Pocket Galaxy vs WormholeTrain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Galaxy
Design and simulate your own solar systems and galaxies with realistic physics. Customize planets, stars, and orbits, then share your creations. Features smooth 3D graphics and a user-friendly interface.
- 3D galaxy sandbox
- Realistic physics simulation
- Planet and star customization
- Smooth 3D graphics
- User-friendly interface
- Shareable creations
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Drop a planet into empty space and watch gravity take hold of it. Pocket Galaxy is a 3D gravity sandbox where you place planets, stars and moons and then watch them orbit under real, physics-based simulation. Arrange a solar system exactly how you like it, then take it apart: heat worlds until they glow, freeze them solid, hurl asteroids, fire solar rays and set off chain reactions. There are no levels and no timers. The sandbox is the whole game, and the only clock is the one gravity keeps. What you can do • Sculpt entire solar systems from a near-infinite variety of worlds • Tune each world's gravity, size and orbit, even flip gravity to repulsive • Reach for cosmic tools: asteroid storms, solar rays, ice rays and explosions • Unlock new world and star types as you experiment • Discover procedural worlds, gas giants and glowing stars • Track your creations, and how life develops, in the Planet Journal • Save, load and screenshot your universe to share Relaxing and powerful at once, Pocket Galaxy turns real orbital mechanics into a toy box. Build a calm, life-bearing system, or smash it to particles; there is no wrong way to play it. This is the full paid version. No ads, no in-app purchases, no interruptions. Pay once and own the whole universe.
WormholeTrain
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This is a game of wormhole maintenance. The game is to go through the wormhole and destroy and remove the cracks and lasts that destabilize the wormhole. Cracks are dodecahedral crystallites and lasts are icosahedral crystallites, both of which are toxins that are generated each time a wormhole is used. Both crystals are red. The green octahedral crystalline body is a structure called a cornerstone, which functions to stabilize the wormhole. If it is destroyed, the wormhole will collapse. Navigation through the wormhole is normally automatic, but can be switched to manual steering with the flip of a switch. Manual steering is a very exciting way to steer a spacecraft along a wormhole course, but it requires a high degree of skill and proficiency. However, manual steering consumes less energy and scores more points for destroying unwanted objects. Manual steering is performed by drag operation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WormholeTrain at $0.99 against Pocket Galaxy's $3.99. On update cadence, ads, 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
Pocket Galaxy costs $3.99 and WormholeTrain $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Galaxy | WormholeTrain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (10K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 95.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pocket Labs UK | Takao Akatsu |
Bugs and requests
Pocket Galaxy
Reported bugs
5 issues- Planets not staying in orbit
- Satellites and black holes causing UI issues
- Textures disappearing in planet selection
- Saved universes not loading correctly
- Inconsistent planet/star coloring after reloading
Requested features
5 requests- Add more celestial bodies (neutron stars, pulsars, etc.)
- Improve life simulation and terraforming mechanics
- Allow custom planet/star creation and editing
- Implement surface view and spaceship exploration
- Add more advanced simulation features (galaxy formation, etc.)
WormholeTrain
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pocket Galaxy
No in-app purchases
WormholeTrain
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pocket Galaxy free?
Is WormholeTrain free?
Do Pocket Galaxy or WormholeTrain have ads?
Which is updated more often, Pocket Galaxy or WormholeTrain?
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