Brain It On! vs Skyhook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brain It On!
Engage your mind with tricky physics puzzles. Draw shapes to find creative solutions to increasingly difficult challenges. Compete with friends and discover multiple ways to solve each puzzle.
- Dozens of brain-busting puzzles
- Puzzles added regularly
- Compete with friends
- Multiple solutions per puzzle
- Share unique solutions
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Deceptively challenging puzzles for your brain! Draw shapes to solve challenging physics puzzles. They're not as easy as they look. Care to give one a try? ◆ Dozens of brain busting puzzles, with more being added all the time ◆ Compete with your friends for the Brain It On! crown ◆ Multiple ways to solve each puzzle, can you find the best solution? ◆ Share your unique solutions and compare with your friends If you like this game, please rate it and leave a comment. As a tiny indie developer your support is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help! If you don't like something in the game, please email me at support@orbitalnine.com and tell me why. I want to hear your feedback and comments so I can continue to make this game better. Follow @orbitalnine on Twitter for all the latest news and updates on this game and upcoming releases. Like the game on Facebook: facebook.com/OrbitalNine Visit online at: orbitalnine.com I hope you enjoy Brain It On!
Skyhook
A space arcade game focused on precise timing and momentum. Launch, catch rotating hooks, and navigate through cosmic obstacles to reach distant planets. Collect stardust and earn new ships as you master handcrafted levels.
- Handcrafted levels across three worlds
- Rotating skyhooks and shifting destinations
- Stardust collection for rewards
- Unlockable ships with special abilities
- Offline gameplay
- Adjustable music and sound effects
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Wait for the perfect moment. Tap to let go. Skyhook is a space arcade game about timing, momentum, and finding your way through the dark. Launch from orbit, catch a rotating skyhook, and line up your next leap toward a distant planet. Simple controls leave room for clever routes. Tap open space to leave orbit. Hold your current planet or skyhook to speed up its rotation. During flight, tap left or right to spend a limited burst and adjust your course. Take the direct shot, or visit every skyhook to collect the stardust along the way. A SMALL UNIVERSE TO MASTER • Handcrafted levels across three distinct worlds. • Moving skyhooks, shifting destinations, asteroid fields, and dangerous black holes. • Stardust to collect and keep, even after a crash. • Medals for arriving, taking fewer launches, and collecting each level's stardust. • Earn new ships with extra bursts, then unlock Aurora's automatic asteroid-clearing laser. MADE FOR A QUIETER KIND OF ARCADE Art deco ships and celestial machinery drift through deep, atmospheric space. A dark, cinematic soundtrack accompanies each journey. Adjust music and effects independently, or mute the game and keep listening to your own audio. Learn with a short automatic demo, replay unlocked levels, and return whenever you like. Progress saves on your device. Gameplay works offline, and no Skyhook account is required. Free to play, with occasional ads between completed levels. An optional one-time Remove Ads purchase removes in-game advertising. All levels and ship unlocks are earned through play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Skyhook at 5.0 against Brain It On!'s 4.5. Skyhook also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Brain It On!'s advantage is ratings volume (5.2K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Brain It On! sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Skyhook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Skyhook holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain It On! has 5.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Brain It On! ships an update every 3 weeks, Skyhook every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brain It On! | Skyhook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (5.2K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Orbital Nine Games Inc | Bo Jacobson |
Customer experience
Brain It On!
Skyhook
Bugs and requests
Brain It On!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Level selector not working past level 220
- Inability to draw near screen edges due to OS gestures
- Hint videos not always helpful
- In-app purchases not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- More levels
- Level editor to create custom puzzles
- Ability to save progress
- Improved drawing controls
- Better hints and guidance
Skyhook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brain It On!
- Remove Popup Ads$0.99
- The Full Game (75% off)$0.99
- Coin Pack$0.99
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- The Full Game (50% off)$1.99
- Coin Pack$1.99
- The Full Game (25% off)$2.99
- Coin Pack$2.99
- The Full Game$3.99
- Coin Pack$3.99
Skyhook
- Remove Ads$1.99








