Comparison

Powder Toy vs Juno

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

Head to head
About

Powder Toy

Explore a 2D physics sandbox where you can build, create, and interact with nearly 100 different elements. Simulate complex systems, from atomic power plants to custom CPUs, by combining various materials, liquids, gases, and electronic components.

Highlights
  • 2D physics simulation
  • Nearly 100 elements
  • Build complex machines
  • Simulate air pressure and heat
  • Create realistic terrains
  • Electronic components
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I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH CREATORS OF THE ORIGINAL THE POWDER TOY The game is based on The Powder Toy opensource project, which is available for free on your Mac or PC, complete GPL 3-covered source code of the port, as well as binaries are available for free on CannonballStudio@GitHub iPad port of the most popular 2D physics sandbox is out! Build, create, play, draw, interact with almost 100 different elements, and do whatever you want using your fingertips! Have you ever wanted to blow something up? Or maybe you always dreamt of operating an atomic power plant? Do you have a will to develop your own CPU? Powder Toy lets you to do all of these, and even more! Powder Toy is a physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances! The game provides you with various building materials, liquids, gases and electronic components which can be used to construct complex machines, guns, bombs, realistic terrains and almost anything else.

About

Juno

Design, build, and fly rockets, planes, and more with realistic physics. Automate your creations with a visual programming language, explore planets, and manage your own aerospace company in a detailed career mode. Share your designs with a vibrant community.

Highlights
  • Build rockets, planes, cars, and more
  • Visual programming language (Vizzy)
  • Realistic physics simulation
  • Career mode with tech tree
  • Resize and reshape parts
  • Customizable engines
  • Community craft downloads
Features
Currently charting
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Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and download more from the community. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode. AEROSPACE SANDBOX Juno: New Origins is a 3D aerospace sandbox where players can use customizable parts to construct and test rockets, planes, cars, or anything they can imagine in an environment with realistic physics across land, sea, air, and space. CAREER MODE + TECH TREE Take control of your own aerospace company and earn money and tech points as you progress through the game. Complete contracts to earn money, and discover a mixture of hand-crafted and procedural contracts that offer countless hours of new gameplay. Conquer milestones and explore landmarks to earn tech points and unlock new technology in the tech tree. Interactive tutorials are available to show how to build and operate rockets, cars, and airplanes. RESIZE AND RESHAPE PARTS Stretch and shape fuel tanks, wings, cargo bays, fairings, and nose cones with easy-to-use tools that help you create exactly what you want. Resize solar panels, landing gear, pistons, jet engines, etc to fit your needs. Paint your craft custom colors and tweak their reflectiveness, emissiveness, and texture styles. DESIGN ROCKET AND JET ENGINES Engines can be adjusted in a myriad of ways, such as changing the power cycle, combustion pressure, gimbal range, fuel type, and adjusting nozzle performance and visuals. You can customize an engine to be a power house for lift off, or to be a super optimized vacuum engine that maximizes Isp for interplanetary travel. The engine's performance affects its visuals in flight too as shown by the exhaust's expansion or contraction based on its interplay with the atmospheric pressure. Shock diamonds are pretty but they are a symptom of suboptimal engine performance! If you don't care about any of this, then you can just attach a pre-built engine and hit launch! PROGRAM YOUR CRAFTS Easily drag and drop code blocks to program your crafts to log telemetry, automate them, design your own MFD touch screens, etc. With Vizzy, a programming language designed specifically for Juno: New Origins, you can expand the capabilities of your crafts while learning programming, maths, physics, etc. REALISTIC ORBIT SIMULATION Orbits are realistically simulated and support time-warp so you don't have to wait several months to reach another planet. The Map View makes it easy to see your orbits and plan future burns, which you can use to set up future encounters with other planets or satellites. DOWNLOAD CRAFTS, SANDBOXES, AND MORE Download from a huge collection of user-uploaded crafts, sandboxes, and planets on SimpleRockets.com. Upload your own crafts and sandboxes and share them with the community. Rise through the ranks from a white level builder to a gold level builder and beyond.

Screenshots

Juno4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Juno at 4.4 against Powder Toy's 3.0. Juno also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 40%) and chart position (#185 vs unranked). Powder Toy's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $6.99) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 14.0). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Powder Toy costs $1.99 and Juno $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Juno holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 372 and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Powder Toy's written reviews are positive against 78% of Juno's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Powder Toy ships an update every 6 weeks, Juno monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Powder Toy versus Juno: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowder ToyJuno
Price$1.99 — better$6.99
Rating3.0 (372 ratings)4.4 (1.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.1% of reviews78.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3721.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#185 — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB371 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcin ChojnackiJundroo, LLC

Customer experience

Powder Toy

All ratings345 ratings
Positive48.7%
Neutral9.0%
Negative42.3%
Written reviews267 reviews
Positive40.1%
Neutral9.7%
Negative50.2%

Juno

All ratings1,201 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral4.6%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews544 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative14.0%

Bugs and requests

Powder Toy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Juno

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Staging and separation issues
  • Parachute and re-entry physics problems
  • Inconsistent performance on different devices
  • Difficulty downloading and using community creations

Requested features

6 requests
  • More built-in tutorials and guidance
  • Improved camera controls and UI
  • Ability to create custom planets/moons
  • Expanded part selection and customization
  • Career mode with progression and challenges
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  • Multiplayer and collaborative building

In-app purchases

None

Powder Toy

No in-app purchases

None

Juno

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Powder Toy free?
Powder Toy costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Juno free?
Juno costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Powder Toy or Juno?
Juno is rated higher. Powder Toy averages 3.0 out of 5 from 372 ratings, while Juno averages 4.4 from 1.2K ratings.
Do Powder Toy or Juno have ads?
Neither Powder Toy nor Juno shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Powder Toy or Juno?
Powder Toy ships an update every 6 weeks, and Juno monthly. Most recently, Powder Toy was updated on October 22, 2026 and Juno on October 24, 2026.

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