Comparison

Flop Rocket vs Build Your Rocket

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

Head to head
About

Flop Rocket

Pilot a rocket through a dangerous cave, dodging enemies and collecting powerups. Upgrade your ship and use in-game currency to enhance your chances of survival and prevent a space program's collapse. Experience a challenging and fun arcade-style adventure.

Highlights
  • Pilot rocket through a 5km cave
  • Dodge Spaceducks and rock-worms
  • Randomly generated missions
  • Upgrade rocket systems
  • Collect powerups
  • Use in-game currency for boosts
Features
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Pilot your Flop Rocket through a 5 kilometer cave filled with dragon-like Spaceducks, enormous rock-worms, and other space-time anomalies as you try to prevent an underfunded space program from going bust. Why is your space program housed in a cave? GOOD QUESTION. == FREE FEATURES == - Easy to use, difficult to master mechanics - Randomly generated missions provide a challenge on every run - 4 upgrade tracks - make your ship fly like a dream - Collect powerups to increase the chances of a successful launch - Use your hard-earned Juice to start missions with more armor, more worm bombs, and an escape pod - Try the game for free (ad supported), find out that you LOVE IT, and Butter Up to get the premium experience and support our studio! == PREMIUM FEATURES == - A single purchase is all it takes! - 8 more upgrade tracks - Build a powerful gun, max out your armor slots, and more - Double your coin gains and upgrade your rocket twice as fast - Access to premium Rumpus services: cloud saving and achievements - Never see ads EVER AGAIN! == About the Studio == Butterscotch Shenanigans is an independent studio composed of three brothers. We make high-quality, often goofy, and punchy games designed completely around providing the most entertaining player experience possible. Our goal is to build a one-stop mobile empire that fulfills all your gaming dreams. Stay up to date with what we’re doing and contact us through bscotch.net.

About

Build Your Rocket

Design and construct your own powerful rocket with optimal fuel and speed. Launch into space to explore distant planets, achieve higher scores, and unlock new levels in this interstellar adventure.

Highlights
  • Build custom rockets
  • Manage fuel and speed
  • Explore different planets
  • Unlock new levels
  • Compete for high scores
Features
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Who doesn't want to reach other planets? Speed and fly away by building your rocket! Build a rocket with power, fuel, and speed to make it the most powerful of all. Start and fly to the farthest planets and reach to end of the galaxy if you can! The higher you go with your rocket to different planets, the better you score and reach new levels. Beat your competition and fly to all planets before they do! The score goes up high as your rocket reaches new heights in the galaxy. Do you see Mars? Accelerate and score! Features: - Build your own powerful rocket - Fuel and speed up - Reach different planets! - Unlock new levels

Screenshots

Flop Rocket4 screens
Build Your Rocket4 screens

Verdict

The call

Flop Rocket and Build Your Rocket both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 81% of Flop Rocket's written reviews are positive against 0% of Build Your Rocket's. Flop Rocket also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (377 vs 66). Build Your Rocket's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flop Rocket sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Build Your Rocket asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Flop Rocket against 4.8 for Build Your Rocket. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flop Rocket has 377 ratings behind it against 66, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Flop Rocket's written reviews are positive against 0% of Build Your Rocket's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flop Rocket ships an update every 3 months, Build Your Rocket fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Flop Rocket versus Build Your Rocket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlop RocketBuild Your Rocket
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (377 ratings)4.8 (66 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings377 — better66
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB154 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperButterscotch Shenanigans, Inc.Clap Clap Games

Customer experience

Flop Rocket

All ratings377 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews653 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral5.5%
Negative13.2%

Build Your Rocket

All ratings66 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Flop Rocket

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Restore purchases not working
  • Game crashing on launch for some users

Requested features

3 requests
  • More ship/upgrade variety
  • Improved optimization for larger screens
  • Ability to disable ads without purchase

Build Your Rocket

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Flop Rocket

One-time6
  • Butter Up!2 variants$2.99
  • Butterup 3-Pack$7.99
  • Butterup 5-Pack$9.99
Show 3 more
  • Butterup 10-Pack$22.99
  • Butterup 20-Pack$43.99
  • Butterup 50-Pack$99.99
None

Build Your Rocket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flop Rocket free?
Flop Rocket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Build Your Rocket free?
Build Your Rocket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flop Rocket or Build Your Rocket?
Build Your Rocket is rated higher. Flop Rocket averages 4.7 out of 5 from 377 ratings, while Build Your Rocket averages 4.8 from 66 ratings.
Do Flop Rocket or Build Your Rocket have ads?
Build Your Rocket shows ads; Flop Rocket does not.
Which is updated more often, Flop Rocket or Build Your Rocket?
Flop Rocket ships an update every 3 months, and Build Your Rocket fortnightly. Most recently, Flop Rocket was updated on September 15, 2026 and Build Your Rocket on September 8, 2026.

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