Lim Rocket vs Solar Express
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lim Rocket
Navigate a rocket through space, skillfully controlling its attitude to avoid colliding with planets and their gravity. Compete for high scores by passing through the most planets in this challenging arcade-style game.
- Gravity-based rocket control
- Avoid planet collisions
- Skillful attitude adjustment
- Compete for high scores
- Beautiful universe visuals
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This game is the 20th iOS game for the Web game site "DAN-BALL". Extreme swing-by 'Lim Rocket'. Game to advance by operating the rocket while avoiding collision with the planet. Rocket has been pulled to gravity always. Avoid collision with planet in a skillful attitude control. The game over is when you lost to off-screen or crashing into planet. You admire a beautiful universe sometimes also it is a good idea! Compete a number passed through of planet.
Solar Express
Embark on a realistic yet casual spaceflight simulation. Explore the solar system, dock with stations, and perform powered landings on celestial bodies. Deliver supplies across planets and moons with intuitive controls.
- Realistic orbital mechanics
- Solar system exploration
- Space station docking
- Powered landings
- Supply delivery missions
- Heads-up display navigation
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Solar Express is a realistic, yet casual spaceflight simulation game. Start flying your rocket immediately (no building required), with enough delta-V to visit every planet in the solar system. Navigate using a heads-up display optimized for phones. Dock with space stations using your maneuvering thrusters. Do powered landings on the surface of moons and planets. Deliver supplies between planets and space stations around the solar system. Real orbital mechanics, real 3D simulation, real programmer art, real nerdy. :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lim Rocket at 84% against Solar Express's 0%. Lim Rocket also leads on ratings volume (32 vs 9). Solar Express's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Solar Express holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Lim Rocket's written reviews are positive against 0% of Solar Express's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Lim Rocket ships an update every 5 months, Solar Express weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lim Rocket | Solar Express |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (32 ratings) | 4.2 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Gilman Tolle |
Customer experience
Lim Rocket
Solar Express
In-app purchases
Lim Rocket
No in-app purchases
Solar Express
No in-app purchases
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