Cutthroat Pinochle+ vs 3,2,1 Launch!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cutthroat Pinochle+
Experience a classic card game with a unique three-player twist. Bid, meld, and take tricks in this ad-free digital adaptation. Customize rules to match your preferred gameplay.
- Three-handed gameplay
- No ads or tracking
- Customizable game rules
- Bidding and melding mechanics
- Trick-taking gameplay
- Special card deck
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No ads, no tracking, no subscriptions. Cutthroat Pinochle is played with a special deck of 9s, 10s, jacks, queens, kings and aces. The game consists of a repeating sequence of bidding (for the right to take the optional widow and name trump), melding, and trick-taking. Players score points by melding various card combinations and by taking tricks. Adjust the rules to play the game you're familiar with. Cutthroat Pinochle Gold has no advertising, and includes card backs and tabletops not available in the other edition.
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 price: 3,2,1 Launch! at Free against Cutthroat Pinochle+'s $3.99. 3,2,1 Launch! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Cutthroat Pinochle+'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (190 vs 4). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
3,2,1 Launch! is free to download; Cutthroat Pinochle+ costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
3,2,1 Launch! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cutthroat Pinochle+ has 190 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Cutthroat Pinochle+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of 3,2,1 Launch!'s.
Cutthroat Pinochle+ ships an update every 6 weeks, 3,2,1 Launch! every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cutthroat Pinochle+ | 3,2,1 Launch! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (190 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 190 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 1008 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fishdog.net | NASA |
Customer experience
Cutthroat Pinochle+
3,2,1 Launch!
In-app purchases
Cutthroat Pinochle+
No in-app purchases
3,2,1 Launch!
No in-app purchases
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