Comparison

Particlescape vs Galaxy Space Simulator 3D

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

Head to head
About

Particlescape

This app lets you create stunning visual patterns using interactive particle and gravity simulations. Generate thousands of particles with each touch, with higher resolution in dense areas. Optimized for performance, it supports up to half a million particles on screen.

Highlights
  • Interactive particle and gravity simulation
  • Generate particles with touch
  • Apply gravity with double-tap-hold
  • High-resolution rendering in dense areas
  • Supports up to 500,000 particles
  • 3D Touch pressure sensitivity
Features
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Create beautiful patterns at your fingertips! Particlescape is an interactive particle and gravity simulator designed to be as beautiful as possible and to create an organic link between fingertips and screen. The rules are simple: - Touch to generate particles. - Double-tap-hold to use gravity. - Shake device to change options. Sensitive to up to 10 simultaneous touches on iPad (5 on iPhone), the visual possibilities are limitless. Features: - Generate up to 8000 particles per second per touch. Feel like you're magically summoning particles from the ether. - Particles in high-density regions are rendered at higher resolution (smaller point size), to bring out finer detail. - Extensive optimizations throughout to support a maximum of half a million particles on screen!* - Press harder for more particles or more gravity on 3D Touch-enabled devices, such as iPhone 6s and 6s Plus! *500,000 particles supported on iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, iPad Air 2. Older devices may support less.

About

Galaxy Space Simulator 3D

Create and explore your own universe with a realistic 3D space simulator. Witness celestial bodies orbit, form asteroid belts, and customize planets with various textures and skins. Save, load, and share your cosmic creations with others.

Highlights
  • Realistic 3D graphics
  • Physics-based gravity simulation
  • Planet and star customization
  • Save, load, and pause functionality
  • Share creations online
  • Unlockable content through achievements
Features
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Create your own solar system with our immersive 3D and realistic space simulator for FREE! Galaxy Space Simulator is an immersive, fun, and addicting simulator with base on real astrophysical gravity law. You can watch in real time how a planet orbits the sun and how asteroid belt forms. It’s an educational activity that is so mesmerizing and entertaining for the whole family. === FEATURES OF GALAXY SPACE SIMULATOR: === * IMMERSIVE HIGH QUALITY 3D GRAPHIC Enjoy the immersive, realistic graphic. It really feels like you are in the outer space and observing the solar system from away. This app uses simple swipe and pinch to control the view. You can view the planetary orbits and track them. * FREE SIMULATOR Enjoy our 3D space simulator for FREE! You start with limited planets but you can unlock more by completing achievements. We add new achievements to unlock so you will never run out of things to do and explore. * REALISTIC SIMULATOR The movement of the sky objects are simulated based on how gravity works in the outer space and how each object pulling at each other depending on their mass. You can see how the planet orbits the sun and maybe collides with each other, how asteroid belt forms, and other space phenomenon. * CUSTOMIZATION Customize your planets and stars with textures and skins. You can also change the background of the scene. You can also adjust for speed, size, and location of the sky objects, as well as choose for random distribution. * HOW TO PLAY GUIDE You don’t need to feel overwhelmed. We explain the app control and functions within the app so you know how to create sky objects, follow the orbits, view guide, and more. * SAVE, LOAD, PAUSE AND RESUME You don’t have to worry of losing your solar system if you can’t finish it in one go. Save your project and load it later on. You can also pause and resume the solar system anytime. * SHARE ONLINE Do you want to impress your friends and family with your creation? Share your creation on social media. You can also share your solar system model with other users, find models by other users and modify them to create your own. You don’t have to be a sky gazer or a science fiction enthusiast to enjoy our space simulator app. This is a very fun and addicting activity to do anytime, anywhere. Don’t worry if you don’t know where or how to start. You can load other people’s solar systems and add your own elements to them as you like. Keep creating and experimenting and enjoy watching what will happen as the planets, stars, and asteroids moving and orbiting each other. You can witness planetary collisions and the evolution of the solar system you create as time goes by. It will certainly deepen our understanding about the space and universe. *** We appreciate all the feedback from our users. Please support Galaxy Space Simulator, 3D Solar System Simulator by leaving a rating and review. Don’t forget to share our universe sandbox app to your friends and family so they can enjoy it too!

Screenshots

Particlescape3 screens
Galaxy Space Simulator 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

Particlescape and Galaxy Space Simulator 3D both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Particlescape's written reviews are positive against 40% of Galaxy Space Simulator 3D's. Particlescape also leads on device support (5 vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Galaxy Space Simulator 3D's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (457 vs 76). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Particlescape sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Galaxy Space Simulator 3D sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Particlescape holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Galaxy Space Simulator 3D has 457 ratings behind it against 76, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Particlescape's written reviews are positive against 40% of Galaxy Space Simulator 3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Particlescape ships an update every 24 months, Galaxy Space Simulator 3D every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Particlescape versus Galaxy Space Simulator 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParticlescapeGalaxy Space Simulator 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (76 ratings) — better4.4 (457 ratings)
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews — better39.5% of reviews
Number of ratings76457 — better
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB219 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdwin SirkoKrassimir Kondarev

Customer experience

Particlescape

All ratings76 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral4.3%
Negative10.1%

Galaxy Space Simulator 3D

All ratings457 ratings
Positive83.6%
Neutral2.8%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive39.5%
Neutral10.5%
Negative50.0%

User reviews

Particlescape

From 76 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Mesmerizing and beautiful visuals
  • 🧘 Calming and relaxing experience
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🤩 Highly entertaining and fun
  • 💡 Great for distraction and stress relief

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Limited customization options
  • 💸 Paid upgrades don't always work
  • ❓ Controls can be difficult to use
  • ⚫ Black background can be overwhelming
  • 👎 Ads can be intrusive

Galaxy Space Simulator 3D

From 457 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast loading
  • 👍 Good graphics
  • 💡 Motivating
  • 👍 Fun to play

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Slow loading
  • 🐛 Buggy
  • 🐛 Difficult to use
  • 🐛 Limits on features

Bugs and requests

Particlescape

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Controls not working
  • Upgrade does nothing
  • App doesn't do anything anymore
  • Menus don't work on iPad Air 2
  • Paid upgrade provides no new features
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  • Settings disabled even after purchase

Requested features

21 requests
  • Add meditation music
  • Ability to change colors
  • More options for drag and radius
  • More physics properties
  • Ability to remove or dim black background
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  • Overlay particles on the world
  • Add background options
  • Pin touch points and work elsewhere
  • Place and pin multiple gravity wells
  • Negative gravity option
  • Video screencast
  • Add dubstep in background
  • Add chill out sounds
  • Clear screen option
  • Particle shape option
  • Fix disabled settings
  • Reset button in options
  • Ability to record movements with songs
  • Softer shake to bring up menu
  • Ability to change color of new particles only
  • More control over gravitational strength and spawn speed

Galaxy Space Simulator 3D

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Perpetual loading screen
  • Planets and systems not functioning properly
  • Zooming and navigation issues
  • Frequent crashes and app not launching

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add a loading bar
  • Improve navigation and controls
  • Increase planet and system creation limits
  • Add more advanced features (black holes, wormholes, etc.)

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Particlescape

One-time3
  • Upgrade to Enable More Touches Without Ads$1.99
  • Upgrade to Enable Advanced Options$1.99
  • Premium options$3.99
13 purchases

Galaxy Space Simulator 3D

One-time13
  • High Res Ceres$0.99
  • High Res Jupiter$0.99
  • Remove ads$0.99
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  • Skybox deep space$0.99
  • Skybox green nebula$0.99
  • High Res Earth$1.99
  • High Res Night Earth$1.99
  • Add 5 more planets$2.99
  • Skybox nebulas clash$2.99
  • Unlock asteroid belts$3.99
  • Premium planets bundle$3.99
  • Add 10 more planets$4.99
  • Unlock every feature in game!$14.99

Questions

Is Particlescape free?
Particlescape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Galaxy Space Simulator 3D free?
Galaxy Space Simulator 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Particlescape or Galaxy Space Simulator 3D?
Particlescape is rated higher. Particlescape averages 4.6 out of 5 from 76 ratings, while Galaxy Space Simulator 3D averages 4.4 from 457 ratings.
Do Particlescape or Galaxy Space Simulator 3D have ads?
Neither Particlescape nor Galaxy Space Simulator 3D shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Particlescape or Galaxy Space Simulator 3D?
Particlescape ships an update every 24 months, and Galaxy Space Simulator 3D every 5 months. Most recently, Particlescape was updated on October 17, 2026 and Galaxy Space Simulator 3D on October 17, 2026.

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