Atomic Toy vs Selector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Atomic Toy
Explore the fascinating world of atomic structures. Interact with a dynamic nucleus and energetic particles that react to your touch, creating unique atomic formations. A visually engaging experience for curious minds.
- Dynamic nucleus simulation
- Energetic particle reactions
- Touch-based interaction
- Generates new atom types
- Visually pleasing effects
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Atomic Toy displays a nucleus surrounded by particles of energy. Touching the nucleus generates a new kind of atom. The energetic particles react in pleasing ways to your touches.
Selector
This app helps you make decisions by randomly selecting one person from a group. It's perfect for settling disputes, choosing chores, or picking the first player in a game. Enjoy interactive animations and sounds as it makes the choice for you.
- Random person selection
- Supports up to 5 people on iPhone
- Supports up to 11 people on iPad
- Particle animations
- Interactive sounds
- Compass mode
- Clock mode
- Draw mode
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Need to select between a bunch of people? Selector will decide for you! Have everyone hold a finger on the device and the spinner will spin until it selects one person. Use it to pick who pays for dinner! Use it to decide who does the dishes! Use it to select the first player in a game! Selector will select between up to 5 people on the iPhone and up to 11 on the iPad. Features beautiful particle animation and fun interactive sounds. Also features compass, clock, and draw modes. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Selector at 4.8 against Atomic Toy's 4.1. Selector also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 67%). Atomic Toy's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 56 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Atomic Toy costs $0.99 and Selector $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Selector holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Atomic Toy's written reviews are positive against 88% of Selector's.
Atomic Toy ships an update every 7 months, Selector every 56 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Atomic Toy | Selector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.9% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 56 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDJ Apps | Tony Kobayashi |
Customer experience
Atomic Toy
Selector
Bugs and requests
Atomic Toy
Reported bugs
7 issues- Multitouch changed and not as good
- Active screen is a portion of the iPhone 6s
- Nucleus display not centered on iPhone 6 Plus
- Photos not showing up in photo album
- App stuck on loading screen
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- Charge problem (charged twice)
- Stole pictures made when app was free
Requested features
11 requests- Bring back old multitouch functionality
- More particles and variable particle size
- Selectable color palette
- Vibrate function
- Add a text tool
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- More features for the price
- More parameters to tweak
- Sound reactivity
- Choose colors, possibly multiple at once
- Draw with patterns to create non-abstract pictures
- Remove menu mode, keep 5-finger mode
Selector
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Atomic Toy
No in-app purchases
Selector
No in-app purchases
