Comparison

Qorbit vs Notebook Artillery

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

Head to head
About

Qorbit

Engage in a space arcade puzzler designed to enhance your peripheral vision. Unlock cosmic objects for advantages, collect points, trigger events, and gather man-made space artifacts.

Highlights
  • Space arcade puzzler
  • Enhance peripheral vision
  • Unlock cosmic objects
  • Collect points
  • Start cosmic events
  • Collect space objects
Features
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A space arcade puzzler for your spare time. Improve your peripheral view field! Qorbit is an easy to play arcade puzzler with interesting game mechanics. Unlock cosmic objects which give you certain advantages in the game, collect points, start cosmic events and collect man-made space objects like the space shuttle!

About

Notebook Artillery

Engage in strategic cannon combat with this arcade-simulation-action game. Adjust firing angle and powder to hit targets or opponents, accounting for wind and random stage layouts. Features hand-drawn art and multiple game modes.

Highlights
  • Adjust firing angle and powder
  • Account for wind and stage layouts
  • Solo target practice mode
  • CPU opponent
  • Local multiplayer vs mode
  • Hand-drawn game art
  • Unlockable stickers
Features
Currently charting
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Apple called it "sketchy — in a good way." Multiple-time Game of the Day in 80+ countries. Nintendo Force gave it 8.5/10. And it started as a doodle. Once upon a time in a middle school computer lab, a student ignored every assignment for an entire semester to fire cannons at a friend. That student grew up, spent 20 years making games professionally, and eventually decided the world needed a proper love letter to that wasted time. This is it. Notebook Artillery is a hand-drawn artillery game inspired by the classic Mac game that got confiscated off school computers everywhere. Set your angle. Load your powder. Fire. Account for the wind. Try not to hit your own tower. Play your way: Solo target practice — break floating targets across randomly generated stages VS CPU — take on a computer opponent Local multiplayer — challenge someone in the same room What makes it feel different: Every frame hand-drawn in Procreate — ruled lines, coil binding, pencil textures, the whole notebook aesthetic Trees splinter. Towers explode. Cannonballs collide mid-air. Wind changes everything. Read the flag. Use your shot trails. Unlock stickers by pulling off feats — first-shot eliminations, mid-air collisions, and yes, accidentally destroying your own tower Randomly generated stages mean no two games play the same Made by one person, with audio by Kevin Samuels and Switch/console ports by PolyCrunch Games. No AI tools were used in making this game. All art hand-drawn. Developed in GameMaker Studio.

Screenshots

Qorbit4 screens
Notebook Artillery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Qorbit at Free against Notebook Artillery's $0.99. Qorbit also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (93% vs 82%). Notebook Artillery's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#106 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and monetization model 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

Qorbit is free to download; Notebook Artillery costs $0.99 up front. Qorbit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Notebook Artillery asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Qorbit against 4.5 for Notebook Artillery. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 80 and 148 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Qorbit's written reviews are positive against 82% of Notebook Artillery's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Qorbit versus Notebook Artillery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQorbitNotebook Artillery
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (80 ratings) — better4.5 (148 ratings)
Positive reviews93.2% of reviews — better81.6% of reviews
Number of ratings80148 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#106 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB115 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMax GittelAustin Ivansmith

Customer experience

Qorbit

All ratings80 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral5.0%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative2.3%

Notebook Artillery

All ratings148 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral10.3%
Negative8.0%

Bugs and requests

Qorbit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Notebook Artillery

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 12 and 13 on iPad Pro
  • Inconsistent animation speeds

Requested features

7 requests
  • Online multiplayer
  • Campaign mode with objectives
  • Weapon/tower upgrades
  • Customization options
  • Special game modes (speed run, boss battles, etc.)
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  • Ability to save and continue games
  • Detailed badge/achievement system

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Qorbit

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99
None

Notebook Artillery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Qorbit free?
Qorbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notebook Artillery free?
Notebook Artillery costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Qorbit or Notebook Artillery?
Qorbit is rated higher. Qorbit averages 4.6 out of 5 from 80 ratings, while Notebook Artillery averages 4.5 from 148 ratings.
Do Qorbit or Notebook Artillery have ads?
Notebook Artillery shows ads; Qorbit does not.
Which is updated more often, Qorbit or Notebook Artillery?
Qorbit ships an update every 2 weeks, and Notebook Artillery every 2 weeks. Most recently, Qorbit was updated on October 16, 2026 and Notebook Artillery on October 17, 2026.

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