provider, location, mission overview, and timeline without searching through the app. UPCOMING AT A GLANCE • Live countdown to the next mission • Schedule and status changes • Provider, rocket, pad, and location • Official streams and mission links when available • Home Screen widgets and launch Live Activities ALWAYS TRACK SPACE PROGRAMS — PREMIUM Automatically add future matching missions to your alerts and tracked calendar. Start with three focused programs: • Starship • Moon & Artemis • Human Spaceflight Preview matching missions and alert cadence before enabling a program. Spacian shows overlap with your existing tracking, and individual matched missions can be excluded. DEEP MISSION DETAILS Understand more than T-minus. Explore mission objectives, vehicles, payloads, agencies, crew, locations, key milestones, media, and related spaceflight context. PREMIUM Premium unlocks unlimited mission tracking, Always Track programs, and iCloud sync across your devices. The first tracked mission remains free. Spacian is built for iPhone and iPad. Data sources are credited in the app. Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Liftoff

Stay updated on all rocket launches globally with real-time alerts and live stream links. Pin countdowns to your home screen and access detailed mission information, even offline. Features live flight data when available.

Highlights
  • Global rocket launch schedule
  • Customizable push alerts
  • Live stream integration
  • Home screen widgets
  • Offline launch data
  • Live flight data display
Features
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Every rocket launch worldwide, in one feed sorted by what's next. Liftoff wakes you up before T-0, pins a live countdown to your home screen, and drops you straight into the official stream when a launch goes live. Free, no ads, no account. Every Falcon 9, every Starship, every Electron, every Atlas, every Ariane — one schedule, sorted by what's coming. Follow the pads you actually care about and Liftoff alerts you before liftoff. Skip the YouTube rabbit hole. Skip the doomscroll. Open Liftoff and the next launch is right there. NEVER MISS A LAUNCH Push alerts fire at T-24h, T-1h, and T-15m — and only for the pads you've followed. Delays, scrubs, and re-targets push through too, so when a Starlink launch slips you find out before you've parked in front of the wrong stream. Alerts are tuned to stay quiet: a launch sliding its time won't bury you in repeat pings. WATCH IT LIVE When a launch has an official webcast, the stream surfaces right at the top of the launch screen — a STREAM badge marks it on the feed the moment it's live, so you never have to go hunting for the link. LIVE FLIGHT DATA — WHEN AVAILABLE During select SpaceX webcasts, Liftoff reads altitude, velocity, and flight phase out of the active stream and renders them as a clean ribbon at the top of the launch screen. When the data is flowing, you watch the numbers climb through ascent, staging, and entry burn. Availability depends on the broadcast — when it's there, it's a view no other launch app gives you. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Two widget types across compact and wide sizes. Pin the next launch with a final-hour countdown that ticks on your home screen, and choose a single-launch focus widget or a multi-launch upcoming feed. On iOS, a Live Activity keeps the countdown on your Lock Screen as T-0 closes in. THE FULL SCHEDULE Every upcoming rocket launch, worldwide: • SpaceX — Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Starship • NASA — Artemis, SLS, crew missions • Rocket Lab — Electron, Neutron • Blue Origin — New Shepard, New Glenn • ULA — Atlas V, Vulcan • ISRO, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos, CNSA • Ariane 6, H3, Long March, Soyuz, and everything else on the manifest LAUNCH DETAILS Tap any launch for the full briefing: mission overview, rocket and booster specs, provider, crew bios when applicable, pad location with map, payload details, the count-up clock after liftoff, and a direct link to the official livestream. OFFLINE-FIRST Launch data caches locally the moment you open the app. Lose signal at the viewing site? The countdown keeps running, mission details stay readable, and the schedule is still there. BUILT TO BE USED BY EVERYONE Fully tuned for VoiceOver and Dynamic Type, with a dark, deep-space aesthetic that's easy on the eyes at a 4 a.m. launch window. Got a request or hit a snag? There's a feedback channel built right into the app. DATA SOURCE Liftoff pulls from Launch Library 2, the most comprehensive open rocket launch database — the same source serious launch trackers have trusted for years. Schedules update continuously as agencies confirm, scrub, and re-target. Built for people who set alarms for Starlink launches.

Screenshots

Spacian4 screens
Liftoff4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Liftoff at none against Spacian's 3. Liftoff also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Spacian sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Liftoff asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Spacian against 5.0 for Liftoff. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Spacian versus Liftoff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpacianLiftoff
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmytro PolianskyiNATHANIEL KREBS

Customer experience

Spacian

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Liftoff

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Spacian

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$49.99
None

Liftoff

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spacian free?
Spacian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Liftoff free?
Liftoff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spacian or Liftoff?
Spacian and Liftoff are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Spacian or Liftoff have ads?
Neither Spacian nor Liftoff shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spacian or Liftoff?
Spacian ships an update weekly, and Liftoff weekly. Most recently, Spacian was updated on October 28, 2026 and Liftoff on October 24, 2026.

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