Leaving Earth vs 3,2,1 Launch!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Leaving Earth
Pilot a rocket ship on a race to Pluto, navigating asteroids and collecting items. Utilize time-slowing watches and repair wrenches to survive, or install upgrades for enhanced capabilities. This fast-paced space journey offers a thrilling challenge against the clock.
- Rocket ship piloting
- Asteroid navigation
- Collectible items
- Time-slowing watches
- Ship repair wrenches
- Ship upgrades
- Race against time
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Race through space with your tiny red rocket ship in an attempt to reach Pluto! Maneuver around heavyweight asteroids, collecting goodies to reach planet after planet. Make use of watches that slow time or wrenches that patch up your ship to stay alive, or unleash hidden capabilities of your ship by installing a vast amount of upgrades. But be quick, since Leaving Earth is also a race against time, giving you the thrill of a nail-biting journey across the universe that will definitely get your heartbeat going! Places you will visit: The Earth (duh...), the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and finally, Pluto. Will you make it all the way? Put your helmet on and find out! "Really fun and beautiful artwork" - 5.0/5.0
3,2,1 Launch!
Experience the journey of a spacecraft from selection to launch. This game features 8 mini-games that educate players on the engineering and processes involved in sending a spacecraft into orbit.
- Rocket and spacecraft matching
- Engineering analysis
- Spacecraft cleaning
- Rocket assembly
- Fueling process
- Orbit targeting
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In 1998, NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) was established to support NASA’s science and robotic missions by procuring commercial launch vehicles. The program was established at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to centralize technical and management support to spacecraft customers. LSP brings together people, procurement, engineering best practices, strategic planning, studies, and cutting-edge techniques—all instrumental components for the United States to have a dependable and secure Earth-to-Space bridge that is dedicated to launching all types of spacecraft. This game goes through the process of a spacecraft matching to a rocket, the integration of the spacecraft to the rocket and the engineering behind it, and its eventual launch into space and the correct orbit. The game consists of 8 mini games to educate the player on the process Features: • Buying a rocket • How to get where you want to go in space • Analyzing the rocket and spacecraft • How to clean a spacecraft • Putting together a rocket • Time to fuel up • Frequency • Staying on target The characters that the player can choose from are represented by animals that are found in the Cape Canaveral Wildlife Refuge which encompasses Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Base. • Tortoise • Manatee • Wild hog • Bobcat • Alligator • T- Rex (not found in the Cape Canaveral Wildlife Refuge)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 3,2,1 Launch! at 5.0 against Leaving Earth's 4.0. 3,2,1 Launch! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Leaving Earth's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Leaving Earth sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. 3,2,1 Launch! asks for nothing beyond the download.
3,2,1 Launch! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Leaving Earth ships an update every 5 weeks, 3,2,1 Launch! every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leaving Earth | 3,2,1 Launch! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 1008 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Override | NASA |
Customer experience
Leaving Earth
3,2,1 Launch!
In-app purchases
Leaving Earth
- Sirius$0.99
- Ad Blocker$0.99
- Orion$1.99
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- Milky Way$2.99
3,2,1 Launch!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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