Particlescape vs Galaxy Space Simulator 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- Realistic 3D graphics
- Physics-based gravity simulation
- Planet and star customization
- Save, load, and pause functionality
- Share creations online
- Unlockable content through achievements
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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!
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
Particlescape ships an update every 24 months, Galaxy Space Simulator 3D every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Particlescape | Galaxy Space Simulator 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (76 ratings) — better | 4.4 (457 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.5% of reviews — better | 39.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 | 457 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edwin Sirko | Krassimir Kondarev |
Customer experience
Particlescape
Galaxy Space Simulator 3D
User reviews
Particlescape
From 76 App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
Particlescape
- Upgrade to Enable More Touches Without Ads$1.99
- Upgrade to Enable Advanced Options$1.99
- Premium options$3.99
Galaxy Space Simulator 3D
- 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
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