Osmo Newton vs Cloud Chaos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Osmo Newton
Engage with creative physics puzzles by drawing or placing physical objects. Guide falling balls into target zones using everyday items. Experience a blend of physical and digital play.
- Draw lines to solve puzzles
- Place physical objects to interact
- Guide falling balls into targets
- Works with everyday items
- Hands-on learning experience
- Promotes creativity and problem-solving
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Solve creative physics puzzles by drawing lines or placing items in front of the screen. Play your favourite Osmo Newton on both iPhone and iPad! Use your iPhone with the "Osmo Base for iPad" which can be found at playosmo.com. * Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 "..games that interact with just about any physical object—pen, paper, blocks, even toys your kids already own. - The Wall Street Journal "This interplay between the physical and digital realms looks and feels like magic." - Forbes "Osmo has been a revolution in our family." - Wired Awarded: **Best Design** - Good Design, 2016 **Best Product Designs** - Fast Company Finalist, 2016 **Innovative Toy of the Year** - TOTY Finalist, 2015 **Best Inventions** - TIME, 2014 Works with any object or drawing – Mom’s keys, hand-drawn basket, even toys you already own. Simply place the object/drawing in front of the screen and manipulate it to guide the falling balls into the target zones. About Osmo Osmo is using the screen to create a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving and social interaction. We do this with our reflective artificial intelligent technology.
Cloud Chaos
Join Nettie and Webster on a mission to clean up harmful content spreading across Badromeda. Act quickly to prevent further damage and restore order.
- Content cleanup gameplay
- Character-driven narrative
- Educational mission
- Online safety themes
- Interactive challenges
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Someone’s spreading bad content around Badromeda! Help Nettie and Webster clean it up before it’s too late!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cloud Chaos at 4.5 against Osmo Newton's 4.1. Cloud Chaos also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (80% vs 65%). Osmo Newton's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (384 vs 13). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cloud Chaos holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Newton has 384 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Osmo Newton's written reviews are positive against 80% of Cloud Chaos's.
Osmo Newton ships an update every 2 months, Cloud Chaos every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Osmo Newton | Cloud Chaos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (384 ratings) | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.4% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 384 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 451 MB | 354 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tangible Play | National Center for Missing & Exploited Children |
Customer experience
Osmo Newton
Cloud Chaos
Bugs and requests
Osmo Newton
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes on launch or during gameplay
- Unresponsive app after recent updates
- Lorem Ipsum placeholder text stuck on screen
- Achievement page frozen preventing gameplay
- App incompatible with iPad Air 2 and 11-inch iPad
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- Camera permission prompt issues on newer iOS
- Line detection fails to recognize drawings
- Game slows down significantly with multiple balls
- App fails to load or gets stuck on loading screen
- Whiteboard compatibility issues
Requested features
8 requests- Back/front camera option for better positioning
- Pause menu functionality
- More levels beyond the current 61
- Grid screen option for better line detection
- Adjustable camera sensitivity settings
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- Better instructions and tutorial for beginners
- Start button before gameplay begins
- Support for older iPad models
Cloud Chaos
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Osmo Newton
No in-app purchases
Cloud Chaos
No in-app purchases
Questions
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