Comparison

Natural Disasters Simulator vs Rocket Space Program Simulator

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

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About

Natural Disasters Simulator

Simulate various natural disasters like tornadoes, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions on diverse landscapes. Observe the chain reactions and consequences of these events, with options to queue multiple disasters or complete specific scenarios. Save and share video replays of your simulations.

Highlights
  • Simulate 14 types of natural disasters
  • Realistic scientific scales (EF Scale, Saffir-Simpson)
  • Seven distinct simulated regions
  • Observe cascading disaster effects
  • Queue multiple disasters sequentially
  • Complete challenging scenarios
  • Save and share video replays
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Pick a place. Pick a disaster. Set how strong it is. Natural Disaster Simulator is a simulator of the things the planet does on its own. A town, its streets, the forest behind it and the sea in front of it are laid out below you, and you decide what happens next: a tornado on the ground, a hurricane coming ashore, a volcano waking up. Tap the map to start it, then watch what it does to the land. FOURTEEN DISASTERS Four categories. Storms: a tornado you can steer with your finger, a hurricane with an eye and spiral rain bands you can see from above, a thunderstorm that throws lightning where you tap, and a wall of dust. Earth: an earthquake that ruptures along a fault, a landslide and a sinkhole. Fire: an eruption with an ash column, lava bombs, lava that finds its own way downhill and pyroclastic flows, a wildfire that follows the wind and climbs the slopes, and a meteor strike. Water and ice: a tsunami, a flood, a blizzard and an avalanche. THE REAL SCALES Every disaster has five steps, and the steps are the ones scientists use. Tornadoes run from EF1 to EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Hurricanes are Category 1 to 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Earthquakes are moment magnitude 5 to 9, and eruptions are 2 to 6 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index. The field guide in the menu explains each one. SEVEN REGIONS A harbour city at a river mouth. A volcanic island with jungle to the waterline. Farmland to the horizon under a very big sky. An alpine valley under peaks that keep their snow. A high desert town. A chain of low tropical keys. A subarctic coast with a volcano asleep under an ice cap. Every one is invented, every hill, street and tree generated on your device. ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER An earthquake under the sea raises a tsunami. Lightning starts fires, and rain puts them out. Lava that reaches the sea, a lake or flood water freezes in a cloud of steam, and sets the forest alight as it passes. Nothing is scripted: the fire, the lava and the water are worked out as they go, from the shape of the ground. SEQUENCES Queue two, three or four disasters with a delay between them and watch them meet. An eruption, then a flood over the lava. A forest fire, then the thunderstorm that fights it. A great earthquake, the landslides it shakes loose and the wave that follows. Six presets, or build your own. THIRTEEN SCENARIOS Each one is the sandbox with a question. Level three hundred buildings with a single EF5 before it ropes out. Burn four square kilometres in two minutes. Raise a tsunami without touching the water. Put out a forest fire that is already running, with rain alone. Three stars if you finish inside the par time. SAVE THE LAST THIRTY SECONDS The video button keeps the last half minute and hands it to the share sheet, for Photos or a friend. WATCH, SLOW DOWN, LOOK CLOSER Drag to look around, pinch from satellite height down to street level. Pause, slow time to a third, or run it three times faster. Change the hour from dawn to night, when the town's lights come on and the lava glows. THE DAMAGE REPORT Buildings destroyed, people displaced from their homes, land and trees lost, and an estimate of the cost. Nobody is shown and nobody is hurt: these are invented places, and the numbers are the simulation's own. Restore the region with one tap. NOTHING ELSE No account, no sign-in, no ads, no purchases, nothing collected, and no downloads: every landscape, sky and sound is made when the app opens, which is why it is small and works with no connection at all. Settings has a switch to reduce flashing for anyone sensitive to bright light. Natural Disaster Simulator is a simulation, not a forecast. It does not track or warn of real events. For warnings where you live, use your national weather and geological services. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://guerreroemmanuel23-hub.github.io/naturaldisastersim-legal/privacy-policy.html

About

Rocket Space Program Simulator

Design, build, and launch rockets in a realistic 3D simulator. Manage a space agency, complete missions to celestial bodies, and establish bases on other worlds. Earn from satellite networks and research grants as you expand your interplanetary empire.

Highlights
  • Part-by-part rocket builder
  • Realistic 3D launch simulator
  • Satellite deployment and network earning
  • Space agency management
  • Automated launch pads
  • Moon and Mars missions
  • Interplanetary spaceports
Features
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BUILD ROCKETS AND RUN YOUR OWN SPACE PROGRAM • Design rockets part by part in the rocket builder • Launch them in a realistic 3D rocket launch simulator • Put satellites into orbit and earn from your networks • Run a space agency and automate up to 8 launch pads • Land on the Moon and build your own Moon base • Fly missions to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune • Build spaceports on six worlds and launch from there Rocket Space Program Simulator is a 3D rocket simulator and space agency tycoon in one. Design rockets in the hangar, launch them from your own spaceport, put satellites into orbit and lead your space program from the first launch pad to the Moon, Mars and the edge of the solar system. BUILD YOUR OWN ROCKETS The rocket builder gives you booster engines, orbital engines, fuel modules, heat shields, cargo bays and landers. Every part changes mass, thrust and fuel, and the hangar warns you when thrust is too low or the fuel won't reach orbit. Add, move and remove sections freely. Start with a small rocket ship, then unlock medium, heavy and super-heavy rocket classes – or pick a ready-made rocket from the garage and fly right away. REALISTIC ROCKET LAUNCH SIMULATOR Hit start and watch the liftoff in full 3D: smoke and steam over the launch pad, the climb through the troposphere and stratosphere, stage separation and orbital insertion. Rocket physics, thrust-to-weight and fuel budget are simulated, so a good design reaches orbit and a bad one falls short. Live telemetry shows altitude, speed and payload. Open the cargo bay, deploy satellites and wait for the right transfer window to fly to the Moon. A rocket launch game with real physics behind every number. RUN YOUR SPACE AGENCY Grow your space agency from one launch pad into an interplanetary space company. Take satellite launch contracts, deliver payloads to orbit and get paid. Every satellite joins your communication network and earns money from subscribers every second. Buy new rocket parts, unlock up to eight launch pads and automate them, so your rockets keep flying while you plan the next mission. Level up to unlock better parts and bigger payouts. A space tycoon game where every launch is a real flight, not a progress bar. MOON LANDING AND MOON BASE Start the Moon program: send a lander, land a rover, place a relay and build a Moon base module by module with cargo flights. Once the rover picks the site, buy your first spaceport beyond Earth and launch missions straight from the Moon. MARS AND THE OUTER PLANETS Space exploration never stops: each world unlocks the next one. Land on Mars, then on Ganymede at Jupiter, Titan at Saturn, Titania at Uranus and Triton at Neptune. Each world has its own rover: an ice rover on Ganymede, a methane rover on Titan, a geyser rover on Triton. Build a spaceport on every world and launch new missions from there. Set up research networks that earn data and grants, haul interplanetary freight, open space mines and send a deep space probe out of the solar system – it pays you every day. EASY TO LEARN, DEEP TO MASTER No rocket science degree needed. A step-by-step tutorial guides your first rocket launch and every new chapter: contracts, automation, rocket upgrades, the Moon and beyond. Clear goals always show the next step, while rocket design and the space economy give you plenty to optimize. You also get a 3D spaceport on an island by the sea, a telescope view of your whole space program, offline play, cloud save, 30 languages and a compact HUD for small screens. Love space games, rocket games, space flight simulators or tycoon games? Rocket Space Program Simulator puts a whole space agency in your pocket – part rocket simulator, part space tycoon. Download it now and start the countdown: 3, 2, 1… liftoff!

Screenshots

Natural Disasters Simulator4 screens
Rocket Space Program Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Natural Disasters Simulator at none against Rocket Space Program Simulator's 5. Natural Disasters Simulator also leads on ads (none vs shown). Rocket Space Program Simulator's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume 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. Rocket Space Program Simulator sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Natural Disasters Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rocket Space Program Simulator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 23 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Natural Disasters Simulator versus Rocket Space Program Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNatural Disasters SimulatorRocket Space Program Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (11 ratings)5.0 (23 ratings) — better
Number of ratings1123 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB272 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEmmanuel GuerreroMarcin Tuzel

In-app purchases

None

Natural Disasters Simulator

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Rocket Space Program Simulator

One-time5
  • Handful of Coins$1.99
  • No Ads$4.99
  • Chest of Coins$7.99
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  • VIP Account$9.99
  • Cargo Bay of Coins$19.99

Questions

Is Natural Disasters Simulator free?
Natural Disasters Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rocket Space Program Simulator free?
Rocket Space Program Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Natural Disasters Simulator or Rocket Space Program Simulator?
Rocket Space Program Simulator is rated higher. Natural Disasters Simulator averages 4.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Rocket Space Program Simulator averages 5.0 from 23 ratings.
Do Natural Disasters Simulator or Rocket Space Program Simulator have ads?
Rocket Space Program Simulator shows ads; Natural Disasters Simulator does not.

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