Comparison

Planet Miner vs Orbit Pull

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

Head to head
About

Planet Miner

Engage in satisfying idle mining gameplay by destroying planets and collecting resources. Upgrade your ships and gear to become more powerful, even while offline. This incremental game offers steady progression and explosive fun with a cosmic twist.

Highlights
  • Destroy entire planets in an idle loop
  • Upgrade ships with powerful tech
  • Choose skills and evolve your build
  • Satisfying incremental progress
  • Earn idle rewards offline
  • One-tap controls
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Drill. Mine. Destroy. Planet Miner: Idle Action Game lets you blast through entire planets while building up unstoppable power! Tap into the most satisfying idle mining gameplay where destruction means progress. Crush layers of rock, collect rare ores, and upgrade your gear in this fast-paced incremental idle game full of fun and chaos. Idle Mining, Massive Fun Even when you’re offline, your mining ships keep working! Come back to a stockpile of resources and keep upgrading. Perfect for fans of idle games who love steady progression and powerful rewards. Destroy Planets to Upgrade Your Power Each planet is tougher than the last. Break through rocky layers and mine your way to the rare core.Use those resources to level up your ship and prepare for the next big planet. Incremental Progress That Feels Good This isn’t just another idle game. Every upgrade and perk gives you real power. Every planet mined is a step forward. Want to mine faster? Deal more damage? Earn more while AFK? It’s all up to you. Key Features • Destroy entire planets in a fun idle loop • Upgrade your ships with powerful tech • Choose skills and evolve your build over time • Enjoy satisfying incremental progress • Earn idle rewards while you’re away • One-tap controls for easy fun Whether you’re into mining games, idle games, or incremental clickers - Planet Miner delivers explosive fun with a cosmic twist. Get ready to blast, mine, and grow more powerful with every tap. Download Planet Miner: Idle Action Game now and start your journey to planetary domination! IGRS Rating: 13+

About

Orbit Pull

Experience addictive physics-based gameplay where you slingshot your ship between planets, chaining grapples to build momentum. Dodge asteroids and hazards, collect stardust for cosmetic upgrades, and compete globally on leaderboards. It's a one-thumb arcade challenge with endless replayability.

Highlights
  • One-thumb physics gameplay
  • Chain momentum across planets
  • Collect Stardust for ship trails
  • One-hit shield
  • Daily login rewards
  • Global leaderboards
  • Custom score card sharing
Features
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Orbit Pull is a physics slingshot arcade game one thumb, endless space, pure momentum. Hold to grapple onto a planet's gravity well. Release at the right moment to fling yourself into orbit, chain grapple to grapple, and build your speed into a blur. Time a Perfect Exit and your momentum carries forward into the next planet, stacking your combo higher and higher. But speed is a trade off. Asteroids drift into your path, and a hazard wall forces you to commit to a grapple instead of coasting past. One wrong move and it's over but every close call is what makes the next run addictive. FEATURES • One-thumb physics gameplay — hold to grapple, release to fly • Chain momentum across planets for escalating combo multipliers • Collect Stardust as you fly and spend it on cosmetic ship trails • A one-hit shield to protect your run when things get close • 7-day daily login rewards • Compete globally on the Game Center leaderboard • Share your best runs with a custom score card Orbit Pull is free to play. Watch a short ad for a shield or extra Stardust, or go ad-free on your own terms it's entirely optional. How far can you pull your orbit before it pulls you apart?

Screenshots

Planet Miner4 screens
Orbit Pull4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Orbit Pull at 5.0 against Planet Miner's 4.3. Orbit Pull also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). Planet Miner's advantage is ratings volume (104 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Planet Miner sells 17 one-off in-app purchases and Orbit Pull sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Orbit Pull holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planet Miner has 104 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planet Miner ships an update weekly, Orbit Pull daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Planet Miner versus Orbit Pull: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanet MinerOrbit Pull
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (104 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings104 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGryphon Games UGBRAXTON REED CHANDLER

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Planet Miner

One-time17
  • Ship Materials Offer 01$0.99
  • Welcome Pack$0.99
  • Augment Cards Offer 01$0.99
Show 14 more
  • Augment Cards Offer 02$1.99
  • Void Pass$2.99
  • Void Breaker - Advanced Pass$4.99
  • Gem Fund - Advanced Pass 1$4.99
  • Pouch of Gems$4.99
  • x2 Income Pack$9.99
  • Handful of Gems$9.99
  • Gem Fund - Superior Pass 1$19.99
  • Void Breaker - Superior Pass$19.99
  • Bag of Gems$19.99
  • Epic Mothership - Destroyer III$19.99
  • Epic Ship - Falcon III$19.99
  • No Ads$29.99
  • Bucket of Gems$49.99
5 purchases

Orbit Pull

One-time5
  • 1,000 Stardust$0.99
  • Welcome Offer$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
Show 2 more
  • 5,000 Stardust$3.99
  • Double Stardust Multiplier$4.99

Questions

Is Planet Miner free?
Planet Miner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orbit Pull free?
Orbit Pull is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planet Miner or Orbit Pull?
Orbit Pull is rated higher. Planet Miner averages 4.3 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while Orbit Pull averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Planet Miner or Orbit Pull have ads?
Both Planet Miner and Orbit Pull show ads.
Which is updated more often, Planet Miner or Orbit Pull?
Planet Miner ships an update weekly, and Orbit Pull daily. Most recently, Planet Miner was updated on October 24, 2026 and Orbit Pull on October 31, 2026.

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