Comparison

Rocket Touchdown vs Padfall

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

Head to head
About

Rocket Touchdown

Test your piloting skills in a challenging space landing simulator. Manage fuel, fight gravity, and navigate hazards across different celestial bodies. Master precise controls for a brutal, physics-based arcade experience with a retro-futuristic aesthetic.

Highlights
  • Authentic flight physics
  • Multiple environments (Earth, Moon, Mars)
  • Dynamic hazards (meteors, lasers, black holes)
  • Global leaderboards
  • Retro-futuristic brutalist interface
  • Limited fuel management
Features
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[ SYSTEM ACTIVE ] Welcome to Rocket Touchdown — a no-forgiveness landing simulation. This isn’t just a game. It’s a test of precision, control, and physics. Your mission is simple: Control your spacecraft, manage limited fuel, fight gravity… and land safely. But one mistake? Total mission failure. Built on pure physics and wrapped in a retro-futuristic terminal aesthetic, Rocket Touchdown delivers a brutal, skill-based arcade experience. Key Features • Authentic Flight Physics Master the balance between main thrusters and RCS controls. Every input matters. • 8 Unique Spacecraft Unlock and command 8 distinct crafts—from the agile Hermes to the titan Zenith—each with unique thrust, armor, and handling profiles. • Flight Directives & Daily Protocols Access the onboard Flight Terminal. Complete 75+ career directives across 9 flight disciplines, tackle 24-hour rotating daily protocols, claim rewards, and rise from Cadet to Cosmic Legend. • Multiple Environments Train on Earth, survive the Moon, and conquer Mars across 99 progressive missions. • Dynamic Hazards Dodge meteors, endure laser strikes, collect orbital shields, and exploit mysterious wormhole warps. • Global Leaderboards Compete worldwide on Game Center and prove you’re the ultimate pilot. • Brutalist Interface CRT scanlines, monochrome displays, and immersive deep-space audio. Do you have the precision to land? Or will you burn on impact? [ LAUNCH SEQUENCE INITIATED ]

About

Padfall

Guide a reusable rocket booster to a soft, upright landing on various celestial bodies and challenging environments. Master steering and thrust control to achieve perfect touchdowns and earn high scores. Progress through campaign missions and test your skills in a unique chain-of-drops challenge.

Highlights
  • Precision rocket landing gameplay
  • Steering and thrust control
  • Eight campaign missions
  • Moving recovery decks and adverse conditions
  • Scoring system for touchdowns
  • Cadence challenge mode
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Padfall is a precision rocket landing game. Guide a reusable booster to a soft, upright touchdown with careful steering and thrust. Steer with the left pad and set thrust with the right. The altitude tape shows a burn bracket: the last altitude where a full vertical burn still stops you at the deck. Light the engine there, manage your sideways drift, and touch down soft, upright and on the pad. • Twenty campaign missions on Earth, the Moon and Mars, unlocked one landing at a time • Moving recovery decks at sea, night recoveries, crosswind and thin Martian air • Thrust and attitude control • Grades for every touchdown: Nominal or Perfect, with a score for softness, centring, attitude and fuel left • Cadence: a chain of drops that climbs higher each time, with a growing score multiplier • Progress and settings are saved on your device • Supported by ads; optional paint schemes for the booster as in-app purchases; no account

Screenshots

Rocket Touchdown4 screens
Padfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Padfall at 3 against Rocket Touchdown's 1. Padfall also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Rocket Touchdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Padfall 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rocket Touchdown against 5.0 for Padfall. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rocket Touchdown ships an update every 8 days, Padfall every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Rocket Touchdown versus Padfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRocket TouchdownPadfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUfuk AYDINBRADLY MICHEAL PLUMMER-RIX

Customer experience

Rocket Touchdown

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

Padfall

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Rocket Touchdown

One-time1
  • Full System Access$0.99
10 purchases

Padfall

One-time10
  • India Paint$1.99
  • Japan Paint$1.99
  • Israel Paint$1.99
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  • Iran Paint$1.99
  • North Korea Paint$1.99
  • South Korea Paint$1.99
  • Ukraine Paint$1.99
  • United Kingdom Paint$1.99
  • France Paint$1.99
  • New Zealand Paint$1.99

Questions

Is Rocket Touchdown free?
Rocket Touchdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Padfall free?
Padfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rocket Touchdown or Padfall?
Rocket Touchdown and Padfall are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Rocket Touchdown or Padfall have ads?
Both Rocket Touchdown and Padfall show ads.
Which is updated more often, Rocket Touchdown or Padfall?
Rocket Touchdown ships an update every 8 days, and Padfall every 5 days. Most recently, Rocket Touchdown was updated on October 22, 2026 and Padfall on October 24, 2026.

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