Comparison

Particlescape vs Space Crash Simulator

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

Space Crash Simulator

Experience realistic planetary collisions with a powerful physics engine. Customize your own cosmic events by adjusting particle count, velocity, and accuracy, or jump straight into high-energy impacts. This app offers a detailed, physics-based simulation for educational or entertainment purposes.

Highlights
  • Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation
  • Real-time planetary collisions
  • Customizable simulation parameters
  • Setup Mode for scenario creation
  • Adjustable particle count and accuracy
  • Physics-based detailed simulation
Features
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Smash worlds together and watch them shatter, merge, and melt, driven by real physics, not pre-made animations. Every planet is made of thousands of interacting particles, so every collision is computed live and no two impacts ever look the same. Build your own scenario in Setup Mode: place up to 8 bodies, set their size, density, spin and velocity, then let gravity do the rest. Or dive straight into a head-on collision and watch the debris glow, cool, and form a crust. - True particle physics (SPH), the first of its kind on mobile - Molten impact zones: heat, lava, and cooling crusts - Give planets rings or shred a moon into one with tidal forces (Roche limit) - Protoplanetary disk and colliding-galaxies modes - Black holes that tear planets apart - Custom planet textures from your own photos - Runs on everything: tune particle count, accuracy, and timescale to your device

Screenshots

Particlescape3 screens
Space Crash Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Particlescape at none against Space Crash Simulator's shown. Particlescape also leads on device support (5 vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Space Crash Simulator's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (588 vs 76). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Space Crash Simulator 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Particlescape against 4.5 for Space Crash Simulator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Crash Simulator has 588 ratings behind it against 76, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Particlescape's written reviews are positive against 82% of Space Crash Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Particlescape ships an update every 24 months, Space Crash Simulator every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on August 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Particlescape versus Space Crash Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParticlescapeSpace Crash Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (76 ratings) — better4.5 (588 ratings)
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews — better82.2% of reviews
Number of ratings76588 — better
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
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 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB178 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdwin SirkoWPC

Customer experience

Particlescape

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

Space Crash Simulator

All ratings588 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews259 reviews
Positive82.2%
Neutral6.9%
Negative10.8%

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

Space Crash Simulator

From 588 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game
  • 🚀 Awesome graphics
  • 💡 Interesting simulation features
  • 🎉 Fun and enjoyable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional performance issues
  • 💰 Too many ads

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

Space Crash Simulator

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Collision trails not clearing properly
  • Protoplanetary disc mode not working as expected

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more celestial objects (black holes, stars, etc.)
  • Allow for custom textures and planet/atmosphere customization
  • Improve performance and optimization
  • Add more graphic options and settings
  • Allow for custom rings and moons around planets
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  • Enable free camera feature
  • Improve collision and heating effects

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

Space Crash Simulator

One-time1
  • No-Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Particlescape free?
Particlescape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Crash Simulator free?
Space Crash Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Particlescape or Space Crash Simulator?
Particlescape is rated higher. Particlescape averages 4.6 out of 5 from 76 ratings, while Space Crash Simulator averages 4.5 from 588 ratings.
Do Particlescape or Space Crash Simulator have ads?
Space Crash Simulator shows ads; Particlescape does not.
Which is updated more often, Particlescape or Space Crash Simulator?
Particlescape ships an update every 24 months, and Space Crash Simulator every 4 days. Most recently, Particlescape was updated on August 8, 2026 and Space Crash Simulator on September 22, 2026.

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