Comparison

Particlescape vs Partywheel

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

Partywheel

This app offers a fun and interactive way to enhance social gatherings with a variety of games and challenges. Spin a wheel to determine the next activity, from dance-offs to truth-or-dare, ensuring an engaging experience for all participants.

Highlights
  • Interactive game wheel
  • Spin to determine actions
  • Variety of challenges
  • Easy setup and play
  • Suitable for social events
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One spin picks what you play together next. Partywheel brings 14 group games to Apple TV, iPhone and iPad, with no player names to enter and no ads. The cropped wheel reveals your next game. Its rules stay on screen until you spin again, so you can jump straight into playing together. All 14 classics are included for free. A one-time purchase of Partywheel Premium lets you disable individual games and add, edit or delete your own games with a title, emoji and description. With iCloud, your personal game selection syncs across your devices. On iPhone and iPad, you can also save your own games locally without iCloud. Editing on Apple TV requires an available iCloud connection; games already saved there can also be played offline. One Premium purchase works on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV using the same Apple Account for purchases. If you previously purchased the ad-free option, Premium is included without another purchase. The interface and classic games are available in English, German, French and Spanish. Your own game descriptions stay just as you wrote them. Sound and supported haptics can be switched off separately.

Screenshots

Particlescape3 screens
Partywheel3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Particlescape at 4.6 against Partywheel's 3.2. Particlescape also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 67%) and ratings volume (80 vs 5). Partywheel's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 24 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Partywheel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Particlescape has 80 ratings behind it against 5, 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 67% of Partywheel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Particlescape ships an update every 24 months, Partywheel monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Particlescape versus Partywheel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParticlescapePartywheel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (80 ratings) — better3.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings80 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS8.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdwin SirkoJohannes Bauer

Customer experience

Particlescape

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

Partywheel

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

Partywheel

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
1 purchases

Partywheel

One-time1
  • Partywheel Premium$8.99

Questions

Is Particlescape free?
Particlescape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Partywheel free?
Partywheel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Particlescape or Partywheel?
Particlescape is rated higher. Particlescape averages 4.6 out of 5 from 80 ratings, while Partywheel averages 3.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Particlescape or Partywheel have ads?
Neither Particlescape nor Partywheel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Particlescape or Partywheel?
Particlescape ships an update every 24 months, and Partywheel monthly. Most recently, Particlescape was updated on November 10, 2026 and Partywheel on November 11, 2026.

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