Comparison

Atomus vs Galaxy Particles

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

Head to head
About

Atomus

This app is an interactive visualizer that creates beautiful, dynamic art inspired by natural phenomena and abstract concepts. It offers customizable particle effects, multi-touch interaction, and music integration, designed to inspire creativity or provide a relaxing visual experience.

Highlights
  • 10-Finger Multi-touch Display
  • 5 Music Choices
  • Fastest Speed (60 FPS)
  • 12,000 Particles
  • Customizable Particle Length, Number, & Size
  • 3-Color Modes
Features
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ATOMUS — A Living Kinetic Universe in Your Hands Touch energy. Shape motion. Watch light come alive. ATOMUS transforms your screen into a living kinetic universe where thousands of particles react instantly to every movement, creating flowing structures, cosmic patterns, and mesmerizing visual motion that feels both dynamic and calming. Designed for moments when you want to reset your mind, explore visual creativity, or simply watch something beautiful evolve under your fingertips, ATOMUS offers a unique sensory experience between digital art and meditation. Every touch creates shifting forms that can feel like fireworks, auroras, galaxies, waves, atomic structures, or living energy — always moving, always changing. Why users love ATOMUS • Deeply immersive touch interaction • Hypnotic moving particle structures • Ideal for creative focus and visual relaxation • A satisfying sensory experience that never feels the same twice • Beautiful for both quiet moments and playful exploration A Dynamic Visual Experience ATOMUS is inspired by: • fireworks • whirlwinds • fireflies • auroras • rainbows • waves • atomic forms Each interaction creates evolving structures that feel alive and endlessly surprising. Real-Time Performance • Up to 12,000 particles in real time • Smooth 60 FPS rendering • 10-finger multi-touch support • Adjustable particle size, quantity, and trail length • 3 color modes: Neon, Crystal, Nature • Built-in music by Aden Ray (optional) Free Version Enjoy ATOMUS for free. Upgrade to HD for: • 2× more particles • Ad-free experience • Richer visual density Support If you have ideas, questions, or feedback, I would love to hear from you. sunglab@gmail.com http://www.sunglab.com

About

Galaxy Particles

Experience a visually stunning and calming interactive game where your facial movements control light particles. Explore diverse physics-based scenes that react to your head, eyes, and mouth. Designed for relaxation with no scores or timers, it offers a private and ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Facial tracking controls light particles
  • 30 unique physics-based scenes
  • Calming, distraction-free interface
  • Private by design, no data collection
  • No ads or in-app purchases
  • Works offline on supported devices
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Your face is the gravity. Galaxy Particles fills the whole screen with thin dashes of light that fly edge to edge. Your head, eyes and mouth become the masses that bend their paths. Turn your head and the field turns with you. Lean in and the orbits tighten. Open your mouth and the pull lets go, or a black hole grows where your mouth is, depending on the scene. Thirty scenes, each with its own physics: • Orbit, Rings, Halo and Galaxy: bodies circling your head • Stream, Compass, Sway, Shear and Vortex Street: currents that part around your face • Black Hole, Lens and Twin Holes: dark cores that swallow nothing but bend everything • Billiards, Marbles and Snowglobe: bodies that bounce off the edges of the screen • Elastic, Honey, Tide, Pulse and Lantern: fields that breathe, stretch and spring back …and more. Swipe left or right to move between them. Made to be calm: • Nothing on screen but the light. No buttons, no scores, no timers, no streaks. • Your face controls everything. You never touch the particles. • Slow responses. Blinking, twitching and tracking hiccups never disturb the picture. • The longer you play over time, the denser the field quietly becomes. Private by design: • Uses the front camera for Apple's on-device face tracking, which gives the app only the position and shape of your face. • The camera image is never shown, saved or sent anywhere. There is nothing to leak. • No account, no analytics, no network access. The app has no way to reach the internet. No ads, ever: • No interruptions, no pop-ups, no videos to watch. Safe to hand to a child. Requires iPhone X or later, including iPhone SE (2020 and newer). Runs entirely on your device.

Screenshots

Atomus4 screens
Galaxy Particles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Galaxy Particles at none against Atomus's shown. Galaxy Particles also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Atomus's advantage is ratings volume (529 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Galaxy Particles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Atomus has 529 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Atomus versus Galaxy Particles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAtomusGalaxy Particles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (529 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings529 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSungLab IncYang Zhang

Customer experience

Atomus

All ratings525 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews152 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral4.6%
Negative5.9%

Galaxy Particles

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Atomus

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when using more than 10 fingers
  • Inconsistent ad frequency

Requested features

3 requests
  • More color and particle effect options
  • Ability to turn off sound/music
  • Haptic feedback support

Galaxy Particles

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Atomus

No in-app purchases

None

Galaxy Particles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Atomus free?
Atomus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Galaxy Particles free?
Galaxy Particles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Atomus or Galaxy Particles?
Galaxy Particles is rated higher. Atomus averages 4.8 out of 5 from 529 ratings, while Galaxy Particles averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Atomus or Galaxy Particles have ads?
Atomus shows ads; Galaxy Particles does not.

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