Galactic Colonies vs Contact Origin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Galactic Colonies
Explore a vast, procedurally generated galaxy and build thriving colonies on alien worlds. Manage resources, establish production lines, and research new technologies to expand your civilization. Discover diverse planets and ensure your colonists survive in challenging environments.
- Procedurally generated universe exploration
- Alien planet colonization
- Technology research
- Complex production pipelines
- Colony ship upgrades
- Diverse planet types
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Download the game for free and start exploring the galaxy! Galactic Colonies is a game about exploring space and building colonies. Explore a procedurally generated universe with thousands of planets. Every colony starts small. Start by providing housing and food for your colonists before you exploit a planet’s natural resources. Set up factories and create advanced high-tech products to make your colony grow even bigger. Discover tropical, desert and ice planets and help your colonists survive on harsh, alien worlds. FEATURES: - Explore a procedurally generated universe - Find and colonize alien planets - Research new powerful technologies - Set up complex production pipelines - Beautiful 3D graphics - Upgrade and improve your colony ship - Endless hours of fun. How far can you explore?
Contact Origin
Engage in an epic idle strategy RPG where you develop advanced technology and powerful weapons to defend Earth from universal invasion. Discover new civilizations, craft unique strategies, and upgrade your arsenal in an endless space war. Progress continues even when you're offline.
- Discover and advance civilizations
- Strategic combinations of units and tech
- Upgrade weapons and technologies
- Endless space war scenarios
- Offline gold production
- One-handed gameplay
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Advance civilization and protect the Earth! Develop stronger weapons and advanced technology! A fun space war begins even if you just watch! Contact Origin is an idle strategy RPG game that can be easily enjoyed with one hand. Download it right now! ◆ Features ◆ ◈ Let's find a powerful civilization! Are you having a hard time stopping the invasion of the universe? Discover and advance civilization with the SP (Search Point) acquired through the wormhole! ◈ Your own strategy! Combination of civilizations, weapons, technologies, and skills with your own strategy to defeat stronger enemies! ◈ Upgrade! Defeat enemies and collect meteorites to make your weapons and technologies even more powerful! ◈ Endless space war The invasion of the universe that started from the solar system! What kind of universe will you meet next time! ◈ Gold production continues even offline! ◆ Notes ◆ - When you delete the game, the data will also be deleted, so we recommend that you log in to protect your data. - The game is free, but the game includes in-app purchases items that can speed up progress, and in-app purchases can be restricted through device settings. For more information, see https://support.apple.com/HT204396 - Contact Origin continues to try to update various contents! If you write a valuable review, it will be a great help to the developer! Privacy Policy: http://laxasoft.com/privacy-en Terms of Service: http://laxasoft.com/terms-en If you have any questions, please send us to cs@laxasoft.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Contact Origin at 5.0 against Galactic Colonies's 4.4. Contact Origin also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). Galactic Colonies's advantage is ratings volume (303 vs 7). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Galactic Colonies sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Contact Origin sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Contact Origin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Galactic Colonies has 303 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Galactic Colonies's written reviews are positive against 86% of Contact Origin's.
Galactic Colonies ships an update every 10 days, Contact Origin weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Galactic Colonies | Contact Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (303 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.8% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 303 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 242 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MetalPop, LLC | LAXASOFT |
Customer experience
Galactic Colonies
Contact Origin
Bugs and requests
Galactic Colonies
Reported bugs
4 issues- Research projects getting stuck or going infinite
- Inability to connect buildings properly
- Inconsistent behavior of video rewards
- Crashes when trying to watch ads
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to relocate or remove buildings
- More varied mission objectives and planet types
- Improved navigation and map UI for accessibility
- Offline mode with background resource production
Contact Origin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Galactic Colonies
- Small Pack Of Energy Cells$1.99
- Star Racer$1.99
- Welcome Bundle$1.99
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- Cold Steel$2.99
- Medium Pack Of Energy Cells$4.99
- Skyward$4.99
- Weekend Deal$4.99
- Doubled Planet Boost Time$4.99
- Colonizer's Bundle$7.99
- A Large Pack Of Energy Cells$9.99
- Huge Pack Of Energy Cells$19.99
Contact Origin
- 100 GEMS$0.99
- Starter Package$0.99
- 420 GEMS$3.99
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- 900 GEMS$7.99
- Remove Ads Package$7.99
- 2900 GEMS$19.99
- 5500 GEMS$39.99
- 12000 GEMS$79.99
Questions
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