Earth Editor vs Swoopy Space
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!
Swoopy Space
Navigate a colorful cast of characters through a pixel art universe filled with planets, comets, and UFOs. Tap to dodge interstellar objects and collect diamonds in this endless avoidance game.
- One-tap controls
- Endless gameplay
- Collect diamonds
- Unlockable characters
- Pixel art graphics
- Increasing difficulty
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Maneuver a cast of colorful characters past a variety of planets, comets, UFOs, black holes and more - you know, space stuff - in this frantic pixel art avoidance game. With simple one tap controls all you need to do is tap your way through the infinite depths of space collecting diamonds along your way and avoid tonnes of interstellar objects that are just waiting to smash you right out into the far corners of the universe. The further you get the crazier space becomes with various levels of space, each introducing a new element to avoid. Features - Simple One Tap Controls - Endless Gameplay - Collect Coins to Unlock Dozens of Characters
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Earth Editor at none against Swoopy Space's 1. Earth Editor also leads on ratings volume (924 vs 50). Swoopy Space's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Swoopy Space sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Earth Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Earth Editor against 4.4 for Swoopy Space. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Earth Editor has 924 ratings behind it against 50, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Earth Editor's written reviews are positive against 71% of Swoopy Space's.
Earth Editor ships an update every 4 months, Swoopy Space fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Earth Editor | Swoopy Space |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (924 ratings) | 4.4 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews — better | 70.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 924 — better | 50 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Appdemon |
Customer experience
Earth Editor
Swoopy Space
User reviews
Earth Editor
From 924 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Satisfying and fun
- 👍 No ads feature
- 👍 Relaxing and addictive
- 👍 Interesting physics and elements
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
- 🔍 Limited elements and features
- 🔍 Dot/pixel limit
- 💸 Ads can be intrusive
Swoopy Space
From 50 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Addictive gameplay
- ✨ Cute characters
- 🎵 Great music
- 👍 Fun and engaging
- 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
Room to improve
- 😩 Too difficult
- 💸 Intrusive ads
- 🐌 Slow loading times
- ❌ Unresponsive controls
- 📉 Downgraded experience
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
Swoopy Space
Reported bugs
9 issues- Game crashes frequently
- Unresponsive touch screen
- Lost progress after reinstalling
- Game doesn't work offline
- Ads prevent gameplay
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- Game freezes on startup
- Purchased characters not appearing
- Best distance not tracking correctly
- Game freezes on iOS 10
Requested features
7 requests- Option to play with scan-lines
- Add more characters
- Random character button
- Power-ups purchasable with coins
- More game modes (e.g., extra fast, difficult, time attack)
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- Add challenges
- Add Quidditch balls as characters
In-app purchases
Earth Editor
No in-app purchases
Swoopy Space
- Remove Ads$0.99
Questions
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