Comparison

Asteroid Hazard vs Orbit Slinger

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

Head to head
About

Asteroid Hazard

Defend Earth from celestial threats in this space strategy game. Utilize launch vehicles and interceptors with realistic orbital mechanics to destroy incoming asteroids and comets. Upgrade your defenses and compete globally.

Highlights
  • Realistic Keplerian orbits
  • Full Solar System simulation
  • Optical guidance system
  • Multiple threat classes
  • Interceptor upgrade system
  • Cross-platform leaderboard
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Asteroid Hazard is a space strategy game based on real orbital mechanics. Asteroids, comets, and interstellar objects are hurtling toward Earth. You have launch vehicles, interceptors equipped with optical guidance systems, and time — but not much of it. What sets this game apart from the rest: → Real Keplerian orbits. Every trajectory follows Newton’s laws. → The real Solar System—from Mercury to Neptune. → Optical guidance locks onto the target and corrects the interceptor’s course—just like in real interplanetary space missions. → Three classes of threats: asteroids, comets, and interstellar objects—each with its own orbital patterns and interception difficulty. → Upgrade system: interceptor launch frequency, intercept speed and range, optical tracking system improvements, number of simultaneously launched spacecraft, and threat detection system enhancements. → Cross-platform leaderboard: compete with friends and dangerous asteroid hunters around the world This isn’t a toy solar system. It’s a simulation created by a scientist who has discovered 6 comets and over 500 asteroids, including those approaching Earth. Can you defend the planet?

About

Orbit Slinger

Explore a miniature universe governed by real physics. Fling planets into stable orbits around a star, strategizing for high scores. Discover celestial phenomena and learn about our solar system through interactive gameplay.

Highlights
  • Real gravity simulation
  • Orbital mechanics
  • Interactive solar system
  • Physics-based gameplay
  • Scoring and achievements
  • Daily challenges
  • Gravity sandbox mode
Features
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Hold a whole solar system in your hands, running on real gravity. Fling planets around the Sun, keep them in orbit, and find your own way to the high score. Orbit Slinger is a tiny universe that runs on the same law of gravity as the real one. The star pulls on every world, and every world pulls on every other, moment by moment. Throw a world too softly and it falls into the star. Too hard and it sails off into the dark. Get it just right and it swings around and around, the same way the Moon stays up. REAL GRAVITY, REAL ORBITAL MECHANICS • Newton's gravity, simulated step by step. Nothing is scripted: what you throw is what happens. • Swing past a giant planet to steal its speed in a slingshot, or shed speed with a gravity brake. • Watch orbits stretch, wobble and somehow hold, or planets collide and scatter like cosmic billiards. • Curious? See your orbit in real units: AU, km/s, Earth days and orbital energy. THE SOLAR SYSTEM LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT • See Earth up close: lit by the Sun and spinning, with drifting clouds, sunlight glinting off the oceans and city lights glowing across its night side. • Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and its rings, Uranus and Neptune. All eight planets, plus our Sun, alive with sunspots and a shimmering corona. • Earth, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and the Moon are drawn from real spacecraft maps. • Beyond our Sun, stranger stars wait: a red dwarf, a swollen red giant and a pulsar with sweeping beams. EXOTIC STARS (NEW IN 2.3) • Three new star systems, 30 new levels. • Twin Suns: two suns locked in a dance. Triple Crown: three suns in a figure-eight. Blue Giant: a blazing blue star in a comet storm. ENDLESS WAYS TO WIN • No single right answer. You choose where to throw, how hard, and in what order. • Score with precision: perfectly round orbits, lanes that never cross, fast finishes. • Or score with daring: hair's-breadth near misses, slingshots, wild orbits and spectacular knock-outs. • Every win earns a style badge, so you find out what kind of slinger you are. • Rare moments to discover: eclipses, planetary alignments, orbital resonances and combos, all collected in your Moments album. COMPETE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY • Leaderboards right in the game for every level, every campaign and the Daily Challenge: see your world rank, or just your friends. • A new Daily Challenge every day: the same level for everyone in the world, with its own leaderboard and a streak to keep alive. • 42 achievements to earn, including Moon badges for Daily Challenge streaks. • Slow-motion replays of your best moments. Keep your favorites, save them as videos and show everyone how you did it. LEARN REAL SCIENCE WITHOUT TRYING • Tap a planet for fun facts: how many times it has gone around, how long its year lasts, its closest shave. • Go deeper with real stats from NASA fact sheets: mass, gravity, length of day, temperature and moons. • Sol, a cheerful little sun, explains each new idea the first time you meet it, in short voiced and captioned tips. ORBIT LAB: PAINT WITH GRAVITY • A real gravity sandbox: place stars, planets and moons with real masses, or sling them into orbit just like in the game. • Every orbit leaves a trail. Turn your system into a painting with eight palettes and a Long exposure, then save it to Photos. • Save your systems and share them with a link that opens right in the game. MADE FOR EVERYONE • One flick to learn, endless orbits to master. Easy for young players, deep enough for grown-ups. • Built for iPhone and iPad, with smooth 120 Hz animation on ProMotion displays. • No ads. No tracking. No accounts. Your progress stays on your device. More star systems and Orbit Lab are optional one-time unlocks. Pick up a planet and sling it around the star. Gravity does the rest. Planet imagery: NASA, NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute and USGS Astrogeology. Orbit Slinger is not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA or USGS.

Screenshots

Asteroid Hazard4 screens
Orbit Slinger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Asteroid Hazard at none against Orbit Slinger's 10. Orbit Slinger's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Orbit Slinger sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Asteroid Hazard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Asteroid Hazard against 5.0 for Orbit Slinger. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orbit Slinger has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Asteroid Hazard ships an update every 10 days, Orbit Slinger weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Asteroid Hazard versus Orbit Slinger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsteroid HazardOrbit Slinger
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB59 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLeonid EleninJustin Martin

Customer experience

Asteroid Hazard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Orbit Slinger

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Asteroid Hazard

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Orbit Slinger

One-time10
  • All 3 Campaigns$0.99
  • Twin Suns · Binary Stars$0.99
  • Triple Crown · Triple Stars$0.99
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  • Blue Giant · Comet Storms$0.99
  • Exotic Stars · 3 Campaigns$0.99
  • Azure Pulsar Campaign$0.99
  • Proxima · Red Dwarf$0.99
  • Crimson Giant Campaign$0.99
  • Orbit Lab + 3 Campaigns$1.99
  • Orbit Lab$2.99

Questions

Is Asteroid Hazard free?
Asteroid Hazard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbit Slinger free?
Orbit Slinger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Asteroid Hazard or Orbit Slinger?
Asteroid Hazard and Orbit Slinger are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do Asteroid Hazard or Orbit Slinger have ads?
Neither Asteroid Hazard nor Orbit Slinger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Asteroid Hazard or Orbit Slinger?
Asteroid Hazard ships an update every 10 days, and Orbit Slinger weekly. Most recently, Asteroid Hazard was updated on November 5, 2026 and Orbit Slinger on November 6, 2026.

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