Comparison

Brave Planet vs Emergent

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Brave Planet

Embark on an interstellar journey to find a new home for Earth. Navigate space, manage planet health and fuel, collect upgrades, and use portals to reach your destination. Explore colorful levels and face unique challenges across different chapters.

Highlights
  • Planet health and fuel management
  • Item collection for upgrades
  • Portal usage for faster travel
  • Cute Earth character
  • Colorful and creative levels
  • Themed chapters with challenges
  • Level skipping option
Features
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In a galaxy… not far away actually, our planet decided to find a better home for itself. And not without your help, our friend. You are its one hope for better life! So, let’s go on an exciting journey with the Earth! HOW TO PLAY: * Carefully monitor the health of the planet and fuel consumption, because the journey is full of dangers and adventures! The Earth needs to be full of strength and energy! * Look around and try to collect all items to upgrade your health and fuel. You will find them somewhere in the Space in every level. * Oh yes! Don’t forget to use portals to reach the destination point asap. * And don’t ignore tutorials! FEATURES: * The Earth. It’s very cute. Honestly * Colorful levels with planets you’ve never seen before. Our designer switched on all her creativity to make it look wow! *Possibility to upgrade health and fuel during the level * You can even skip some level if you want of course * Chapters! Yeap, several theme chapter where you and the Earth will face with different challenges. Ready to pass them all? We sure you are! Less words, more adventures! Download this app and dive into space adventure! You will not leave the Earth alone, won’t you? IGRS Rating (Indonesia): 3+

About

Emergent

Shape barren worlds with hyper-realistic fluid and particle simulations. Terraform landscapes, create ecosystems, and mine resources to power your connection to other players' realities. Balance creation and destruction to keep planetary hearts beating.

Highlights
  • Hyper-realistic fluid and particle simulation
  • Terraform mountains and carve rivers
  • Paint life onto barren worlds
  • Remote viewing of other players' realities
  • Send and receive gold with other players
  • Mine resources to maintain connection
  • 10 unique explorable worlds
Features
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Your planet is your canvas. Sculpt a living world like clay. Raise mountains with a finger, flood the seas, and let rivers dig gold out of the rock. Where the water goes, life follows — and evolves to fit the world you made. Other players' planets orbit alongside yours. Visit them. Chat with whoever's home. Send gold in an envelope that isn't anyone's until it's opened. WHAT YOU DO • Sculpt terrain in real time — one finger raises land, two fingers fly • Seed life and watch it spread, species by species • Mine gold. Every gram costs the world something. • Fly satellites — 107 of them — that steer weather, growth, and fortune • Gamble at the Cosmic Arcade: slots, blackjack, carts, snow tubes • Top the leaderboard by wealth, or by how much life your world holds Your world keeps living while you're away. Rivers flow, ore returns, and eleven planets wait in the dark. One account, every screen. Start on your phone, continue in any browser at emergent-d.com. Same world, same wallet, same friends.

Screenshots

Brave Planet4 screens
Emergent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Emergent at none against Brave Planet's shown. Emergent also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Brave Planet sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Emergent sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Brave Planet against 5.0 for Emergent. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brave Planet ships an update monthly, Emergent every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Brave Planet versus Emergent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrave PlanetEmergent
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size287 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe MobJoseph Smith

Customer experience

Brave Planet

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Emergent

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Brave Planet

One-time4
  • Chapter 3$0.99
  • Chapter 4$0.99
  • Chapter 2$0.99
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  • Infinite Skip$1.99
1 purchases

Emergent

One-time1
  • 10,000 Gold$0.99

Questions

Is Brave Planet free?
Brave Planet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Emergent free?
Emergent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brave Planet or Emergent?
Brave Planet and Emergent are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Brave Planet or Emergent have ads?
Brave Planet shows ads; Emergent does not.
Which is updated more often, Brave Planet or Emergent?
Brave Planet ships an update monthly, and Emergent every 3 days. Most recently, Brave Planet was updated on October 30, 2026 and Emergent on October 31, 2026.

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