Statetris vs Orbit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Statetris
This game combines falling block mechanics with geography. Instead of blocks, players position states, countries, and cities in their correct locations. It's a fun, challenging, and educational experience for those who enjoy puzzles and learning about the world.
- Position states, countries, and cities
- Falling blocks gameplay
- Educational geography challenges
- Includes national anthems
- Multiple regions available
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"Over 1040 diggs!" - digg.com "Statetris is a very fun and interesting game that will have you glued to your screen wanting to play over and over again!" - gamecoholic.com "T****s With a Twist" - Neatorama.com Statetris is an interesting game mixing aspects of the popular falling blocks games and geography. Instead of positioning the typical blocks you position states, countries, counties, prefectures and cities at their proper location. Fun, challenging and educational! How good are you at reassembling these? - China - Europe - France - Germany - Italy - Japan - Netherlands - United Kingdom - United States of America On a side note, all National Anthems are included.
Orbit
This app is a meditative physics puzzler where you launch planets to create stable orbits around black holes. Explore a variety of levels, create your own challenges in a sandbox mode, and enjoy a visually artistic and relaxing experience.
- Gravity simulation puzzles
- Create stable orbits
- Sandbox mode for level creation
- Community-created levels
- Visual orbital mechanics
- Minimalist graphics and relaxing music
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ORBIT is a gravity simulator at the heart of a puzzle game. Launch planets with a flick of your finger, and try to get them into stable orbits around black holes. Can you make enough orbits to progress to the next level? New: ORBIT now features a Sandbox (paid) where you can create your own levels! Control time, disable collisions, and paint with gravity. Publish your creations to the world for everyone to play. • 45 free levels, with new mechanics are introduced over time — like repulsive black holes and planets with their own gravity that attract each other • Play community-created levels — virtually limitless content made by other players, all completely free • Launch as many planets as you like, and watch the mesmerizing orbital mechanics unfold • Planets leave colored traces, so that at the end of a level you will have created a beautiful piece of art • See the future trajectory of a planet before you launch it • Play in an environment of smooth, minimalist graphics while listening to relaxing classical piano Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/highkeygames Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/highkeygames
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Orbit at Free against Statetris's $4.99. Orbit also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 64%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Statetris's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Orbit is free to download; Statetris costs $4.99 up front. Orbit sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Statetris asks for nothing beyond the download.
Orbit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orbit has 7.6K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Statetris's written reviews are positive against 94% of Orbit's.
Statetris ships an update every 14 months, Orbit every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Statetris | Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (35 ratings) | 4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 | 7.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IntenCT | HIGHKEY Games |
Customer experience
Statetris
Orbit
Bugs and requests
Statetris
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Orbit
Reported bugs
3 issues- In app purchase not received
- Sandbox mode not working
- Game crashing and unable to open
Requested features
6 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to zoom in and out
- Ability to rotate the game to landscape on iPad
- Ability to edit and move existing objects in sandbox mode
- Ability to name planets and add moons
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- More levels and game modes
In-app purchases
Statetris
No in-app purchases
Orbit
- $1 contribution$0.99
- Remove ads$0.99
- $2 contribution$1.99
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- $3 contribution$2.99
- Unlock Sandbox (and remove ads)$2.99
- $5 contribution$4.99
- $10 contribution$9.99









