Nebula Merge vs Orbiko
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nebula Merge
Drop celestial bodies into a cosmic well, merging matching tiers to ascend. Fuse various cosmic objects to reach an Eternal Nebula, using comets and void shards to your advantage. Earn in-game currency for permanent upgrades and compete in daily challenges.
- Celestial body merging
- Permanent upgrades
- Daily, weekly, monthly challenges
- Prestige system for bonuses
- Leaderboard competition
- Offline play
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Drop celestial bodies into a cosmic well. Matching tiers merge, the pile rises, and one slip past the danger line ends the run. Fuse Stardust into Asteroids, Moons, Planets, Stars, and beyond — all the way to an Eternal Nebula. Comets promote whatever they touch. Void Shards erase a body for score. Earn Stardust, buy permanent upgrades, collect every body, and chase daily, weekly, and monthly challenges. Prestige to keep a forever Stardust bonus. Climb the Game Center leaderboard — beat the record and a Record Breaker jackpot drops. Cosmic Pass removes ads and always doubles end-of-run Stardust. Stardust packs are optional. Portrait. Offline. No account required.
Orbiko
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Grow a universe from a single speck of dust. Orbiko is a one-handed puzzle game. Drop celestial bodies into the field, and when two of the same kind touch they merge into the next one up. That is the whole rule, and it is very hard to put down. ELEVEN STAGES OF EVOLUTION Dust, pebble, asteroid, comet, moon, rocky planet, gas giant, ringed planet, star, red giant, black hole. What happens when two black holes meet? Find out for yourself. THREE ITEMS FOR WHEN YOU ARE STUCK Swap trades the body you are holding for the next one. Smash clears a single body that is in your way. Shake unsettles the whole field so everything can fall into place again. A NEW CHALLENGE EVERY DAY The Daily Challenge deals every player the same sequence of bodies, so the only thing that separates you is how you play it. Your streak counts the days you come back. BUILT AROUND THE FEEL Every merge answers with haptics, sound and a screen shake sized to what you just made. Chain them quickly for a combo multiplier. A landing guide shows exactly where your drop will settle, so a mistake is yours and never the game's. CONTROLS THAT FIT YOUR HAND Choose relative drag, where your finger never covers the body you are aiming, or touch position, where it jumps straight to where you press. Sensitivity is adjustable either way. SOMETHING TO BEAT Your ten best runs stay on your device, and Game Center leaderboards put you up against players everywhere. Free to play. No account, no sign-up, and it works offline. Keep the big bodies low and the small ones on top, and never let anything pile over the dotted line. Good luck.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Orbiko at none against Nebula Merge's 6. Orbiko also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Nebula Merge sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Orbiko asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nebula Merge | Orbiko |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TYLER JOSEPH RUBINO | YOUNGIL KIM |
In-app purchases
Nebula Merge
- Pocket Dust$0.99
- Cosmic Pass$4.99
- Comet Cluster$4.99
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- Star Cache$9.99
- Nebula Vault$19.99
- Cosmic Treasury$39.99
Orbiko
No in-app purchases









