Earth Editor vs Orbit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Earth Editor
Create your own world by placing various elements like sand, water, and lava on a gravity field. This simulation game allows for boundless creativity in designing unique planetary landscapes. Explore the possibilities of a sandbox environment where you are the architect of your own planet.
- World creation sandbox
- Gravity field simulation
- Place sand, water, seeds, lava
- Creative planetary design
- Element interaction
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This game is the 21st iOS game for the Web game site "DAN-BALL". A simulation game that creates the Earth using various dots on the field of gravity. There are various dots of sand, water, seeds, lava, and more. Be creative. It's up to you!
Orbit
Navigate your spaceship through space using planetary gravity to return to Earth. Avoid hazards like black holes and meteorites while discovering creative solutions to each level. The game offers a unique physics-based challenge with multiple ways to succeed.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Utilize planetary gravity
- Avoid black holes and meteorites
- Creative level solutions
- Space exploration theme
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Orbit is a game about space and gravity. You have to shoot your Spaceship across space to get back to earth. You will learn to use the gravitation of planets to your advantage. But watch out for black holes and meteorites, as they might interfere with your way home. In Orbit you can get creative. There are many known and even more unknown solutions for each level. *There might be a slight chance that the game contains a bonus level.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Orbit at 5.0 against Earth Editor's 4.3. Orbit also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Earth Editor's advantage is ratings volume (924 vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 15 months). On price, 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.
Orbit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Earth Editor has 924 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Earth Editor's written reviews are positive against 100% of Orbit's.
Earth Editor ships an update every 4 months, Orbit every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Earth Editor | Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (924 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 924 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Michael Steurer |
Customer experience
Earth Editor
Orbit
Bugs and requests
Earth Editor
Reported bugs
3 issues- Black holes causing glitches
- Ice not freezing water properly
- Cloned elements not behaving as expected
Requested features
8 requests- More elements and materials to experiment with
- Ability to save multiple worlds
- Zoom and camera controls
- Realistic physics and behaviors (e.g. sand sinking in water)
- Ability to create life, animals, or civilizations
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- Supernova and star effects
- Atmosphere and weather systems
- Ability to move immobile objects
Orbit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Earth Editor
No in-app purchases
Orbit
No in-app purchases
