Space Sandbox vs Stars and Planets Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space Sandbox
Design and evolve your own universe with realistic physics and life simulation. Explore with friends in multiplayer modes like battle royale and racing, or build together. Customize your experience and witness cosmic events unfold.
- Infinite celestial body creation
- Realistic orbital mechanics
- Terraforming and life evolution
- Multiplayer modes (Battle Royale, Racing, Co-op)
- Time control for accelerated evolution
- Character customization
- 6 distinct game modes
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CREATE. EVOLVE. EXPLORE. Space Sandbox is the ultimate universe simulation where you play god. Create entire solar systems from scratch, manipulate gravity, and witness the rise of civilizations. BUILD YOUR UNIVERSE • Infinite Creation: Spawn over 50 types of celestial bodies—from burning stars and gas giants to black holes and mysterious gem planets. • Realistic Physics: Master the art of orbital mechanics. Create binary star systems and watch real N-body physics in action. • Terraforming: Transform barren rocks into lush, habitable worlds. Control temperature and atmosphere to support life. LIFE EVOLUTION Guide life through 9 distinct eras: • Microscopic Bacteria • Sea Life & Land Animals • Dinosaurs • Civilization (Early to Industrial) • Space Age: Watch your creations launch their own ships! MULTIPLAYER SANDBOX Explore the galaxy with friends! • Team Battle Royale: Fight for dominance in shrinking solar zones. • Space Racing: Compete in high-speed races through asteroid fields. • Co-op Building: Construct massive space stations together. FEATURES • Time Control: Speed up time to see millions of years pass in seconds. • Meteorite Economy: Harvest resources to unlock rare celestial objects. • 11 Star Types: From massive blue giants to tiny red dwarfs. • Orbital Mechanics: Set realistic orbits with barycenter physics. • Temperature System: Heat planets to create habitable zones. • 6 Game Modes: Battle Royale, Deathmatch, CTF, Racing, Survival, Exploration. • Character Customization: Design your own space explorer. • Stunning Visuals: Beautiful 3D graphics optimized for iPhone and iPad. The universe is in your hands. What will you create?
Stars and Planets Simulator
Design and explore your own universe. Create stars, planets, and celestial bodies, then pilot a customizable spaceship to discover them. Experience the worlds you've built firsthand, from walking on planet surfaces to diving into gas giant atmospheres.
- Create custom stars and black holes
- Design terrestrial and gas giant planets
- Sculpt planet atmospheres and terrains
- Pilot customizable spaceships
- Explore created planets
- Dive into gas giant atmospheres
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Shape the cosmos in Stars and Planets Simulator, a next-generation space simulator sandbox where creation meets exploration. Forge your own star systems from scratch: design radiant stars, swirling magnetars, enigmatic pulsars, and colossal black holes. Craft both terrestrial worlds and massive gas giants, sculpting their atmospheres, terrains, liquid oceans, or molten cores. Seamlessly switch from creator to explorer by piloting your fully customizable spaceship across the universe you designed. Land on your planets, step out with your personalized character, and walk the surfaces you imagined — from rocky wastelands to lush alien landscapes. Gas giants aren’t just clouds; dive deep into their immense atmospheres, maneuvering through stormy skies and dense, liquid metallic oceans, until you reach the solid heart hidden beneath. Every planet, every star, every swirling cosmic phenomenon you encounter is born from your imagination — and ready for you to experience firsthand. The universe is yours to build, shape, and discover.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stars and Planets Simulator at 4.4 against Space Sandbox's 2.9. Stars and Planets Simulator also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.5). Space Sandbox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Stars and Planets Simulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Space Sandbox asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stars and Planets Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 17 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Space Sandbox's written reviews are positive against 94% of Stars and Planets Simulator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Space Sandbox | Stars and Planets Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (7 ratings) | 4.4 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 93.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 397 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcus Lam | Andrei Nistorescu |
Customer experience
Space Sandbox
Stars and Planets Simulator
In-app purchases
Space Sandbox
No in-app purchases
Stars and Planets Simulator
- Remove ads$1.99
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