Skyrdle vs Tidal Orbit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skyrdle
A daily word puzzle game where you guess a word in six tries or less. Your game progress and scores are saved to a public data store. Enjoy a new challenge every day.
- Daily word puzzles
- Guess in 6 tries or less
- Saves scores to PDS
- AT Protocol integration
- New challenge daily
Read full descriptionHide full description
Daily puzzle game for AT Protocol. Guess the word in 6 tries or less. Saves your scores to your PDS (public data store)!
Tidal Orbit
A one-button arcade game where players control an orb's momentum by tapping to switch its gravitational pull. Navigate through five distinct worlds, each with unique visuals, and utilize a "start from" feature to resume progress. The game offers simple controls, offline play, and no account requirements.
- One-button controls
- Momentum-based gameplay
- Five distinct worlds
- Progress saving
- Offline play
- No account required
Read full descriptionHide full description
Tidal Orbit is a one-button arcade game about momentum. Your orb is pulled between two forces — tap to flip which one has you. That's the whole control. But the orb swings like a pendulum, so every tap is a commitment. Climb through five orbitals, each a different world to discover. Reach one and you can Start From it next time — pick up your journey where you left off. • One-button, pick-up-and-play controls • Five distinct worlds • Hand-built space visuals • Earn coins, continue your run • Plays fully offline. No accounts. Simple to learn. Hard to put down.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tidal Orbit at every 4 weeks against Skyrdle's every 3 months. Tidal Orbit also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Skyrdle against 5.0 for Tidal Orbit. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tidal Orbit has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Skyrdle ships an update every 3 months, Tidal Orbit every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skyrdle | Tidal Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | smol farm LLC | MARCUS ARCILLA SCHAEFER |
Customer experience
Skyrdle
Tidal Orbit
In-app purchases
Skyrdle
No in-app purchases
Tidal Orbit
No in-app purchases
