Comparison

Orbit vs Loot Planet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Orbit

This app is a meditative physics puzzler where you launch planets to create stable orbits around black holes. Explore a variety of levels, create your own challenges in a sandbox mode, and enjoy a visually artistic and relaxing experience.

Highlights
  • Gravity simulation puzzles
  • Create stable orbits
  • Sandbox mode for level creation
  • Community-created levels
  • Visual orbital mechanics
  • Minimalist graphics and relaxing music
Features
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ORBIT is a gravity simulator at the heart of a puzzle game. Launch planets with a flick of your finger, and try to get them into stable orbits around black holes. Can you make enough orbits to progress to the next level? New: ORBIT now features a Sandbox (paid) where you can create your own levels! Control time, disable collisions, and paint with gravity. Publish your creations to the world for everyone to play. • 45 free levels, with new mechanics are introduced over time — like repulsive black holes and planets with their own gravity that attract each other • Play community-created levels — virtually limitless content made by other players, all completely free • Launch as many planets as you like, and watch the mesmerizing orbital mechanics unfold • Planets leave colored traces, so that at the end of a level you will have created a beautiful piece of art • See the future trajectory of a planet before you launch it • Play in an environment of smooth, minimalist graphics while listening to relaxing classical piano Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/highkeygames Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/highkeygames

About

Loot Planet

Engage in a thrilling space-age war game where you pillage planets for resources. Build bases, breed sergeants, and compete against other races to conquer the universe. The best defense is a good offense in this resource-gathering and population-breeding strategy game.

Highlights
  • Planetary resource plundering
  • Base building
  • Sergeant breeding and upgrading
  • Interstellar competition
  • Attack and defense gameplay
  • Population growth mechanics
Features
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Very stimulating! everything was very thrilling,space-age coming,when all kinds of non-renewable resources are depleted on Earth,pillaging the planet's resources. plundering war game simulates a planet,asteroid,one can build a base above,use any of the resources on the planet,after breeding,increase the Sergeant. And competition for resources of other races,got their planet against any race,if you have too few resources or Sergeant is too weak,will likely be destroyed by other aliens,the rules of the game are the best defense is a good offense,and increasingly fierce competition in the universe,to have an advantage in the game,and would have to plunder planets ,breeding population. The ultimate goal of the game,got all the planet. How to play: the players attack or defense,the two compete for many people when one side wins the race. After getting a planet,which will also increase the number of population,population of the planet will,until the resource is exhausted. Are you ready? The game features: Virtual and real scenes of war! The big disaster! Intellectual puzzles! Fluid motion! The tense atmosphere! It is free! If you liked this game,you can share it with your friends.

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Loot Planet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Orbit at 4.8 against Loot Planet's 4.2. Orbit also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 64%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months). Loot Planet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Orbit sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Loot Planet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Orbit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orbit has 7.6K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Orbit's written reviews are positive against 64% of Loot Planet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update every 2 months, Loot Planet every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Orbit versus Loot Planet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitLoot Planet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better4.2 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews — better63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings7.6K — better22
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHIGHKEY Games国财 胡

Customer experience

Orbit

All ratings7,627 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews628 reviews
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.0%

Loot Planet

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

Bugs and requests

Orbit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • In app purchase not received
  • Sandbox mode not working
  • Game crashing and unable to open

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to zoom in and out
  • Ability to rotate the game to landscape on iPad
  • Ability to edit and move existing objects in sandbox mode
  • Ability to name planets and add moons
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  • More levels and game modes

Loot Planet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Orbit

One-time7
  • $1 contribution$0.99
  • Remove ads$0.99
  • $2 contribution$1.99
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  • $3 contribution$2.99
  • Orbit Pro$2.99
  • $5 contribution$4.99
  • $10 contribution$9.99
None

Loot Planet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loot Planet free?
Loot Planet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Orbit or Loot Planet?
Orbit is rated higher. Orbit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.6K ratings, while Loot Planet averages 4.2 from 22 ratings.
Do Orbit or Loot Planet have ads?
Orbit shows ads; Loot Planet does not.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or Loot Planet?
Orbit ships an update every 2 months, and Loot Planet every 14 months. Most recently, Orbit was updated on November 3, 2026 and Loot Planet on October 24, 2026.

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