Topia World Builder vs Earth Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Earth Editor
Create your own world by placing various elements like sand, water, and lava on a gravity field. This simulation game allows for boundless creativity in designing unique planetary landscapes. Explore the possibilities of a sandbox environment where you are the architect of your own planet.
- World creation sandbox
- Gravity field simulation
- Place sand, water, seeds, lava
- Creative planetary design
- Element interaction
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This game is the 21st iOS game for the Web game site "DAN-BALL". A simulation game that creates the Earth using various dots on the field of gravity. There are various dots of sand, water, seeds, lava, and more. Be creative. It's up to you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Earth Editor at Free against Topia World Builder's $1.99. Earth Editor also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (79% vs 57%). Topia World Builder's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Earth Editor is free to download; Topia World Builder costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Earth Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 236 and 919 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Topia World Builder's written reviews are positive against 79% of Earth Editor's.
Topia World Builder ships an update every 6 weeks, Earth Editor every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Topia World Builder | Earth Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (236 ratings) | 4.3 (919 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.2% of reviews | 78.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 236 | 919 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crescent Moon Games LLC | DAN-BALL |
Customer experience
Topia World Builder
Earth Editor
User reviews
Topia World Builder
From 236 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth and responsive
- 👍 Beautiful graphics
- 🌳 Relaxing sandbox experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unbalanced animal populations
- 🔍 Lack of content and features
- 💤 Gets boring quickly
Earth Editor
From 919 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Satisfying and fun
- 👍 No ads feature
- 👍 Relaxing and addictive
- 👍 Interesting physics and elements
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
- 🔍 Limited elements and features
- 🔍 Dot/pixel limit
- 💸 Ads can be intrusive
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
Earth Editor
Reported bugs
3 issues- Black holes causing glitches
- Ice not freezing water properly
- Cloned elements not behaving as expected
Requested features
8 requests- More elements and materials to experiment with
- Ability to save multiple worlds
- Zoom and camera controls
- Realistic physics and behaviors (e.g. sand sinking in water)
- Ability to create life, animals, or civilizations
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- Supernova and star effects
- Atmosphere and weather systems
- Ability to move immobile objects
In-app purchases
Topia World Builder
No in-app purchases
Earth Editor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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