Once Upon a Galaxy vs Contraptix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Once Upon a Galaxy
Embark on a fantasy card battling adventure where you draft unique captains and their friends to complete quests. Choose your path with diverse characters and strategic gameplay. Experience a game free of ads and AI art, focusing on player choice and engaging battles.
- Fantasy card battling
- Captain drafting
- Quest completion
- Strategic gameplay
- No AI artwork
- Asynchronous play
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Galaxy is FREE to play, has NO ADS, uses NO AI artwork. Will you choose Dorothy as your captain and help her and friends on their journey to complete their quests? Or Dragonmother and discover what will hatch from her dragon egg? Or maybe Indiana Clones, who will "clone" your best three treasures? It's all up to you!
Contraptix
Engage in a physics-based puzzle game where you complete unfinished machines by adding missing parts. Solve over 300 levels with unique mechanics and compete in daily challenges.
- Chain reaction physics puzzles
- 300 levels across 75 stages
- Daily challenge with leaderboards
- Free mode for creative building
- Community-created maps
- Offline play
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Place ramps, gears, magnets, balloons and rockets, press Play and watch every piece set off the next one. Contraptix is a physics puzzle game where every level is an unfinished machine: you add the missing parts and real physics decides whether it works. 300 LEVELS ACROSS 75 STAGES Start with simple chain reactions and finish with huge machines full of belts, pulleys, pipes, switches and timers. Every stage introduces a new part. A THOUSAND WAYS TO SOLVE IT There's no single answer. There's always a spare part on purpose: choosing well is part of the puzzle. Use few parts and be quick to earn all three stars. PARTS WITH PERSONALITY Bouncing balls, gears passing on their spin, fans, scissors that cut ropes, boxing gloves, light bulbs, cannons, trampolines and a mouse running in its wheel. Plus lasers and mirrors, portals, springs, electromagnets, dynamite and upside-down gravity zones. DAILY CHALLENGE A new puzzle every day. Fewest parts wins; on a tie, the fastest. Compete on the world and country leaderboards. FREE MODE Build whatever you like with every part you've discovered. COMMUNITY Build your own maps in Free mode, remove some parts and publish them as a challenge. Play other players' maps, rate them and climb the community and creator leaderboards. ACHIEVEMENTS Unlock achievements and compete on the Game Center leaderboard. PLAY YOUR WAY No sign-up, plays offline. Link Google or Apple whenever you like and your progress follows you to any phone. Available in 9 languages. Contraptix is free, with ads and optional in-app purchases (coins for hints and removing ads).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Once Upon a Galaxy at 4.8 against Contraptix's 4.0. Once Upon a Galaxy also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Once Upon a Galaxy sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Contraptix sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Once Upon a Galaxy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Once Upon a Galaxy has 1.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Once Upon a Galaxy ships an update fortnightly, Contraptix every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Once Upon a Galaxy | Contraptix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.4K ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Million Dreams Games | Roberto Diaz |
Customer experience
Once Upon a Galaxy
Contraptix
Bugs and requests
Once Upon a Galaxy
Reported bugs
3 issues- Black screen on startup
- Infinite loading issues
- Progression loss after updates
Requested features
5 requests- More hero/card variety
- Improved tutorial and learning tools
- Offline/save progress mode
- Cosmetic/non-gameplay monetization
- Competitive/ranked modes
Contraptix
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Once Upon a Galaxy
- Welcome Bundle2 variants$4.99
- 500 Gems$4.99
- October 2026 Galaxy Pass$9.99
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- March 2026 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- December Galaxy Pass$9.99
- October 2025 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- September 2025 Galaxy Pass$9.99
- 1,100 Gems$9.99
- 2,300 Gems$19.99
Contraptix
- Bag of coins$0.99
- Chest of coins$2.99
- Remove ads$2.99
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- Coin treasure$5.99
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