SpaceBots. vs Solar System Sim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpaceBots.
Pilot a spaceship to destroy incoming asteroids before they reach the planet. Collect power-ups for advantages like extra lives, size changes, and score boosts. Compete for high scores in two distinct game modes.
- Drag to move spaceship
- Collect power-ups
- Score high scores
- Arcade Mode
- Challenge Mode
- Avoid red power-up
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Don't let the asteroids escape! Control the SpaceBots Ship and stop the asteroids from leaving the wormhole and hitting the SpaceBots Planet! >Drag on your ship to move! >Collect Extra Lives/Bonus Points and Specials! >Try to get 100k (Easy) 300K (Hard) 1 Million (Impossible?) Collect the Power ups! *Green - Extra Life! *Yellow - Make your ship BIGGER! *White - More points YAY! *Red - Makes your ship smaller - AVOID! *Pink - Barrier. *Blue - Slow Motion. *Purple - Surprise! Two Brand NEW modes for you to try! Arcade Mode - Collect the powerups and aim for the high score! Challenge Mode - There is only one Asteroid, but it increases in speed every hit! How long can you survive?
Solar System Sim
Simulate and explore celestial bodies within our solar system and beyond. Create your own solar systems, experiment with gravity and physics, and observe orbital mechanics in action.
- Explore planets and moons
- Visit nearby stars
- Create custom solar systems
- Gravity and physics simulation
- Recalculate orbits
- Newton's laws implementation
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Zoom from a planet's surface out to distant galaxies, then reshape the whole system with your own hands. Solar System Sim is a real-time gravity sandbox built on Newton's laws and real astronomical data. Every body you add, move or destroy recalculates the orbits of everything else, live. • Smash worlds together: impact craters carve into the surface, firestorms sweep the globe, and glowing debris rains back down. • Build your own universe: add planets, moons, asteroids and comets with their own size, mass and looks, or customise the ones already there. • Land anywhere: drop to a first-person view on any planet's surface and experience its environment. • Sculpt rings: add particle rings and watch gravity shape them in real time. • Witness real eclipses: solar and lunar, with real-world astronomical precision. • Follow comets: watch them streak past and interact with the bodies they meet. • Leave the Solar System: travel to remarkable nearby stars and find them within the Milky Way. • Feel the scale: see the true vastness of space, from a pebble-sized moon to the nearest galaxies. Whether you're here to learn how gravity really works or just to break planets with it, explore at your own pace. Start your cosmic adventure with Solar System Sim.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SpaceBots. at 5.0 against Solar System Sim's 4.5. SpaceBots. also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (95% vs 80%). Solar System Sim's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (4.2K vs 14). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. SpaceBots. sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Solar System Sim sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SpaceBots. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solar System Sim has 4.2K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of SpaceBots.'s written reviews are positive against 80% of Solar System Sim's.
SpaceBots. ships an update every 9 months, Solar System Sim every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpaceBots. | Solar System Sim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.9% of reviews — better | 80.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 4.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 548 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taiwo Omisore | WPC |
Customer experience
SpaceBots.
Solar System Sim
Bugs and requests
SpaceBots.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Solar System Sim
Reported bugs
5 issues- Planets/moons disappearing after saving and loading
- Bright flashes and screen distortions
- Planets/objects getting stuck inside stars
- Crashes when colliding or editing certain objects
- Inconsistent orbital mechanics and moons ejecting from planets
Requested features
10 requests- Add more galaxy and nebula textures
- Implement realistic supernova effects
- Allow customization of planet atmospheres and terrain
- Add binary star systems and rogue planets
- Introduce a galaxy maker and collision feature
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- Implement a reverse time lapse option
- Add more speed options (128x, 256x, etc.)
- Introduce a population counter and life simulation for planets
- Allow custom city lights and vegetation on planets
- Add a Roche limit feature to observe tidal disruption
In-app purchases
SpaceBots.
- Feed The Developer!$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
Solar System Sim
- HD Mars$2.99
- HD Earth$2.99
- HD Moon$2.99
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- No-ads$3.99
- HD 3-body pack$6.99
Questions
Is SpaceBots. free?
Is Solar System Sim free?
Which has better reviews, SpaceBots. or Solar System Sim?
Do SpaceBots. or Solar System Sim have ads?
Which is updated more often, SpaceBots. or Solar System Sim?
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