Comparison

Gravity Well vs Black Hole

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

Head to head
About

Gravity Well

Navigate a perilous space arcade game by controlling your ship's trajectory around a dynamic black hole. Survive incoming debris, compete on global leaderboards, and complete daily challenges for unique rewards. Unlock new ships and cosmetic trails to customize your survival experience.

Highlights
  • One-touch controls
  • Dynamic black hole physics
  • Global leaderboard
  • Daily challenges
  • Unlockable ships and trails
  • Haptic feedback
  • Power-ups
Features
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One tap stands between you and oblivion. Gravity Well is an addictive space survival arcade game built around a single mechanic — hold to pull your ship inward, release to drift out. Orbit a living, breathing black hole and survive as long as you can while deadly debris closes in from every direction. The longer you survive, the faster points stack. The closer you orbit, the faster you move — but one mistake and you're gone. Your phone vibrates as you approach the event horizon, warning you that you're running out of space. COMPETE GLOBALLY Climb the real-time leaderboard. See exactly who's one rank above you and hunt them down. Beat your personal best and feel it — the game flashes the moment you break your record. DAILY CHALLENGES Ten new challenges every day. Complete them all to unlock the Event Horizon Ship — a miniature black hole you pilot through space, the rarest cosmetic in the game and proof of a perfect day. UNLOCK SHIPS AND TRAILS Spend your earned points on 20 ships and 11 color palettes in the Hangar. Daily challenges unlock exclusive trails — the Halo Trail, Comet Tail, and Void Trail can't be bought with points. Earn them. THE PLANET EVENT Survive 60 seconds and witness a ringed planet drift into orbit, warp debris trajectories with its gravity, and get swallowed by the black hole in a slow cinematic explosion that clears the field and gives you a moment to breathe before the chaos resumes. FEATURES · Minimalist one-touch controls · Stunning animated black hole with real accretion disk physics · 6 powerups — Shield, Blaster, Time Warp, Singularity, Repulsor, Zero Gravity, Double Points · Global leaderboard with rival tracking · Daily challenge and reward system · Haptic feedback that intensifies as you approach the event horizon · Three original cinematic space music tracks · No ads. No pay to win. Pure skill. How long can you survive? Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: [https://hissing-animal-f93.notion.site/Gravity-Well-Privacy-Policy-337bd5f7431780f2898ce8d9bf833f54]

About

Black Hole

Features
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You are a black hole. Pull back from your centre, let go – and swallow every solar system in the level. Every system you eat makes you bigger. The ones marked red are still too big: you bounce off them until you have grown enough to devour them too. Gravity does the rest – anything edible close by falls in on its own. THREE MOVES, THREE STARS Each level gives you three moves. Clear it in one move for three stars, in two for two, in three for one – and the fewer moves, the more bonus mass. Swallow several systems in one move and they count ×2, ×3 … WHAT'S INSIDE • Endless sectors, five levels each – eight cosmic worlds with their own colours, then they return harder • A preview of your path before you let go • Daily Mission: the same field for everyone, every day • Six hole designs to unlock with the mass you devour • Game Center leaderboard for your total mass • A short guided tutorial in your first levels • Every level plays in its own musical scale over a calm ambient soundtrack • German, English and Spanish FREE. NO ADS. NO IN-APP PURCHASES. No account, no tracking, plays offline. Built by a solo developer. Note: contains brief flashing visual effects. Privacy Policy: https://blackhole.kudesi.de/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://blackhole.kudesi.de/terms.html Support: hi@kudesi.de

Screenshots

Gravity Well4 screens
Black Hole4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Black Hole at none against Gravity Well's 4. Gravity Well's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, 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. Gravity Well sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Black Hole asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gravity Well ships an update every 2 days, Black Hole every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Gravity Well versus Black Hole: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGravity WellBlack Hole
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB28 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlec BakerJohannes Kuch

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Gravity Well

Subscriptions1
  • Points Doubler$1.991 Month
One-time3
  • Ship Upgrade Pack$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Hawaii Challenge Entry$9.99
None

Black Hole

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gravity Well free?
Gravity Well is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Black Hole free?
Black Hole is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gravity Well or Black Hole have ads?
Neither Gravity Well nor Black Hole shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gravity Well or Black Hole?
Gravity Well ships an update every 2 days, and Black Hole every 3 months. Most recently, Gravity Well was updated on October 31, 2026 and Black Hole on October 31, 2026.

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