PlanetBuilder vs Orbit
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.
Orbit
Navigate a retro-neon space environment by manipulating gravity to reach checkpoints. Overcome obstacles, use wormholes, and create your own challenging levels with the included editor.
- Gravity manipulation puzzles
- Retro-neon visual style
- Obstacle avoidance
- Wormhole travel
- Full level editor
- Community level sharing
- In-game hints
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Aim your shot and let gravity bend its path. Orbit is a physics puzzle game where you launch a ball around planets, avoid obstacles and reach checkpoints. SOLVE WITH GRAVITY Choose your angle, power and timing. Find a path through each puzzle, use hints when you need a nudge and improve your best shots. BUILD AND SHARE Create puzzles in the level editor. Place planets and obstacles, publish your own level collections and explore levels made by other players. CHALLENGE FRIENDS Share levels and successful-shot replays. Challenge friends to beat your results at their own pace, then return to improve your personal best. Explore a neon universe of planets, wormholes and moving obstacles. One well-timed launch can change everything.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Orbit at Free against PlanetBuilder's $0.99. Orbit also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 26 months) and review sentiment (91% vs 71%). PlanetBuilder's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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
Orbit is free to download; PlanetBuilder costs $0.99 up front. Orbit sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PlanetBuilder asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for PlanetBuilder against 4.2 for Orbit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of PlanetBuilder's written reviews are positive against 91% of Orbit's.
PlanetBuilder ships an update every 26 months, Orbit weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlanetBuilder | Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) | 4.2 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 26 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Strange Labs LLC | Interconnected Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
PlanetBuilder
Orbit
In-app purchases
PlanetBuilder
No in-app purchases
Orbit
- 5 Full Hints$1.99
- Remove Ads$4.99









