AsteroidXR vs Space Particles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AsteroidXR
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Use the AsteroidXR app to select, place and photograph 3D models from a library of astroids, planets and spacecraft. After selecting a model from the collection, point your iPhone or iPad camera at a flat surface until the app recognizes a smooth placement position. Once you select the placement location, a virtual 3D model will appear above that location in the camera view as if it was actually there. Place multiple models in fun locations around your home. Make your own scenes with spacecraft navigating through your own astroid field. Take mixed reality photos using the app. Post your photos on social media, and no one will know what is real and what is Extended Reality. More 3D models are added as they become available to the public from the space program. For best performance, go to settings and select save models onto your device.
Space Particles
Explore motion, gravity, and light in this touch-driven visual sandbox. Shape particle fields with various tools and presets, or customize your own simulations. Ideal for creative experimentation and generative art.
- Touch-driven particle manipulation
- Gravity wells and repulsion tools
- Preset visual themes
- Customizable particle properties
- Screenshot capture
- Shareable scene links
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Space Particles is a touch-driven visual sandbox for exploring motion, gravity, and light. Start with a live field of glowing particles, then shape it with gravity wells, repulsion, pulses, stir tools, vortices, and erase or freeze interactions. Switch between presets like spiral galaxies, binary systems, collisions, rings, streams, lattices, and nova-style bursts, or tune the simulation yourself. Particle Mode focuses on gravity-driven motion and emergent patterns. Firework Mode turns the same canvas into a configurable spark launcher with adjustable spread, trail length, gravity, drag, color, size, and lifetime. Built for quick experimentation: - Touch and drag directly on the canvas - Choose particle counts, speed, bounds, trails, colors, and visual themes - Toggle between performance and quality settings - Capture screenshots of scenes you create - Share scene links from the web version Space Particles is for anyone who likes visualizers, creative coding, particle systems, physics toys, generative art, or just watching a screen fill with organized chaos.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AsteroidXR at none against Space Particles's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Space Particles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AsteroidXR asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | AsteroidXR | Space Particles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ignite Channel Inc | Brandon Schabel |
In-app purchases
AsteroidXR
No in-app purchases
Space Particles
- Space Particles Pro$2.99









