Emergent vs Swing By
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emergent
Shape barren worlds with hyper-realistic fluid and particle simulations. Terraform landscapes, create ecosystems, and mine resources to power your connection to other players' realities. Balance creation and destruction to keep planetary hearts beating.
- Hyper-realistic fluid and particle simulation
- Terraform mountains and carve rivers
- Paint life onto barren worlds
- Remote viewing of other players' realities
- Send and receive gold with other players
- Mine resources to maintain connection
- 10 unique explorable worlds
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Your planet is your canvas. Sculpt a living world like clay. Raise mountains with a finger, flood the seas, and let rivers dig gold out of the rock. Where the water goes, life follows — and evolves to fit the world you made. Other players' planets orbit alongside yours. Visit them. Chat with whoever's home. Send gold in an envelope that isn't anyone's until it's opened. WHAT YOU DO • Sculpt terrain in real time — one finger raises land, two fingers fly • Seed life and watch it spread, species by species • Mine gold. Every gram costs the world something. • Fly satellites — 107 of them — that steer weather, growth, and fortune • Gamble at the Cosmic Arcade: slots, blackjack, carts, snow tubes • Top the leaderboard by wealth, or by how much life your world holds Your world keeps living while you're away. Rivers flow, ore returns, and eleven planets wait in the dark. One account, every screen. Start on your phone, continue in any browser at emergent-d.com. Same world, same wallet, same friends.
Swing By
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Far in deep space, AI robots remain. With memories intact, they return home. Swing By : Deep Space is a physics-based space arcade game inspired by orbital mechanics. Master the art of the Swing-by (gravity assist) maneuver to conserve fuel and gain speed using the gravity of planets. Your precision is the only hope for the AI robots drifting through the void. [Key Features] Realistic Gravity Physics Enter planetary orbits, calculate your trajectory, and launch at the perfect moment. Use gravity as your ally to traverse the vastness of space. Infinite Procedural Universe Explore an endless galaxy where no two flights are the same. Navigate through diverse stellar phenomena, from stable yellow stars to massive red giants and dangerous black holes. Intuitive One-Touch Controls Simple to learn, hard to master. Tap to engage thrusters and break orbit. Survival depends on your timing and foresight. Atmospheric Visuals & Sound Immerse yourself in a minimalist sci-fi world with deep space aesthetics, neon trajectories, and a mesmerizing soundtrack. The Journey Home Experience a subtle, emotional narrative about AI robots carrying undeleted memories of Earth. Ignite your engines. The gravity well awaits.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Swing By at none against Emergent's 1. Emergent's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Emergent sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Swing By asks for nothing beyond the download.
Emergent ships an update every 3 days, Swing By fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emergent | Swing By |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joseph Smith | woongkyum kim |
In-app purchases
Emergent
- 10,000 Gold$0.99
Swing By
No in-app purchases









