Morphite vs Galaxy Genome
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Morphite
Embark on a sci-fi adventure as a young woman uncovering her past. Explore uncharted planets, battle alien creatures, and gather resources in a procedurally generated universe. Unravel mysteries, upgrade your gear, and engage in real-time space combat.
- Procedurally generated worlds
- Fully voiced main storyline
- Environmental puzzle solving
- Real-time space combat
- Ship and weapon upgrades
- Resource collection and trading
- Boss battles
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Please note: Not compatible with iPad 2, iPad Mini 1, or iPod 5. The story of Morphite takes place in a far off future when humanity has long since populated the distant reaches of space. The player takes on the role of Myrah Kale, a young woman residing on a space station and workshop under the care of her surrogate father, Mr. Mason. What starts as a simple exploratory mission to gather supplies to support their shop rapidly turns into a journey revealing Myrah’s unknown past and her relationship to a rare, coveted, and nearly extinct material called Morphite. In order to unlock and understand the mysteries of her past, Myrah must travel to undiscovered planets, roam uncharted sectors of space, and confront exotic creatures and locales in search of this Morphite. Aside from the main storyline, the worlds of Morphite are randomly generated. Encounter various creature types, landscapes, caves, rivers, and more to explore. Explore large space stations, abandoned or infested with alien life. Features: Beautiful Stylized Low-Poly Look Amazing soundtrack - over 50 original songs by Evan Gipson Fully voiced Main Storyline Environmental puzzle solving Scan creatures to sell their bio information to upgrade your ship and weapons. Full MFi Controller Support Find various upgrades throughout your adventures. Huge bosses to battle Navigate the stars with an easy to use Starmap system. Random encounters aboard your ship Dozens of side missions Real-time space combat Space trading Resource collection and trading Find random weapons and vehicles on various planets Upgrade your suit to survive harsher conditions
Galaxy Genome
Embark on an open-world sci-fi adventure as a space pilot. Explore a vast, scientifically accurate Milky Way, customize your ship, and choose your path as a trader, pirate, or explorer. Engage in combat, smuggling, and mining while following a compelling story or undertaking side missions.
- Open-world sci-fi space simulator
- Ship customization and upgrades
- Explore a 1:1 scale Milky Way galaxy
- Free-form play with multiple roles
- Vibrant story and side quests
- Surface vehicles for planet exploration
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Galaxy Genome is an open world sci-fi space simulator. You'll be able to upgrade your ship and customize every component as you hunt, explore, fight, mine, smuggle, trade and survive in the cutthroat galaxy. Follow the main story or do side missions. This game gives you the ability to feel real space exploration. The entirety of the Milky Way re-created at its full galactic proportions. At the beginning of the game you are a pilot of a small ship. Financial struggle forces you to start transporting contraband. Certainly, it will lead to you being in trouble with the law someday. But at some point in your life you are forced to make a deal with the authorities of the system. And that is when your dangerous space adventure begins. Game Features: - Free-form play allows everyone to choose their own path, becoming an angry pirate, a peaceful trader, an explorer, a bounty hunter, or a mix between these roles. - More than 30 different and customizable ships. - The game has a vibrant story and side quests. - Surface vehicles to explore planets. - No classes or skill levels, strength is decided by ship equipment and player skill. - The vast 1:1 scale Milky Way galaxy is based on real scientific principles. Around 2 billion star systems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Morphite at every 5 days against Galaxy Genome's every 5 weeks. Morphite also leads on chart position (#186 vs unranked) and ratings volume (948 vs 114). Galaxy Genome's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $7.99). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Morphite costs $7.99 and Galaxy Genome $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Morphite holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Morphite has 948 ratings behind it against 114, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Morphite's written reviews are positive against 75% of Galaxy Genome's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Morphite ships an update every 5 days, Galaxy Genome every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Morphite | Galaxy Genome |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (948 ratings) — better | 4.4 (114 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.2% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 948 — better | 114 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #186 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 745 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Crescent Moon Games LLC | Anton Skvortsov |
Customer experience
Morphite
Galaxy Genome
User reviews
Morphite
From 948 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Customization
- 🌟 Excellent graphics
- 🎨 Beautiful art style
- 🎮 Smooth gameplay
- 🔍 Engaging exploration
Room to improve
- 🐛 Game-breaking bugs
- 🔍 Repetitive planets
- 🎮 Clunky controls
- 🔋 Battery drain issues
- 🌐 Lack of language support
Galaxy Genome
From 114 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Massive explorable galaxy with procedurally generated systems
- 💎 No pay-to-play mechanics or paywalls
- 🎮 Deep gameplay with trading, combat, mining, and exploration
- 📱 Excellent value for mobile space sim
- 🎯 Active developer with regular updates and community engagement
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes, especially when accessing mission menu
- 📚 Steep learning curve with minimal tutorial guidance
- 🐢 Tedious travel time through large spaces
- 🎮 Unintuitive flight controls and ship deceleration
- 🗺️ Confusing route mapping and pathfinding issues
Bugs and requests
Morphite
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to upgrade armor
- Cubes getting stuck in level geometry
- Checkpoint issues causing lost progress
- Compatibility problems on certain devices
- Weapon selection menu not fully visible
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize character appearance
- More diverse enemy and creature variety
- Improved space combat and ship control
- Cloud save support for cross-device play
- Addition of Russian and other language options
Galaxy Genome
Reported bugs
16 issues- Game crashes when accessing mission menu
- Game crashes when attempting warp jump with space station
- Chinese characters display as blocks
- Autopilot overshoots destinations
- Module list cannot be scrolled when modules are disabled
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- Mission rewards not calculating correctly with large fleets
- Debris accumulation causes crashes if staying in system too long
- Save files showing 0:00:00 playtime after crashes
- Loading screen freezes on M1 iPad Pro
- Virtual joystick not appearing in tutorial
- Game crashes on older devices (iPhone 6, iPhone 10)
- Landscape mode system menus remain in portrait orientation
- Reputation system bugs preventing mission acceptance
- Tutorial missions freezing and preventing progression
- Pathfinding algorithm fails on optimal routes
- Search function case-sensitive and returns only one result
Requested features
20 requests- Controller support (Xbox, Backbone)
- Multiplayer or co-op gameplay
- Ability to build and control space stations
- Fleet management improvements
- Save editing or money cheats for progression
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- Galaxy map resource search filter
- System naming and bookmarking features
- More engineers for ship upgrades
- Mod support on iOS
- Better tutorial with highlighted interactive elements
- Wiki or comprehensive in-game documentation
- Portrait mode option
- Reverse landscape mode
- Quick-link from missions to galaxy map
- Total light-years traveled tracker
- More ship variety, especially for factions
- Ability to disable ships and board them
- Station conquest mechanics
- Rank/reputation system with titles
- Faster travel or acceleration options
In-app purchases
Morphite
No in-app purchases
Galaxy Genome
No in-app purchases
Questions
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