Cracker Head vs Orbit Mission
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cracker Head
Engage in a rock-breaking adventure where you collect items, enhance your abilities, and recruit more characters to achieve victory. The game focuses on progression and strategic skill selection to overcome challenges.
- Break rocks
- Collect items
- Select skills
- Recruit more men
- Win the game
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Break rocks, get items, select skills, get more men and win the game!
Orbit Mission
A bright rocket launch game for kids and families. Build custom rockets, navigate launch hazards, and learn the science behind reaching orbit. Offers hands-on gameplay with adjustable controls and educational content.
- Custom rocket building
- Interactive launch simulation
- Educational science facts
- Adjustable difficulty controls
- Offline family play
- Mission challenges
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Orbit Mission is a bright rocket launch game for curious kids and families. Build a custom rocket, pick a mission, steer through launch hazards, and learn why rockets need thrust, fuel, stability, and sideways speed to reach orbit. Start with simple launches: - Reach the cloud layer - Cross the edge of space - Build a stable orbit - Deliver a satellite when the deploy window opens Every launch is quick, readable, and hands-on. Adjust throttle, guide the steering arc, stage boosters, watch heat and stability, and use Mission Helper when the rocket drifts. After each run, review your path, earn stars, collect mission patches, and see one short science fact. Choose rocket bodies, nose cones, tanks, engines, fins, boosters, colors, and stickers. Different builds change power, fuel, drag, heat, and control, so kids can experiment without needing a full simulation manual. Flight Academy turns play into bite-size learning with decks for flight basics, orbit, hazards, mission goals, rocket tradeoffs, and a space glossary. Junior controls keep launching simple, while Explorer Controls add more challenge for older players. Designed for offline family play: - No third-party ads - No third-party analytics - No accounts, chat, or social sharing - Progress and settings saved on device - Separate toggles for music, sound effects, haptics, and quiet mode Build, launch, recover, and learn how orbit works one mission at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Orbit Mission at 5.0 against Cracker Head's 1.8. Orbit Mission also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). Cracker Head's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 1) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Cracker Head sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Orbit Mission sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Orbit Mission holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cracker Head has 83 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cracker Head ships an update every 9 days, Orbit Mission daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cracker Head | Orbit Mission |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (83 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 83 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 498 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rollic Games | Raven Vector |
Customer experience
Cracker Head
Orbit Mission
In-app purchases
Cracker Head
- Energy Pack - 10$2.99
- No Ads$6.99
- Energy Pack - 40$8.99
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- Energy Pack - 100$20.99
Orbit Mission
- Cosmic Pack$2.99
- Founder's Hangar$9.99








