PlanetBuilder vs Terrain Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PlanetBuilder
Shape cosmic debris into a living planet, bending gravity to your will. Defend your creation from deadly debris and hostile alien forces as life evolves and civilization rises.
- Shape cosmic debris into a planet
- Bend gravity to manipulate your world
- Defend against cosmic debris and alien forces
- Witness life evolve and civilization rise
- Adapt to challenges as your world grows
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Bend gravity. Build a world. Protect life. You are a chosen member of an ancient race that has mastered the fabric of space itself. In these proving grounds, you must gather cosmic debris and shape it into a living planet, and then defend it as life emerges and evolves. BUT... the universe is not empty. Deadly cosmic debris is everywhere. Hostile alien forces will test your creation at every stage. Your planet’s survival depends on your mastery of gravity, your reflexes and your ability to adapt. As life evolves, your world grows stronger. Civilization rises. Defenses awaken. And if life endures long enough… …it will ascend.
Terrain Editor
Transform real-world materials into 3D landscapes using your phone's camera. Create diverse environments like beaches, mountains, or glaciers from sand, rice, or tapioca.
- Camera-based terrain scanning
- Real-world material to 3D conversion
- Create diverse environments
- Supports sand, rice, tapioca, etc.
- Generates 3D scenes
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What if your phone's camera turned into a Terrain Editor? Mold a landscape out of sand, rice, tapioca or any other material that you're willing to use and film it with your iPhone camera: it instantly turns into a 3D scene. Grass land, a beach and water? Or mountains and glaciers? You choose! Find out more at https://tapioca.toys/cardboard/#terrain-editor
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlanetBuilder at 71% against Terrain Editor's 0%. PlanetBuilder also leads on rating (4.1 vs 1.0). Terrain Editor's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 26 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Terrain Editor is free to download; PlanetBuilder costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PlanetBuilder holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of PlanetBuilder's written reviews are positive against 0% of Terrain Editor's.
PlanetBuilder ships an update every 26 months, Terrain Editor every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlanetBuilder | Terrain Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) — better | 1.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 26 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Strange Labs LLC | Matthieu Savary |
Customer experience
PlanetBuilder
Terrain Editor
In-app purchases
PlanetBuilder
No in-app purchases
Terrain Editor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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