Earth Editor vs Townscaper
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!
Townscaper
Create charming island towns with intricate streets and diverse structures. This digital toy allows you to place colored blocks and watch them transform into houses, arches, and bridges, forming beautiful urban landscapes without any specific objectives.
- Build island towns block by block
- Algorithmic structure generation
- Create streets, houses, and bridges
- Experiment with color palettes
- No goals or gameplay
- Focus on building and beauty
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Build quaint island towns with curvy streets. Build small hamlets, soaring cathedrals, canal networks, or sky cities on stilts. Block by block. No goal. No real gameplay. Just plenty of building and plenty of beauty. That's it. Townscaper is an experimental passion project. More of a toy than a game. Pick colors from the palette, plop down colored blocks of house on the irregular grid, and watch Townscaper's underlying algorithm automatically turn those blocks into cute little houses, arches, stairways, bridges and lush backyards, depending on their configuration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Earth Editor at Free against Townscaper's $4.99. Townscaper's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and 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
Earth Editor is free to download; Townscaper costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Townscaper holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 919 and 952 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Earth Editor's written reviews are positive against 82% of Townscaper's.
Earth Editor ships an update every 4 months, Townscaper every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Earth Editor | Townscaper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (919 ratings) | 4.5 (952 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 919 | 952 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #15 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Raw Fury AB |
Customer experience
Earth Editor
Townscaper
User reviews
Earth Editor
From 919 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
Townscaper
From 952 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌇 Beautiful and relaxing game
- 🕰️ Calming and stress-relieving
- 🎨 Satisfying creative experience
- 👍 Simple and intuitive controls
- 🎇 Lovely visual details and animations
Room to improve
- 🔍 Limited build area and height
- 🎨 Lack of customization options
- 🤖 Absence of interactive elements (people, vehicles, etc.)
- 💰 Perceived high price for the content provided
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
Townscaper
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional performance issues and lag
- Difficulty deleting or modifying existing structures
Requested features
6 requests- Add different architectural styles and building types
- Implement terrain options (grass, sand, hills, etc.)
- Allow for more control over camera and view
- Include people, animals, and other interactive elements
- Provide a way to save/export created towns
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- Add more color and material options for buildings
In-app purchases
Earth Editor
No in-app purchases
Townscaper
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Earth Editor free?
Is Townscaper free?
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