Comparison

Emergent vs Swing By

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Swing By

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Emergent4 screens
Swing By3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Emergent sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Swing By asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emergent ships an update every 3 days, Swing By fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Emergent versus Swing By: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmergentSwing By
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph Smithwoongkyum kim

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Emergent

One-time1
  • 10,000 Gold$0.99
None

Swing By

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Emergent free?
Emergent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Swing By free?
Swing By is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Emergent or Swing By have ads?
Swing By shows ads; Emergent does not.
Which is updated more often, Emergent or Swing By?
Emergent ships an update every 3 days, and Swing By fortnightly. Most recently, Emergent was updated on October 16, 2026 and Swing By on October 25, 2026.

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