Powder Toy vs Lim Rocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Lim Rocket
Navigate a rocket through space, skillfully controlling its attitude to avoid colliding with planets and their gravity. Compete for high scores by passing through the most planets in this challenging arcade-style game.
- Gravity-based rocket control
- Avoid planet collisions
- Skillful attitude adjustment
- Compete for high scores
- Beautiful universe visuals
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This game is the 20th iOS game for the Web game site "DAN-BALL". Extreme swing-by 'Lim Rocket'. Game to advance by operating the rocket while avoiding collision with the planet. Rocket has been pulled to gravity always. Avoid collision with planet in a skillful attitude control. The game over is when you lost to off-screen or crashing into planet. You admire a beautiful universe sometimes also it is a good idea! Compete a number passed through of planet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lim Rocket at Free against Powder Toy's $1.99. Lim Rocket also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 40%) and rating (3.9 vs 3.1). Powder Toy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On 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
Lim Rocket is free to download; Powder Toy costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lim Rocket holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Powder Toy has 345 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Powder Toy's written reviews are positive against 84% of Lim Rocket's.
Powder Toy ships an update every 6 weeks, Lim Rocket every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Powder Toy | Lim Rocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.1 (345 ratings) | 3.9 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.1% of reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 345 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcin Chojnacki | DAN-BALL |
Customer experience
Powder Toy
Lim Rocket
In-app purchases
Powder Toy
No in-app purchases
Lim Rocket
No in-app purchases
