Space Mission vs Space Explore AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Space Explore AR
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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!
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Space Mission sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Space Explore AR asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Space Mission | Space Explore AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 228 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Schumacher | Oleksii Petrochenko |
In-app purchases
Space Mission
- Show Your Support$0.99
Space Explore AR
No in-app purchases





