Comparison

Orbit vs Cell to Singularity

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

Cell to Singularity

Embark on an evolutionary journey from a single cell to a technological singularity. Tap to gain entropy, unlock new chapters of life, and witness milestones like dinosaur extinction and the Industrial Revolution. Explore the past, present, and future of humanity in this engaging idle clicker game.

Highlights
  • Evolutionary clicker gameplay
  • Gain Entropy currency
  • Unlock chapters of life
  • Climb Tech Tree
  • View 3D habitats
  • Discover scientific facts
  • Simulate life on Earth
Features
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Tap into the extraordinary tale of evolution in this cosmic clicker game! Once upon a time, over 4.5 billion years ago, there was no life in the Solar System. And then, almost in the blink of an eye on the geologic time scale, everything changed. Deep in the primordial soup on Earth lay the organic compounds that would give rise to life’s humble origins. All it takes for this epic evolution game to unfold is you. Turn to the next page of evolution with every click. Gain entropy to unlock the next chapter of the evolution of life. Uncover twists and turns that led to the great milestones of life evolution: the extinction of the dinosaurs, the discovery of fire, the Industrial Revolution, and more. See chapters that have yet to be written -- a future evolution beyond the modern day. ▶ The epic story of evolution, technology, and humanity is yours to tap. It’s a breathtaking evolution game! ▶ The most accurate human evolution game on Earth! ... Features: • Countless hours of addictive--but very informative--clicker gameplay • With every tap, earn Entropy the evolutionary currency for life in the universe • Simple, intuitive controls--click anywhere for Entropy for new animal Evolutions! • Later climb civilizations Tech Tree by spending ideas on countless scientific and technology upgrades • It’s a science game about the development of life on Earth. View the fruits of evolution in beautiful 3D habitats. Unlock animals like Fish, Lizards, Mammals, Monkeys. • Unlock the future of evolution and the mystery of the technological singularity. • Discover and learn scientific facts about evolution of life and natural history as you play • Enter a space odyssey into speculative science fiction as you click past modern civilization • Get into a life creation mood thanks to an epic soundtrack of classical music • Upgrade the evolution of a single cell organism into a civilization on the brink of a technological singularity • Simulate the science of life on earth. • Upgrade tech to Survive on Mars and Terraform Mars A science evolution game where you upgrade life, from a Single-Cell organism, to multi-celled organisms, fish, reptiles, mammals, monkeys, humans and beyond. Play the evolution of Life on Earth, all its past, present and future. Will humanity survive the next phase of evolution? ... Let’s be Facebook friends facebook.com/ComputerLunch/ Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/ComputerLunch Add us on Instagram instagram.com/computerlunchgames/ Let’s chat on Discord discord.com/invite/celltosingularity ... Terms of service: https://games.computerlunch.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://games.computerlunch.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Cell to Singularity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Orbit at none against Cell to Singularity's shown. Orbit also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 82%). Cell to Singularity's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and chart position (#135 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Orbit sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Cell to Singularity sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Orbit against 4.8 for Cell to Singularity. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.6K and 23K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Orbit's written reviews are positive against 82% of Cell to Singularity's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update every 2 months, Cell to Singularity fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Orbit versus Cell to Singularity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitCell to Singularity
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.6K ratings)4.8 (23K ratings)
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews — better82.4% of reviews
Number of ratings7.6K23K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#135 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB494 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHIGHKEY GamesComputer Lunch

Customer experience

Orbit

All ratings7,554 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews620 reviews
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.1%

Cell to Singularity

All ratings22,539 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews2,299 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative12.1%

User reviews

Orbit

From 7.6K App Store ratings

What 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

Cell to Singularity

From 23K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Awesome game!
  • 🚀 Amazing still
  • 🚀 Best game ever
  • 🚀 Very relaxing simple game packed with nicely designed content
  • 🚀 Genuinely Brilliant

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Lengthy but worth the read
  • 🐛 Ads
  • 🐛 Stolen logits
  • 🐛 Ads too long
  • 🐛 Too many LONG ads

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

Cell to Singularity

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Stopped getting metabits after simulation 11
  • Mesozoic Valley simulation is bugged
  • Crashes when loading data from server
  • Rapid buy feature removed in update
  • Ads not working properly

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add pls
  • More in the Beyond
  • More galaxies, planets, and stars in the Beyond
  • Add insects, plants, and other animal groups
  • Add a facility to turn off planet/star titles
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  • Add a way to convert currencies like entropy to ideas
  • Add a true reset option to start over completely
  • Add cutscenes for major events

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
  • Unlock Sandbox (and remove ads)$2.99
  • $5 contribution$4.99
  • $10 contribution$9.99
17 purchases

Cell to Singularity

One-time17
  • Darwinium Bundle$0.99
  • 50 Cubes$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$2.99
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  • Darwinium Bundle$2.99
  • Special Offer$2.99
  • Special Offer$3.99
  • Darwinium Bundle2 variants$4.99
  • 150 Cubes$4.99
  • Special Offer$4.99
  • Darwinium Bundle$6.99
  • Special Offer$7.99
  • 300 Cubes$7.99
  • Darwinium Bundle$9.99
  • Infinity Pass (30 Days)$12.99
  • Infinity Pass$12.99
  • 900 Cubes$19.99
  • Special Offer$19.99

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cell to Singularity free?
Cell to Singularity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Orbit or Cell to Singularity?
Orbit and Cell to Singularity are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7.6K and 23K ratings respectively.
Do Orbit or Cell to Singularity have ads?
Cell to Singularity shows ads; Orbit does not.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or Cell to Singularity?
Orbit ships an update every 2 months, and Cell to Singularity fortnightly. Most recently, Orbit was updated on September 23, 2026 and Cell to Singularity on September 25, 2026.

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