Comparison

Particle Simulation Visualizer 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

Particle Simulation Visualizer

Features
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Explore our beautiful particle simulation. Just touch the screen and start a wonderful show of dancing particles. Adjust every settings, use our randomizer and make it 100% your own. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

Particle Simulation Visualizer4 screens
Galaxy Particles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Galaxy Particles at none against Particle Simulation Visualizer's 2. Particle Simulation Visualizer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Particle Simulation Visualizer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Galaxy Particles asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Particle Simulation Visualizer versus Galaxy Particles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParticle Simulation VisualizerGalaxy Particles
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarvin KruegerYang Zhang

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Particle Simulation Visualizer

Subscriptions2
  • Particles PRO$3.997 Days
  • Particles PRO3 Days trial$24.991 Year
None

Galaxy Particles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Particle Simulation Visualizer free?
Particle Simulation Visualizer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Galaxy Particles free?
Galaxy Particles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Particle Simulation Visualizer or Galaxy Particles have ads?
Neither Particle Simulation Visualizer nor Galaxy Particles shows ads.

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