Orbit vs Earth Impact
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Gravity simulation puzzles
- Create stable orbits
- Sandbox mode for level creation
- Community-created levels
- Visual orbital mechanics
- Minimalist graphics and relaxing music
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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
Earth Impact
Control asteroids and strategically cause devastating impacts to end human history. This visually stunning puzzle game uses scientific models for a challenging and unique experience.
- Strategic impact arrangement
- Visually outstanding graphics
- Free navigation on Earth
- Scientific impact simulation
- Challenging tactical puzzles
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Can you bring an end to human history? Experience the terrifying power of asteroids in this unique and visually outstanding puzzle game! Maximize the devastating damage by arranging your impacts smartly, as you take control over one of the greatest threats to life on Earth. Based on scientific computation models and presented with breathtaking visuals, Earth Impact offers a spectacular and surprisingly challenging puzzling experience with a deeper background. Features: ● Simple and casual, yet challenging puzzling experience with a tactical touch ● Highly detailed graphics - follow the sunsets and see the sun glinting in the rivers of South America ● Free navigation around Earth in the second half of the game ● Simulation of direct impact effects based on scientific computation models ● Clean Premium App: Free of any ads and in-app purchases
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Orbit at 94% against Earth Impact's 47%. Orbit also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.8 vs 4.3). Earth Impact's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On ads 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
Orbit is free to download; Earth Impact costs $0.99 up front. Orbit sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Earth Impact asks for nothing beyond the download.
Orbit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.6K and 2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Orbit's written reviews are positive against 47% of Earth Impact's.
Orbit ships an update every 2 months, Earth Impact monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orbit | Earth Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better | 4.3 (2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better | 47.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 2K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HIGHKEY Games | Nicolas Schulz |
Customer experience
Orbit
Earth Impact
User reviews
Orbit
From 7.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fire game
- 👍 Relaxing and Enjoyable
- 👍 Calming, fun, stimulating, humble
- 👍 Simple and yet complicated
- 👍 Elegant and easy
Room to improve
- 🐛 In app purchased not reicevied
- 🐛 Purchase didn't work for sandbox & ad removal but it's fun.
- 🔒 Be ware of your data
- 🐛 Love-hate
Earth Impact
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good graphics
- 👍 Realistic and addictive
- 👍 Worth the dollar
- 👍 Enjoyable experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Lacking visual impact effects
- 🐛 Repetitive gameplay
- 🐛 Difficulty spikes
- 🐛 Inconsistent mechanics
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
Earth Impact
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inability to progress past certain levels
- Inconsistent scoring and multiplier calculations
Requested features
4 requests- Sandbox mode with more customization
- Realistic impact effects (tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.)
- Ability to select specific meteors or locations to target
- News/reporting features on impact events
In-app purchases
Orbit
- $1 contribution$0.99
- Remove ads$0.99
- $2 contribution$1.99
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- $3 contribution$2.99
- Unlock Sandbox (and remove ads)$2.99
- $5 contribution$4.99
- $10 contribution$9.99
Earth Impact
No in-app purchases









