Comparison

Nitrocore vs Falling Matter

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

Head to head
About

Nitrocore

Discover and play a variety of quick arcade games with a single swipe. Enjoy reflex challenges, rhythm games, puzzles, and more, either solo or with friends. Create and share your own games through the developer platform.

Highlights
  • Swipe to discover new games
  • Variety of game types
  • Live and solo play options
  • Create and upload your own games
  • Guest and registered accounts
  • Pre-written message reactions
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Nitrocore connects game creators with people who love to play. Discover an arcade of quick games, find your favorites, and challenge a friend. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVORITE Swipe through reflex runs, rhythm challenges, racing, puzzles and board games. Tap to play, improve your best, and save games for later. PLAY TOGETHER Play casual duels with an invitation link or QR code, find a room by code, or play the computer. Enter ranked duels to compete across a randomly selected supported game and build your Rating. There are no stakes, prizes or wagering. MAKE IT YOURS Choose a skin for your profile, earn 100 Cores the first time you complete each Arcade game, and use your Cores to unlock more skins. Cores are earned through play and cannot be bought or exchanged for money. Find friends by username. Invite friends using the app QR code or choose contacts to send an invitation yourself. START AS A GUEST Complete the Hello, Friend tutorial and start playing without email registration. Apple, Google and email sign-in are optional ways to connect your account. Reporting, blocking and account deletion are available in the app. FOR GAME CREATORS Launch Pad connects you with the creator programme at developer.nitrocore.studio. Build games for Nitrocore's format and test your private uploads. OPTIONAL ADS FOR ADULTS Players aged 18 or over may choose to enable nonpersonalized ads after eligible completed games. You can keep playing without ads or turn them off in Settings. Ads do not appear during play or on winning results. No in-app purchases. For ages 13 and over. Available on iPhone and iPad; some games play in landscape. Headphones recommended for music-driven games. Privacy and optional-ad details: https://nitrocore.studio/privacy. Play something you love. Find something new.

About

Falling Matter

Explore a pixel physics sandbox with over 60 materials like sand, water, and lava. Simulate realistic heat transfer, material reactions, and explosive events. Build, save, and share your unique creations with others.

Highlights
  • Realistic pixel physics simulation
  • Over 60 materials and tools
  • Heat transfer and material reactions
  • Explosive events and special tools
  • Build, save, and share creations
  • Tilt controls for pouring
Features
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Falling Matter is a pixel physics sandbox where every grain matters. Pour sand, flood it with water, drop lava on top and watch the world react. REAL PHYSICS, REAL HEAT • Every pixel has a temperature. Heat spreads fast through metal and slowly through wood and air. • Water boils and freezes, ice melts, lava cools into obsidian, sand melts into glass. • Liquids settle into layers by weight: gasoline floats on oil, oil on water, mercury sinks below everything. • Turn on Heat view to see your world through a thermal camera. 60+ MATERIALS AND TOOLS Powders, liquids, gases, metals, explosives, plants and people. Mix acid with metal to make hydrogen, cool red-hot metal in water, burn wood into glowing charcoal, or let thermite burn through a steel plate. BIG BOOMS Drop an atomic bomb on a city, call down a meteor, strike with lightning, or open a black hole and watch it swallow everything nearby. Explosives, black holes, meteors, lightning and people are part of the Unlock All Matter upgrade. BUILD, SAVE, SHARE • Start from six ready-made worlds or a blank sandbox. • Four save slots with previews. • Share a picture or an 8-second video clip of your creation. • Pinch to zoom in on the smallest grains. AND MORE • Tilt your phone to pour, like sand in a jar. • 13 trophies, with Game Center achievements. • Sound effects and vibration for explosions and lightning. • Tips that explain each material (turn them off any time). • In English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. • Free to play. Remove ads or unlock every material with one-time purchases.

Screenshots

Nitrocore4 screens
Falling Matter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nitrocore at none against Falling Matter's 3. Nitrocore also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Falling Matter sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Nitrocore 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 Nitrocore against 5.0 for Falling Matter. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nitrocore has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nitrocore ships an update fortnightly, Falling Matter every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Nitrocore versus Falling Matter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNitrocoreFalling Matter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB35 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperNitroCore, Inc.Jaylen Byrd

Customer experience

Nitrocore

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Falling Matter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nitrocore

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Falling Matter

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Unlock All Matter$2.99
  • Everything Bundle$3.99

Questions

Is Nitrocore free?
Nitrocore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Falling Matter free?
Falling Matter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nitrocore or Falling Matter?
Nitrocore and Falling Matter are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Nitrocore or Falling Matter have ads?
Both Nitrocore and Falling Matter show ads.
Which is updated more often, Nitrocore or Falling Matter?
Nitrocore ships an update fortnightly, and Falling Matter every 3 weeks. Most recently, Nitrocore was updated on October 31, 2026 and Falling Matter on October 31, 2026.

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