Space Simulator vs Sundust
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space Simulator
Experience a highly accurate space flight simulation with realistic physics and celestial bodies. Explore our solar system, witness Earth's rotation, and navigate through asteroid rings. This app offers an immersive astronaut experience with real-world weather and G-force simulations.
- Realistic spaceship physics
- Solar system exploration
- Real-time Earth rotation
- Planet moons and asteroid rings
- Weather forecast and G-force simulation
- Nasa-based terrain and textures
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Space Simulator is the best space simulator already created for iOS devices! We focus our efforts and development team on bringing the best set of commands to our spaceship! So, the experience of flying on the infinity space is very accurate! The game simulates the spaceship, it's engines, moving parts and all planets from our solar system!! Become an astronaut! And explore the space at your will! Features - Realtime Earth rotation. - You can watch the night becoming day, and day becoming night in different places of the planet! - All planets from solar system. - Realistic sun - Asteroids ring. - All planet moons! Some technology provided by Nasa: - Realist terrain using Nasa’s photos and elevation. - Realist texture for all planets from Nasa’s photos. - Using Nasa’s utility FoilSim 3 to calculate the physics of the spaceship (really realistic). - Using real airfoils from our library, the engines, rockets and trusters are very accurate. Real world simulation: - Weather forecast. - Turbulence and G-Force - Real clouds We are thinking about everything we can do to improve the space simulator experience! So please, feel free to contact us to give your feedback! Have a good trip astronaut! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Sundust
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One rocket. One pocket-sized solar system. All the time in the world — and other suns past the edge of it. Sundust is a cozy space program that runs on real orbital mechanics. Every planet, moon and asteroid is truly in motion — you don't just point and fly, you swing through gravity, catch transfer windows, and learn to love the RETRO burn. Then you land (gently, please), climb down the ladder, and get to work. FLY — Real gravity, live orbits, a dotted trajectory that shows where you're headed, and time warp for the long hauls. Watch the Moon go through its phases and catch an eclipse when the shadows line up. Easy to start, endlessly satisfying to master. WALK — Step out in your suit. MO, your co-pilot, stays aboard and keeps you company on the radio while the world you landed on becomes a place: the horizon levels, the sky turns blue where there's air, and other planets rise and set. Every world has its own life — grass, flowers and rabbits that bolt on Earth, breathing moss on the Grove, glowing ground that answers your footsteps, trees that walk toward winter — and the dead worlds have their weather: dust devils on Mars, slow methane rain on Titan. Sail painted seas in a copper skiff, and keep an eye on the sky. Some things only happen while you're standing there. DIG — Hold DIG and your hand beam cuts real hollows into the ground. Fill your pack, find the glowing seams of rarer stuff, and carry it back to the ship. BUILD — Rigs keep mining in real time, even while the app is closed. Add depots, habitats, solar farms and reactors, then power up refineries and turn raw ore into goods worth real money. FOLLOW THE SIGNAL — A story leads you from your first wobbly liftoff to something buried under Pluto's ice… and what answers when you bring it home. Precursor gates open the road to other suns — a red ember, a frozen fall, a veil that listens, a star that argues with itself — thirteen systems, ten acts, and every one of them somebody's home. MAKE CONTACT — Meet the Vey: choose a first gift, earn an invitation, and walk six inhabited worlds where silver saucers tend the sky. Race them through Nacre's open rings, if you think your boat-and-rocket outfit can take a saucer. KEEP GOING — Endless expeditions, rotating contracts, milestones, modules, a fleet of drones, and a Prospector's Log that fills with the strange things you've found. Photo mode hides every panel when the view deserves the whole screen. EVERYWHERE — One game across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, with full controller support and your save synced through iCloud. Game Center achievements and leaderboards included. FREE TO START — Fly Earth and the Moon for free, for as long as you like. One purchase unlocks the whole solar system and every sun beyond it, on all your devices. No ads, no subscription, no timers, and nothing decays while you're away. If you bought Sundust before it became free, the whole game is already yours. "Systems green. I'm MO, your co-pilot. Let's not die today." Land gently.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sundust at none against Space Simulator's shown. Space Simulator's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Space Simulator sells 26 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Sundust sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Space Simulator ships an update every 9 days, Sundust every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Space Simulator | Sundust |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (93 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 14.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 279 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thetis Consulting | MagicLabSolutions |
Bugs and requests
Space Simulator
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game crashes frequently when entering space
- App freezes randomly, especially on iPad
- Shuttle burns up even on the moon and during proper re-entry attempts
- FlyWings ad blocks entire screen and cannot be closed
- Game kicks player out when attempting to return to Earth
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- Crashes when purchasing full package
- Ad bar persists at top of screen
- Unskippable ads interrupt gameplay
- Landing gear displayed in incorrect position
- Game crashes every 3 seconds on some devices
Requested features
10 requests- Add ability to land on planets and explore them
- Implement proper atmospheric re-entry mechanics
- Add more spacecraft/rocket options
- Create airports and landing sites on Earth
- Add satellite deployment functionality
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- Expand to other galaxies
- Add objectives and missions
- Improve shuttle control during launch
- Add Canadarm and cargo bay door functionality
- Include all dwarf planets and moons in solar system
Sundust
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Space Simulator
- Premium Club Weekly$2.997 Days
- Premium Club Monthly$9.991 Month
- Premium Club Yearly$24.991 Month
- Remove Ads forever$0.99
- Discovery Space Shuttle$2.99
- Challenger Space Shuttle$2.99
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- Endeavour Space Shuttle$2.99
- Columbia Space Shuttle$2.99
- Moon Launch Site$4.99
- Mars Launch Site$4.99
- Starlight ZR6$4.99
- Artemis Rocket$4.99
- Soyuz Rocket$4.99
- Aegean SR8$4.99
- RX6 Rimward$4.99
- Saturn V Rocket$4.99
- Starship Rocket$4.99
- Long March 5 Rocket$4.99
- ZR3 Arminus$5.99
- F3 Crusader$5.99
- Space Shuttles Pack$6.99
- All Launch Sites$6.99
- Oberon M2$6.99
- All Rockets$12.99
- All Tykhon Corp SpaceShips$24.99
- Unlock All Aircraft$49.99
Sundust
- The Full Solar System$4.99
Questions
Is Space Simulator free?
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