Comparison

Orbit vs Achromatic!

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

Achromatic!

A minimalist puzzle game where you connect dots of the same color to achieve a single cohesive hue. Strategically draw lines, utilizing unique dot properties to solve increasingly complex levels. Enjoy a relaxing soundtrack and a smooth difficulty curve with bonus challenges.

Highlights
  • Connect same-colored dots
  • Unique dot properties
  • 60 handcrafted levels
  • 10 bonus levels
  • Color blind mode
  • Original soundtrack
Features
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Achromatic is a minimalist puzzle game about connecting dots in order to transform them all to one cohesive color. Draw a straight line between two dots of the same color to paint the dots between them. However, you can only change dots of one color at a time. You'll quickly encounter unique dots with exciting properties. For example the square dot lets you change the direction of your line, or the triangle dots are synchronized such that changing one of them changes all of them. Achromatic features an original and relaxing sound track to accompany its polished minimalist aesthetic. Its smooth difficulty curve will teach you the mechanics and gently ease you into more difficult levels. All levels were carefully designed by hand to ensure the best puzzling experience possible. For those craving a challenge, bonus levels are available after beating the game to really test your logic skills. Features: • 60 handcrafted level plus 10 challenging bonus levels • Unique dots with special properties • Supports both vertical and horizontal orientation • Color blind mode

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Achromatic!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Orbit at 94% against Achromatic!'s 38%. Orbit also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.8 vs 4.3). Achromatic!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Orbit is free to download; Achromatic! costs $2.99 up front. Orbit sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Achromatic! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Orbit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orbit has 7.6K ratings behind it against 4, 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 38% of Achromatic!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update every 2 months, Achromatic! every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Orbit versus Achromatic!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitAchromatic!
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better4.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews — better38.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7.6K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHIGHKEY GamesNick Carney

Customer experience

Orbit

All ratings7,603 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews626 reviews
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.0%

Achromatic!

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive38.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative54.0%

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

Achromatic!

From 4 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and challenging
  • 🧘 Relaxing and focusing
  • ✨ Minimalist design
  • 🧠 Addictive puzzler
  • 💡 Totally original concept

Room to improve

  • ⚠️ Too hard for some
  • ❌ Game doesn't load
  • 🚫 Subscription required
  • ⏳ Trial too short
  • 💰 Expensive subscription

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

Achromatic!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App stuck on loading screen
  • Three circling dots issue
  • Subscription glitch

Requested features

5 requests
  • More levels/content
  • Hint button
  • Skip button
  • Color blind support
  • Night shift mode

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

Achromatic!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Achromatic! free?
Achromatic! costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Orbit or Achromatic!?
Orbit is rated higher. Orbit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.6K ratings, while Achromatic! averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Orbit or Achromatic! have ads?
Orbit shows ads; Achromatic! does not.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or Achromatic!?
Orbit ships an update every 2 months, and Achromatic! every 9 months. Most recently, Orbit was updated on October 23, 2026 and Achromatic! on October 20, 2026.

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