Orbit vs Achromatic!
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
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.
- Connect same-colored dots
- Unique dot properties
- 60 handcrafted levels
- 10 bonus levels
- Color blind mode
- Original soundtrack
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Orbit | Achromatic! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better | 38.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HIGHKEY Games | Nick Carney |
Customer experience
Orbit
Achromatic!
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
Achromatic!
From 4 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Orbit
- $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
Achromatic!
No in-app purchases









