Rocket Raiders vs Solar System Sim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rocket Raiders
Blast through space debris and destroy enemy spacecraft in this action-packed arcade shooter. Collect powerups to aid your fight and compete for high scores across two distinct game modes. Challenge yourself on separate leaderboards for each mode.
- Blast through space debris
- Destroy enemy spacecraft
- Collect powerups
- Two game modes
- Leaderboard challenges
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We used to think space was empty. But space is far from empty. Blast your way through mega-parsecs of tumbling debris! Destroy marauding enemy spacecraft before they destroy you! Collect precious spaceship powerups to help your fight! Rack up the best scores you can in ROCKET RAIDERS!! Two separate exciting game modes: BASIC ROXX mode and an all-new MOSH PIT ROXX mode, each with their own leaderboard to challenge.
Solar System Sim
Simulate and explore celestial bodies within our solar system and beyond. Create your own solar systems, experiment with gravity and physics, and observe orbital mechanics in action.
- Explore planets and moons
- Visit nearby stars
- Create custom solar systems
- Gravity and physics simulation
- Recalculate orbits
- Newton's laws implementation
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Zoom from a planet's surface out to distant galaxies, then reshape the whole system with your own hands. Solar System Sim is a real-time gravity sandbox built on Newton's laws and real astronomical data. Every body you add, move or destroy recalculates the orbits of everything else, live. • Smash worlds together: impact craters carve into the surface, firestorms sweep the globe, and glowing debris rains back down. • Build your own universe: add planets, moons, asteroids and comets with their own size, mass and looks, or customise the ones already there. • Land anywhere: drop to a first-person view on any planet's surface and experience its environment. • Sculpt rings: add particle rings and watch gravity shape them in real time. • Witness real eclipses: solar and lunar, with real-world astronomical precision. • Follow comets: watch them streak past and interact with the bodies they meet. • Leave the Solar System: travel to remarkable nearby stars and find them within the Milky Way. • Feel the scale: see the true vastness of space, from a pebble-sized moon to the nearest galaxies. Whether you're here to learn how gravity really works or just to break planets with it, explore at your own pace. Start your cosmic adventure with Solar System Sim.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rocket Raiders at 5.0 against Solar System Sim's 4.5. Rocket Raiders also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Solar System Sim's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (4.4K vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Rocket Raiders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Solar System Sim sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rocket Raiders holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solar System Sim has 4.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Rocket Raiders's written reviews are positive against 81% of Solar System Sim's.
Rocket Raiders ships an update every 10 months, Solar System Sim every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rocket Raiders | Solar System Sim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 522 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kurt Dekker | WPC |
Customer experience
Rocket Raiders
Solar System Sim
Bugs and requests
Rocket Raiders
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Solar System Sim
Reported bugs
5 issues- Planets/moons disappearing after saving and loading
- Bright flashes and screen distortions
- Planets/objects getting stuck inside stars
- Crashes when colliding or editing certain objects
- Inconsistent orbital mechanics and moons ejecting from planets
Requested features
10 requests- Add more galaxy and nebula textures
- Implement realistic supernova effects
- Allow customization of planet atmospheres and terrain
- Add binary star systems and rogue planets
- Introduce a galaxy maker and collision feature
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- Implement a reverse time lapse option
- Add more speed options (128x, 256x, etc.)
- Introduce a population counter and life simulation for planets
- Allow custom city lights and vegetation on planets
- Add a Roche limit feature to observe tidal disruption
In-app purchases
Rocket Raiders
- Unlimited Play Tokens$0.99
Solar System Sim
- HD Mars$2.99
- HD Earth$2.99
- HD Moon$2.99
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- No-ads$3.99
- HD 3-body pack$6.99
Questions
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