Planet simulation vs Dotting Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Planet simulation
Design and build your own solar system with various stars. Explore the fascinating world of gravity and recreate celestial bodies. A relaxing game for your spare time.
- Create your own solar system
- Simulate gravity
- Design with various stars
- Reproduce celestial bodies
- Relaxing gameplay
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Enjoy world of gravity! Planet simulation game can also reproduce solar system. Create the universe with various stars. You may be able to recreate the solar system. In spare time or boring time, it is a recommended game. This game is the 2nd iOS game for the Web Game Site "DAN-BALL"
Dotting Challenge
A fast-paced arcade game where players must quickly tap on randomly appearing dots before their countdown timers reach zero. The objective is to prevent dots from exploding and achieve the highest score possible by keeping them active.
- Tap dots before countdown expires
- Prevent dots from exploding
- Score points by keeping dots active
- Selectable board sizes
- Addictive gameplay loop
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Imagine having to pop bubble wrap as fast as you can or it would explode! This fast paced addictive game is exactly that. Click the bubbles as fast as you can as they randomly countdown to zero. If one hits zero it will blow up and you will be done. To play the game you simply select a board size and begin. The board will start off with all dots at 10 and randomly perform a countdown on each dot. Once a dot hits zero it will blow up and the game will end. To stop that from happening, you press the dots and it will increase by one. You can press each dot as many times as you want, but it will stop increasing once it reaches 10. You will get one point each time a dot decreases. The longer you can hold out the higher your score! Good luck!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Planet simulation at Free against Dotting Challenge's $0.99. Planet simulation also leads on ratings volume (165 vs 2). Dotting Challenge's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, 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
Planet simulation is free to download; Dotting Challenge costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dotting Challenge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planet simulation has 165 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Planet simulation ships an update every 8 months, Dotting Challenge every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planet simulation | Dotting Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (165 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 165 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Ducky Planet LLC |
Customer experience
Planet simulation
Dotting Challenge
Bugs and requests
Planet simulation
Reported bugs
3 issues- Planets sometimes disappear or behave erratically
- App crashes or freezes occasionally
- Scaling and scrolling issues
Requested features
5 requests- Add more celestial objects (black holes, supernovas, etc.)
- Allow for more complex orbits and binary systems
- Implement a save/load feature for solar systems
- Add a tutorial or help section
- Integrate with educational resources on astronomy
Dotting Challenge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Planet simulation
No in-app purchases
Dotting Challenge
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Planet simulation free?
Is Dotting Challenge free?
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