Comparison

Pocket Galaxy vs Gemloop

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Galaxy

Design and simulate your own universe with realistic physics. Customize planets, stars, and moons, then watch them interact. Destroy solar systems with powerful tools or explore the life that develops in your creations.

Highlights
  • Create and customize your own universe
  • Simulate realistic planet orbits and physics
  • Destroy solar systems with various tools
  • Explore and unlock new planet types
  • Beautiful 3D graphics and space simulation
  • Save and load your universe creations
Features
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Place a moon, let go, and watch it fall into orbit around the planet you just made. Pocket Galaxy is a 3D gravity sandbox where realistic space physics meet total creative freedom. Spawn planets, stars and gas giants, place them in orbit, and watch a living solar system come to life. Then take it apart: heat worlds until they glow, freeze them solid, explode them, or smash two together. No levels, no timers, no pressure. The sandbox is the whole game, and nothing in it is on rails. What you can do • Build a universe from a huge variety of procedural planets, stars and gas giants • Simulate realistic gravity and orbital motion in an open 3D sandbox • Reach for cosmic tools: asteroid storms, solar rays, ice rays and explosions • Tune each planet's gravity, size and orbit, even give it repulsive gravity • Unlock new planet and star types as you experiment • Nurture a world until life begins, and follow it in the Planet Journal • Capture and share screenshots of your universe • Save and load your galaxies anytime Nudge an orbit and let gravity take over, engineer a perfectly balanced system, or wipe it out in a single collision. The sandbox is entirely yours. Free to download and play, with ads. An in-app purchase removes them. No account required, and it suits all ages.

About

Gemloop

Features
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One tap. Two orbits. How long can you survive? Gemloop is a pure-reflex arcade game you can play with one thumb. You orbit a glowing star — tap anywhere to hop between the inner and outer ring. Mines spike up in your path, gems drift in for the taking, and the orbit keeps getting faster. That's the whole game. It takes three seconds to learn and it will not let go of you. HOW TO PLAY • Tap to switch between the two orbit rings • Dodge the mines — they flash a warning before they arm • Grab gems for bonus points • Survive as long as you can while everything speeds up WHY YOU'LL KEEP COMING BACK • Runs last seconds, "one more try" lasts an hour • Pure skill — no lives, no timers, no paywalls • Silky animations, glowing particles and satisfying haptics • Plays fully offline, anywhere • No ads, no tracking, no account, no nonsense Beat your best. Then beat it again.

Screenshots

Pocket Galaxy4 screens
Gemloop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Gemloop at none against Pocket Galaxy's shown. Pocket Galaxy's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pocket Galaxy versus Gemloop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket GalaxyGemloop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (26K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings26K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size284 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPocket Labs UKVali Mikayilov

Bugs and requests

Pocket Galaxy

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Planets sometimes disappear or get stuck out of bounds
  • Wormholes cause app to become unresponsive
  • Collision effects can obscure the screen
  • Planet orbits sometimes behave erratically

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add more types of stars (red/blue dwarfs, supergiants, neutron stars, etc.)
  • Improve planet/moon orbiting mechanics
  • Increase camera zoom and viewing distance
  • Add ability to customize planet atmospheres and life
  • Implement space exploration and colonization features
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  • Improve visual effects for collisions and celestial events
  • Remove or increase planet/object limit
  • Add more detailed planet/star information and statistics

Gemloop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Galaxy

No in-app purchases

None

Gemloop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Galaxy free?
Pocket Galaxy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gemloop free?
Gemloop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pocket Galaxy or Gemloop have ads?
Pocket Galaxy shows ads; Gemloop does not.

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