Ellipse: Rocket Simulator

Name: Ellipse: Rocket Simulator
Rating: 4.7 (1762 reviews)
Author: Starwelds

By: Starwelds App

Build and launch rockets

Overview

Version:

0.8.9

Last updated: 2025-04-29

Features & Capabilities

Ellipse: Rocket Simulator invites you to step into the shoes of an aerospace engineer and rocket scientist. Build rockets from modular parts, customize aerodynamics, mass, and propulsion, and test designs to push performance and efficiency. Experience realistic orbital mechanics with gravity, sphere of influence, and interplanetary transfer simulations that reward experimentation and precision.

Explore celestial bodies within a vivid planetary system, chart trajectories, and execute complex maneuvers using a dynamic physics engine that handles drag, buoyancy, and gravity. This educational and creative tool is ideal for students, hobbyists, and space enthusiasts who want to learn through play, iterate designs, and imagine missions from lunar landings to deep-space voyages.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Games

By:

Starwelds

Rating:

4.70

(1,762) 28 new ratings

Version:

0.8.9 Last updated: 2025-04-29

Version code:

874394129

Creation date:

2025-01-25

Compatible devices:

Size:

274.80MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-18

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 45,172 ▲ 32

Other rankings

#10 in rocket keyword 17 #79 in launch keyword 12 ▲ 9

Other platforms

Ellipse: Space Exploration (v0.8.9)

7,495,362 4.62

(26,179)

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Developed by:

Starwelds

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ellipse-rocket-simulator/id6738509541

User Reviews

Players praise Ellipse: Rocket Simulator for its fun, engaging space-building gameplay, strong mobile performance without ads, impressive graphics, and helpful tutorials. Many also note that paid expansion packs can add worthwhile parts. However, reviews repeatedly flag a steep learning curve with rocket control, occasional lag and mission freezes, gating of content behind expansions, gaps in planetary content, and occasional bugs like parachute and docking issues. Overall, it’s a solid, visually appealing mobile sim with room for improvement in accessibility and content depth.

Pros

Fun and engaging rocket-building/space-sim experience
No ads; clean mobile experience
Strong graphics with realistic Earth visuals
Helpful tutorials aiding learning
Expansion packs/paid content add worthwhile parts and value for mobile

Cons

Difficult to control rockets; steep learning curve
Lag and mission freezes affecting gameplay
Paid expansions gating content (extra parts) and perceived pay-to-play pressure
Content gaps: limited planetary content (inner planets only; outer planets largely missing) and missing features like save slots or easy delete button
Occasional bugs (parachute cut issues, docking physics problems)