Leaving Earth vs RetroAchievementsUI
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
RetroAchievementsUI
Browse and discover games with achievements. Track your progress and find new challenges to master. This open-source application is built with SwiftUI.
- Browse games with achievements
- Discover new games
- Track game progress
- Open-source
- SwiftUI built
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RetroAchievementsUI is open-source and written entirely in SwiftUI. View games you've played, or find new ones to master! All app features are free and not locked behind a paywall, ads or data collection. In-App purchases are optional to help support future development efforts! Note: This app is not official or endorsed by RetroAchievements.
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Verdict
Leaving Earth and RetroAchievementsUI both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Leaving Earth's written reviews are positive against 56% of RetroAchievementsUI's. Leaving Earth also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). RetroAchievementsUI's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, 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. RetroAchievementsUI asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Leaving Earth against 4.0 for RetroAchievementsUI. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Leaving Earth's written reviews are positive against 56% of RetroAchievementsUI's.
Leaving Earth ships an update every 5 weeks, RetroAchievementsUI every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leaving Earth | RetroAchievementsUI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Override | Michael Rosenberg |
Customer experience
Leaving Earth
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In-app purchases
Leaving Earth
- Sirius$0.99
- Ad Blocker$0.99
- Orion$1.99
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- Milky Way$2.99
RetroAchievementsUI
No in-app purchases
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