Solar System Sim vs Future Botanica
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solar System Sim
Simulate and explore celestial bodies within our solar system and beyond. Create your own solar systems, experiment with gravity and physics, and observe orbital mechanics in action.
- Explore planets and moons
- Visit nearby stars
- Create custom solar systems
- Gravity and physics simulation
- Recalculate orbits
- Newton's laws implementation
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Zoom from a planet's surface out to distant galaxies, then reshape the whole system with your own hands. Solar System Sim is a real-time gravity sandbox built on Newton's laws and real astronomical data. Every body you add, move or destroy recalculates the orbits of everything else, live. • Smash worlds together: impact craters carve into the surface, firestorms sweep the globe, and glowing debris rains back down. • Build your own universe: add planets, moons, asteroids and comets with their own size, mass and looks, or customise the ones already there. • Land anywhere: drop to a first-person view on any planet's surface and experience its environment. • Sculpt rings: add particle rings and watch gravity shape them in real time. • Witness real eclipses: solar and lunar, with real-world astronomical precision. • Follow comets: watch them streak past and interact with the bodies they meet. • Leave the Solar System: travel to remarkable nearby stars and find them within the Milky Way. • Feel the scale: see the true vastness of space, from a pebble-sized moon to the nearest galaxies. Whether you're here to learn how gravity really works or just to break planets with it, explore at your own pace. Start your cosmic adventure with Solar System Sim.
Future Botanica
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FUTURE BOTANICA is an augmented reality app that enables users to design speculative digital (virtual) ecosystems in an existing physical location. It works with generative AI in a natural context, to let you speculate. It explores what nature is in a time when the traditional image of nature constantly clashes with the rapid evolution in knowledge, technology, and perspectives. FUTURE BOTANICA aims to challenge the audience to speculate on ecological transitions by allowing them to explore ideas, expectations, fears, and desires regarding future nature. The Future Botanica AR app is used on the side, only in combination with real nature of all sorts: in combination with Future Botanica live events. Check for shows and events: https://www.polymorf.nl/interaction/future-botanica/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Future Botanica at none against Solar System Sim's 5. Future Botanica also leads on ads (none vs shown). Solar System Sim's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Solar System Sim sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Future Botanica asks for nothing beyond the download.
Solar System Sim ships an update every 4 days, Future Botanica every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solar System Sim | Future Botanica |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 532 MB | 272 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WPC | Stichting Polymorf Pervers |
Bugs and requests
Solar System Sim
Reported bugs
5 issues- Planets/moons disappearing after saving and loading
- Bright flashes and screen distortions
- Planets/objects getting stuck inside stars
- Crashes when colliding or editing certain objects
- Inconsistent orbital mechanics and moons ejecting from planets
Requested features
10 requests- Add more galaxy and nebula textures
- Implement realistic supernova effects
- Allow customization of planet atmospheres and terrain
- Add binary star systems and rogue planets
- Introduce a galaxy maker and collision feature
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- Implement a reverse time lapse option
- Add more speed options (128x, 256x, etc.)
- Introduce a population counter and life simulation for planets
- Allow custom city lights and vegetation on planets
- Add a Roche limit feature to observe tidal disruption
Future Botanica
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Solar System Sim
- HD Mars$2.99
- HD Earth$2.99
- HD Moon$2.99
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- No-ads$3.99
- HD 3-body pack$6.99
Future Botanica
No in-app purchases
Questions
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