Comparison

Particlescape vs BodyNav

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

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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

BodyNav

Navigate virtual spaces using intuitive body movements to minimize motion sickness. Earn points by finding and occupying objects while avoiding obstacles. This XR game offers a unique way to interact with digital environments.

Highlights
  • Intuitive body-based navigation
  • Minimizes motion sickness
  • Earn points by occupying 3D objects
  • Spatial audio cues
  • Stereo VR mode support
  • Adaptable technology for various applications
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"BodyNav® is a fun extended reality game that demonstrates the power of navigating space with intuitive body movement. Leverage your innate sense of space, lean in the direction you want to go, and magically minimize motion sickness. Lean your body forward and back to ""walk"" around. Lean your body left & right to sidestep. Earn points by finding and occupying 3D objects. Lose points by hitting walls. Listen for spatial audio cues and have fun! Stereo VR mode requires a passive stereoscopic 3D headset (like Google Cardboard). BodyNav technology can be easily adapted to modernize your own product user experiences with just a few lines of code. It enhances first-person gaming, multi-camera performances and sporting events, control of remote vehicles, video conferencing and telepresence applications, street-view maps, augmented reality, architectural simulations, and 3D user interfaces for browsing documents and images. Copyright © 2012-2024 MONKEYmedia, Inc. All rights reserved. MONKEYmedia and BodyNav are registered trademarks of MONKEYmedia. BodyNav is covered by US Patent 9,563,202, US Patent 9,579,586, US Patent 9,612,627, US Patent 9,656,168, US Patent 9,658,617, US Patent 9,782,684, US Patent 9,791,897, US Patent 9,919,233, US Patent 10,569,479, US Patent 11,266,919, US Patent 11,969,666, US Patent Application 17/676,082 and other patents pending. Soundtrack courtesy of De La Soul."

Screenshots

Particlescape3 screens
BodyNav4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Particlescape at Free against BodyNav's $0.99. Particlescape also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (76 vs 6). BodyNav's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On update cadence, ads and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Particlescape is free to download; BodyNav costs $0.99 up front. Particlescape sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. BodyNav asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Particlescape holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Particlescape has 76 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Particlescape's written reviews are positive against 100% of BodyNav's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Particlescape ships an update every 24 months, BodyNav every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Particlescape versus BodyNav: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParticlescapeBodyNav
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (76 ratings) — better4.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings76 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsEvery 19 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdwin SirkoMONKEYmedia

Customer experience

Particlescape

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

BodyNav

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

BodyNav

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

BodyNav

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Particlescape free?
Particlescape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BodyNav free?
BodyNav costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Particlescape or BodyNav?
Particlescape is rated higher. Particlescape averages 4.6 out of 5 from 76 ratings, while BodyNav averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Particlescape or BodyNav have ads?
Neither Particlescape nor BodyNav shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Particlescape or BodyNav?
Particlescape ships an update every 24 months, and BodyNav every 19 months. Most recently, Particlescape was updated on October 8, 2026 and BodyNav on October 7, 2026.

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