Comparison

Topia World Builder 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

Topia World Builder

Shape a vibrant planet as a divine creator. Sculpt landscapes, grow forests, and populate your world with diverse animal life. Witness ecosystems evolve as you manage your creation.

Highlights
  • Create mountains, valleys, rivers, and oceans
  • Spawn and manage large animal herds
  • Observe animal interactions and ecosystems
  • Save and edit worlds
  • Customize land, water, and sky colors
  • Supports landscape and portrait modes
Features
Currently charting
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From the Award Winning Studio Crescent Moon Games and Glenn Corpes, one of the creators of the original Populous series of games, comes TOPIA WORLD BUILDER, a unique world building sim, tailored for iOS devices. Topia World Builder is a world creation simulation. You become god and shape the land as you choose, by the use of touch controls. Swipe your finger to create mountains, valleys, rivers, and oceans. Watch trees grow, spawn thousands of animals - and watch them live and die on the planet of your creation! Features: -Create Mountains -Create Valleys -Create Rivers -Create Oceans -Spawn various animal types -Build enormous herds of animals -Watch predators attack other animals -Save your worlds so you can edit them later -Change the color of land, water, sky -Play in both landscape and portrait modes

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

Topia World Builder3 screens
Space Crash Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Space Crash Simulator at Free against Topia World Builder's $1.99. Space Crash Simulator also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). Topia World Builder's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume 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

Space Crash Simulator is free to download; Topia World Builder costs $1.99 up front. Space Crash Simulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Topia World Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Space Crash Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 236 and 608 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Topia World Builder's written reviews are positive against 82% of Space Crash Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Topia World Builder ships an update every 6 weeks, Space Crash Simulator every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Topia World Builder versus Space Crash Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTopia World BuilderSpace Crash Simulator
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.6 (236 ratings)4.5 (608 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.2% of reviews81.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings236608 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#193 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB254 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCrescent Moon Games LLCWPC

Customer experience

Topia World Builder

All ratings236 ratings
Positive62.3%
Neutral9.7%
Negative28.0%
Written reviews388 reviews
Positive57.2%
Neutral18.8%
Negative24.0%

Space Crash Simulator

All ratings608 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral6.1%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews297 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative10.8%

User reviews

Topia World Builder

From 236 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth and responsive
  • 👍 Beautiful graphics
  • 🌳 Relaxing sandbox experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Unbalanced animal populations
  • 🔍 Lack of content and features
  • 💤 Gets boring quickly

Space Crash Simulator

From 608 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

Topia World Builder

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Birds getting stuck over the ocean
  • Land animals drowning in water
  • Inconsistent controls and UI

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add humans and civilization building
  • Introduce natural disasters and weather effects
  • Expand animal and plant diversity
  • Improve ecosystem balance and predator-prey dynamics
  • Implement saving and loading of created worlds

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

None

Topia World Builder

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Space Crash Simulator

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Topia World Builder free?
Topia World Builder costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Space Crash Simulator free?
Space Crash Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Topia World Builder or Space Crash Simulator?
Space Crash Simulator is rated higher. Topia World Builder averages 3.6 out of 5 from 236 ratings, while Space Crash Simulator averages 4.5 from 608 ratings.
Do Topia World Builder or Space Crash Simulator have ads?
Space Crash Simulator shows ads; Topia World Builder does not.
Which is updated more often, Topia World Builder or Space Crash Simulator?
Topia World Builder ships an update every 6 weeks, and Space Crash Simulator every 5 days. Most recently, Topia World Builder was updated on October 17, 2026 and Space Crash Simulator on October 18, 2026.

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