Comparison

Pixel vs Galaxy Particles

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

Head to head
About

Pixel

Experience a digital hourglass that simulates flowing sand with responsive gravity. Flip your device to reset the flow and find a moment of calm. This ASMR experience is designed to help you relax and de-stress.

Highlights
  • Digital hourglass simulation
  • Responsive gravity effect
  • Flip to reset sand flow
  • ASMR relaxation experience
  • Calming fidget tool
Features
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An ASMR digital hourglass that moves with you. Flip your phone to reset gravity and calm your mind.

About

Galaxy Particles

Experience a visually stunning and calming interactive game where your facial movements control light particles. Explore diverse physics-based scenes that react to your head, eyes, and mouth. Designed for relaxation with no scores or timers, it offers a private and ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Facial tracking controls light particles
  • 30 unique physics-based scenes
  • Calming, distraction-free interface
  • Private by design, no data collection
  • No ads or in-app purchases
  • Works offline on supported devices
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Your face is the gravity. Galaxy Particles fills the whole screen with thin dashes of light that fly edge to edge. Your head, eyes and mouth become the masses that bend their paths. Turn your head and the field turns with you. Lean in and the orbits tighten. Open your mouth and the pull lets go, or a black hole grows where your mouth is, depending on the scene. Thirty scenes, each with its own physics: • Orbit, Rings, Halo and Galaxy: bodies circling your head • Stream, Compass, Sway, Shear and Vortex Street: currents that part around your face • Black Hole, Lens and Twin Holes: dark cores that swallow nothing but bend everything • Billiards, Marbles and Snowglobe: bodies that bounce off the edges of the screen • Elastic, Honey, Tide, Pulse and Lantern: fields that breathe, stretch and spring back …and more. Swipe left or right to move between them. Made to be calm: • Nothing on screen but the light. No buttons, no scores, no timers, no streaks. • Your face controls everything. You never touch the particles. • Slow responses. Blinking, twitching and tracking hiccups never disturb the picture. • The longer you play over time, the denser the field quietly becomes. Private by design: • Uses the front camera for Apple's on-device face tracking, which gives the app only the position and shape of your face. • The camera image is never shown, saved or sent anywhere. There is nothing to leak. • No account, no analytics, no network access. The app has no way to reach the internet. No ads, ever: • No interruptions, no pop-ups, no videos to watch. Safe to hand to a child. Requires iPhone X or later, including iPhone SE (2020 and newer). Runs entirely on your device.

Screenshots

Pixel4 screens
Galaxy Particles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Galaxy Particles at 17.0 against Pixel's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pixel against 5.0 for Galaxy Particles. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Pixel versus Galaxy Particles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelGalaxy Particles
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMorgan RaiYang Zhang

In-app purchases

None

Pixel

No in-app purchases

None

Galaxy Particles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel free?
Pixel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Galaxy Particles free?
Galaxy Particles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pixel or Galaxy Particles?
Pixel and Galaxy Particles are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Pixel or Galaxy Particles have ads?
Neither Pixel nor Galaxy Particles shows ads.

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