Comparison

Space Mission vs Space Explore AR

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

Head to head
About

Space Mission

Pilot a retro arcade spaceship, defending astronauts from alien waves. Manage limited fuel to destroy enemies, rescue stranded crew, and return them to safety. Compete for high scores on global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Retro arcade space shooter gameplay
  • Limited fuel management
  • Rescue stranded astronauts
  • Destroy waves of aliens and mines
  • Score-based progression
  • Global leaderboards
  • Achievements and social sharing
Features
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Space Mission: Survival is a retro arcade space shooter. You have 10 seconds of fuel in each level to destroy the aliens and keep your astronauts alive. Keep yourself and the astronauts alive. Wave after wave of aliens will attack you will bullets and space mines. Pick up floating astronauts and return them to asteroids before you are destroyed or they float off into deep space. Points are awarded for enemy hits, destroying mines, returning astronauts, and for not wasting fuel. Leaderboards are shown in classic arcade attract-screen format. See your friends scores and play to be the best in the universe. Achievements, Facebook and Twitter bragging also available in Space Mission: Survival.

About

Space Explore AR

Features
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You are a scientist, who decided to discover new planets and find a new place where your folk will be able to live. But once upon a time you have found a team of astronauts. They weren't wery friendly, bacause their aim was to take all the universe under their control, and they was scared that your travel can make some difficulties for them, and they decided to attack you and stop your travel. But your folk's life depends on your research, so you can't just stop. Now your not very easy travel has turned to be much more diffucult because of the enemies, that want to kill you. So now you must study each place, jumping between portals, and only then you will be able to come into your ship, because your big scientific research will be done! Good luck!

Screenshots

Space Mission4 screens
Space Explore AR3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Space Explore AR at none against Space Mission's 1. Space Mission's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence 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. Space Mission sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Space Explore AR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Space Mission ships an update every 6 months, Space Explore AR every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Space Mission versus Space Explore AR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpace MissionSpace Explore AR
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB228 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn SchumacherOleksii Petrochenko

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Space Mission

One-time1
  • Show Your Support$0.99
None

Space Explore AR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Space Mission free?
Space Mission is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Explore AR free?
Space Explore AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Space Mission or Space Explore AR have ads?
Space Explore AR shows ads; Space Mission does not.
Which is updated more often, Space Mission or Space Explore AR?
Space Mission ships an update every 6 months, and Space Explore AR every 4 months. Most recently, Space Mission was updated on June 7, 2026 and Space Explore AR on September 18, 2026.

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