Comparison

Orb Odyssey vs Nivalis Cast

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

Head to head
About

Orb Odyssey

Features
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Two orbs become one, and one becomes something greater. Drag a glowing orb onto its twin to fuse them into the next tier, then chain fusion after fusion across a 6ร—6 board where every move counts. Bigger merges light longer combos, combos ignite your score, and a rainbow wild slots into any color to keep the chain alive. When moves run low, unleash bombs, lasers, hammers and shuffles to crack the board wide open - but with fewer moves than you'd like, each drag is a decision. Sixty handcrafted levels never ask the same thing twice: race to a target score, forge a specific tier, string together merges, or push a combo to its limit. Discover every tier of orb and complete your collection, earn stars, coins and crystals, chase down achievements, and reshape the whole galaxy with unlockable themes - from glowing nebula to the depths of dark space. Slip into a luminous cosmos where every merge bursts with light.

About

Nivalis Cast

Features
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A field station out on the Arctic was left half packed, the generator still warm and the notebook gone. Five instruments remain on the shelf, and each one asks for a different kind of thinking. A sonar ping over an eight by eight Arctic field returns a range and a bearing, nothing else, and three readings are usually enough to stake a shoal before you commit. Open water moves through three depth layers, one tap picks your target, and then line tension begins, held and released while a halibut sulks before it dives or a char swings in a spiral that widens the longer you wait. The memory grid does not snap back, since frost takes two and a half seconds to close over a pair that did not match. Sliding floes have to join the auger hole to open water inside a move budget, and every board shipped was measured for a real shortest solution. Twenty-four species fill a journal, seven chapters of notes open along the way, and tackle comes off a compass rose you turn once a day rather than out of a shop. Plays offline, with no ads, no purchases and no account.

Screenshots

Orb Odyssey4 screens
Nivalis Cast4 screens

Verdict

The call

Orb Odyssey and Nivalis Cast are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orb Odyssey ships an update every 9 days, Nivalis Cast weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Orb Odyssey versus Nivalis Cast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrb OdysseyNivalis Cast
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperYair OronYates Gallagher

In-app purchases

None

Orb Odyssey

No in-app purchases

None

Nivalis Cast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orb Odyssey free?
Orb Odyssey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nivalis Cast free?
Nivalis Cast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orb Odyssey or Nivalis Cast have ads?
Neither Orb Odyssey nor Nivalis Cast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orb Odyssey or Nivalis Cast?
Orb Odyssey ships an update every 9 days, and Nivalis Cast weekly. Most recently, Orb Odyssey was updated on October 29, 2026 and Nivalis Cast on October 31, 2026.

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