Comparison

Orbits Up vs Galaxy Merge

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

Head to head
About

Orbits Up

Features
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Pilot your spaceship through a galaxy of planets, stars, and danger! Use gravity to your advantage as you correct your course. Keep up on fuel by orbiting planets with fuel stations, and watch out for solar flares and enemy fire! The only goal is up!

About

Galaxy Merge

Create and explore your own cosmos by merging planets, stars, and comets. Experience realistic gravity simulations as celestial bodies collide and evolve into black holes. This relaxing sandbox offers endless play without timers or scores.

Highlights
  • Merge planets, stars, and comets
  • Realistic gravity simulation
  • Create black holes and nebulae
  • Procedurally drawn celestial bodies
  • Offline play
  • No timers or scores
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Galaxy Merge is a relaxing, hands-on gravity sandbox — a pocket planetarium where you build the cosmos with your fingertips. Drag glowing planets, stars, and comets onto the night sky, fling them together, and watch real-feeling gravity take over. When two worlds collide they merge and climb the cosmic mass ladder: asteroids and comets build planets, planets grow into stars, stars swell into blue giants, and enough mass collapses into a neutron star — or a black hole that devours everything around it. There's no timer, no score, and no way to lose. Just a calm, endlessly playable universe to experiment with. CREATE A UNIVERSE • Drag and fling planets, dwarf stars, giants, comets, and more • Watch bodies orbit, collide, and merge in real time • Grow your creations all the way up to a supermassive black hole REAL-FEELING PHYSICS • Multitouch gravity — every object pulls on every other • Stars are born, burn, and die: supernovae, neutron stars, white dwarfs • Planets warm and cool by starlight; comets deliver water to seed life COSMIC SPECTACLE • Light-bending black holes • Supernova explosions, shockwaves, and glowing nebulae • Lock any object in place and orbit others around it BEAUTIFUL & LIGHTWEIGHT • Every planet, star, and effect is drawn procedurally — crisp on any screen • Tiny download, works offline, no account or sign-up Galaxy Merge is free to play. A couple of the most extreme objects — like the Neutron Star and White Hole — can be unlocked by watching an optional rewarded ad; everything else is yours from the start. Inspired by the touch-table exhibits at science museums and planetariums. Whether you're a space lover, a curious kid, or just want to unwind, there's a whole galaxy waiting at your fingertips. Pull a planet out of the dock and start merging.

Screenshots

Orbits Up3 screens
Galaxy Merge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Orbits Up at none against Galaxy Merge's shown. Galaxy Merge's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Orbits Up versus Galaxy Merge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbits UpGalaxy Merge
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—14 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBradley BarrAdam Drummond

In-app purchases

None

Orbits Up

No in-app purchases

None

Galaxy Merge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbits Up free?
Orbits Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Galaxy Merge free?
Galaxy Merge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orbits Up or Galaxy Merge have ads?
Galaxy Merge shows ads; Orbits Up does not.

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