Solar 2 vs Galaxy Genome
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solar 2
Explore an infinite abstract universe in this open-world sandbox game. Nurture life, engage in space battles, or cause cosmic chaos by crashing into objects and stealing planets.
- Open-world sandbox gameplay
- Infinite abstract universe
- Nurture planetary life
- Engage in space battles
- Cause cosmic chaos
- Steal planets
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Solar 2 is an open-world, sandbox game set in an infinite abstract universe. Play constructively: grow your system, nurture life on your planets and attack enemy life in huge space battles. Play destructively: crash into other objects and cause chaos, use your orbiting objects like wrecking balls, steal planets from other systems.
Galaxy Genome
Embark on an open-world sci-fi adventure as a space pilot. Explore a vast, scientifically accurate Milky Way, customize your ship, and choose your path as a trader, pirate, or explorer. Engage in combat, smuggling, and mining while following a compelling story or undertaking side missions.
- Open-world sci-fi space simulator
- Ship customization and upgrades
- Explore a 1:1 scale Milky Way galaxy
- Free-form play with multiple roles
- Vibrant story and side quests
- Surface vehicles for planet exploration
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Galaxy Genome is an open world sci-fi space simulator. You'll be able to upgrade your ship and customize every component as you hunt, explore, fight, mine, smuggle, trade and survive in the cutthroat galaxy. Follow the main story or do side missions. This game gives you the ability to feel real space exploration. The entirety of the Milky Way re-created at its full galactic proportions. At the beginning of the game you are a pilot of a small ship. Financial struggle forces you to start transporting contraband. Certainly, it will lead to you being in trouble with the law someday. But at some point in your life you are forced to make a deal with the authorities of the system. And that is when your dangerous space adventure begins. Game Features: - Free-form play allows everyone to choose their own path, becoming an angry pirate, a peaceful trader, an explorer, a bounty hunter, or a mix between these roles. - More than 30 different and customizable ships. - The game has a vibrant story and side quests. - Surface vehicles to explore planets. - No classes or skill levels, strength is decided by ship equipment and player skill. - The vast 1:1 scale Milky Way galaxy is based on real scientific principles. Around 2 billion star systems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Galaxy Genome at every 5 weeks against Solar 2's every 21 months. Galaxy Genome also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 64%) and ratings volume (116 vs 30). Solar 2's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and price ($2.99 vs $3.99). On 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
Solar 2 costs $2.99 and Galaxy Genome $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Solar 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 116 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Solar 2's written reviews are positive against 75% of Galaxy Genome's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Solar 2 ships an update every 21 months, Galaxy Genome every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solar 2 | Galaxy Genome |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (30 ratings) — better | 4.3 (116 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 116 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jay Watts | Anton Skvortsov |
Customer experience
Solar 2
Galaxy Genome
User reviews
Solar 2
From 30 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Unique gameplay experience
- 🌌 Immersive space sandbox
- 🤩 Nostalgic and reminiscent
- 🎮 Satisfying gameplay loop
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and fluid visuals
Room to improve
- ⚖️ Inconsistent physics
- 🕹️ Terrible virtual controls (iPhone)
- 📉 Difficult early game progression
- ❓ Unclear objectives and execution
- ⚠️ Disappointing end-game rewards
Galaxy Genome
From 116 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Massive explorable galaxy with procedurally generated systems
- 💎 No pay-to-play mechanics or paywalls
- 🎮 Deep gameplay with trading, combat, mining, and exploration
- 📱 Excellent value for mobile space sim
- 🎯 Active developer with regular updates and community engagement
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes, especially when accessing mission menu
- 📚 Steep learning curve with minimal tutorial guidance
- 🐢 Tedious travel time through large spaces
- 🎮 Unintuitive flight controls and ship deceleration
- 🗺️ Confusing route mapping and pathfinding issues
Bugs and requests
Solar 2
Reported bugs
16 issues- Game crashes on launch
- App crashes immediately after opening
- Crashes during loading screen
- Game crashes when opening menu
- Game crashes after updates (iOS 9)
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- Cannot see stats after beating last boss
- Physics are inconsistent
- Capturing is inconsistent
- Stars don't grow
- App returns to home screen immediately after entering
- Game crashes when trying to go in
- App crashes when trying to open
- Game does not load past title screen
- App crashes on iPad mini
- Game crashes when saving
- Player velocity slows down dramatically away from controls
Requested features
18 requests- Add dark matter asteroids/stars
- Add RED matter asteroids
- Make swipe card planet playable
- More diverse backgrounds
- Add full moons and ring systems
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- Add more stars and planets with unique properties (e.g., Uranium Asteroid, Negative Mass star)
- Add gas giants
- Add local multiplayer
- Add PC features like asteroid spawning
- Add cloud save/sync functionality
- Add a virtual D-pad for controls
- Add more GOD options for spawning objects
- Add more evolution stages/content
- Add Russian language support
- Allow playing own music
- Add access to dark matter universe
- Improve analog stick controls
- Add Solar 3
Galaxy Genome
Reported bugs
16 issues- Game crashes when accessing mission menu
- Game crashes when attempting warp jump with space station
- Chinese characters display as blocks
- Autopilot overshoots destinations
- Module list cannot be scrolled when modules are disabled
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- Mission rewards not calculating correctly with large fleets
- Debris accumulation causes crashes if staying in system too long
- Save files showing 0:00:00 playtime after crashes
- Loading screen freezes on M1 iPad Pro
- Virtual joystick not appearing in tutorial
- Game crashes on older devices (iPhone 6, iPhone 10)
- Landscape mode system menus remain in portrait orientation
- Reputation system bugs preventing mission acceptance
- Tutorial missions freezing and preventing progression
- Pathfinding algorithm fails on optimal routes
- Search function case-sensitive and returns only one result
Requested features
20 requests- Controller support (Xbox, Backbone)
- Multiplayer or co-op gameplay
- Ability to build and control space stations
- Fleet management improvements
- Save editing or money cheats for progression
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- Galaxy map resource search filter
- System naming and bookmarking features
- More engineers for ship upgrades
- Mod support on iOS
- Better tutorial with highlighted interactive elements
- Wiki or comprehensive in-game documentation
- Portrait mode option
- Reverse landscape mode
- Quick-link from missions to galaxy map
- Total light-years traveled tracker
- More ship variety, especially for factions
- Ability to disable ships and board them
- Station conquest mechanics
- Rank/reputation system with titles
- Faster travel or acceleration options
In-app purchases
Solar 2
No in-app purchases
Galaxy Genome
No in-app purchases
