Comparison

Galaxy Collider vs Magic Fluids Lite

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

Head to head
About

Galaxy Collider

Explore the physics of interacting galaxies with a powerful simulation. Visualize spectacular collisions and manipulate parameters like star count and mass to discover infinite cosmic interactions. Use your device's accelerometer to change viewpoints and add external forces.

Highlights
  • Galaxy collision simulation
  • Gravitational force computation
  • High-performance particle engine
  • Interactive visualization
  • Adjustable simulation parameters
  • Accelerometer control
Features
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Galaxy Physics in your pocket! Galaxy Collider simulates the universe in your pocket. So brace yourself for the collision of the Milky Way with the Andromeda Galaxy! Galaxy Collider simulates the physics of interacting galaxies by computing the gravitational forces between the stars and the heavy galaxy centers. Galaxy collider features a high performance particle engine that can interactively visualize spectacular galaxy interactions. It uses OpenGL point sprites for rendering thousands of high-quality stars at high frame rates. The parameters of the simulation, such as the number of galaxies and stars, masses, etc. can be changed interactively to explore the infinite number of possible interactions between the galaxies. Galaxy collider uses the build-in accelerometer of IPhone or IPod touch to change viewpoints add real external forces to the simulation. For further information about interacting galaxies check out the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interacting_galaxy)

About

Magic Fluids Lite

Experience a calming and creative fluid simulation that helps relieve stress and anxiety. Interact with mesmerizing, colorful swirls and patterns that evolve on your screen. Ideal for relaxation, meditation, or creating unique digital art.

Highlights
  • Hypnotizing fluid motion
  • Stress and anxiety relief
  • Aesthetic digital art creation
  • Configurable fluid behavior
  • Save custom presets
  • Smoke, water, and jello animation
  • Light and shadow effects
Features
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Magic Fluids Lite is a relaxing, colorful fluid simulation app that will help you calm down and relieve stress, or be creative and make aesthetic digital art. It is based on algorithms of fluid flow simulation and features fluid (pun intented!), beautiful graphics. It is the best time waster! TOUCH THE SCREEN and enjoy hypnotizing motion of fluid swirls moving around, sometimes slow, quiet and elegant, other times dynamic, satisfying and trippy. CALM DOWN AND RELAX as you draw and watch peaceful flows evolve in space and eventually settle down into colorful patterns. Magic Fluids will help you sleep, meditate, restore balance, relieve stress and anxiety. GET CREATIVE and, with a touch of your finger, bring to life stylish patterns of paint and particles. If you like abstract digital art or acrylic pour painting, you'll love Magic Fluids! You can create impressive eye-catching designs that look like swirls, galaxies, liquid, fire, light, smoke, lava and much more! KEEP YOUR KIDS BUSY - they love to doodle and watch the fluid move around! We hope that Magic Fluids can also help children with anxiety, autism and sensory issues. Please note: this is NOT a live wallpaper. Key features of Magic Fluids Lite: - Highly configurable fluid behaviour and look - Predefined configuration presets to get you started (10+ are free, ~70 more can be unlocked) - Save your own presets - Pause the animation anytime and save screenshots - Smoke, water and jello animation - 10 fluid textures that add fine detail to the fluid - Amazing light and shadow visual effects - Thousands of particles moving with the fluid - Highly optimized, multiple quality settings Fluid animation in your pocket! Touch the screen and create beautiful motion of colorful smoke and water. Calm down and relax as you watch trippy, magical swirls of flowing colors. Get artistic and design creative, satisfying patterns of paint and particles.

Screenshots

Galaxy Collider3 screens
Magic Fluids Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Magic Fluids Lite at Free against Galaxy Collider's $0.99. Magic Fluids Lite also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (90% vs 61%). Galaxy Collider's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#182 vs unranked). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Magic Fluids Lite is free to download; Galaxy Collider costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Magic Fluids Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Fluids Lite has 3.2K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Galaxy Collider's written reviews are positive against 90% of Magic Fluids Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Galaxy Collider ships an update every 11 months, Magic Fluids Lite every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Galaxy Collider versus Magic Fluids Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGalaxy ColliderMagic Fluids Lite
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (17 ratings)4.7 (3.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews90.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings173.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
Best chart rank#182 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAngisoftMad Scientist

Customer experience

Galaxy Collider

All ratings17 ratings
Positive70.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive61.0%
Neutral14.6%
Negative24.4%

Magic Fluids Lite

All ratings3,169 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews474 reviews
Positive90.3%
Neutral4.6%
Negative5.1%

Bugs and requests

Galaxy Collider

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Magic Fluids Lite

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional screen freezing or glitches
  • Inconsistent ad availability

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to change fluid colors
  • Live wallpaper support
  • More preset options in free version
  • Sound/music integration

In-app purchases

None

Galaxy Collider

No in-app purchases

None

Magic Fluids Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Galaxy Collider free?
Galaxy Collider costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Magic Fluids Lite free?
Magic Fluids Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Galaxy Collider or Magic Fluids Lite?
Magic Fluids Lite is rated higher. Galaxy Collider averages 3.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Magic Fluids Lite averages 4.7 from 3.2K ratings.
Do Galaxy Collider or Magic Fluids Lite have ads?
Magic Fluids Lite shows ads; Galaxy Collider does not.
Which is updated more often, Galaxy Collider or Magic Fluids Lite?
Galaxy Collider ships an update every 11 months, and Magic Fluids Lite every 4 months. Most recently, Galaxy Collider was updated on October 12, 2026 and Magic Fluids Lite on October 12, 2026.

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