Comparison

Orbit vs Poly Bridge 3

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

Poly Bridge 3

A physics-based puzzle game where you design and build bridges to guide vehicles to their destinations. Explore diverse levels, experiment with different bridge types, and test your engineering creativity in open-world and sandbox modes.

Highlights
  • Build various bridge types
  • Physics-based simulation
  • Open World Campaign
  • Sandbox mode for creativity
  • Leaderboards and player gallery
  • Custom physics engine
Features
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Try before you buy! No ads. In app purchase unlocks full game. Poly Bridge 3 is a puzzle game where building bridges is key. Get vehicles to their destination by testing your engineering and problem solving skills. Suspension bridges, draw-bridges, multi-level bridges, crazy almost-bridges, bridges, bridges, bridges! Explore the new Open World Campaign with a dozen worlds and 150+ new levels. Jumps, Hydraulics, ‘Normal’ Bridges, and more giving you hours of gameplay to enjoy! Take a flying leap in Vaulty Towers or flex those hydraulic muscles in Bifrost Bend! Let your engineering creativity flow with no restrictions in Sandbox mode, allowing you to push your bridge building skills to the limit. Challenge yourself with improving your rank on the Leaderboards and check out other player solutions in the Gallery! Our custom physics engine gives total control, reliability, and accuracy to your bridges. Sleep easy at night knowing your bridges will perform consistently every time!

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Poly Bridge 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Orbit at 4.8 against Poly Bridge 3's 3.9. Orbit also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 65%) and ratings volume (7.6K vs 126). Poly Bridge 3's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Poly Bridge 3 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Orbit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orbit has 7.6K ratings behind it against 126, 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 65% of Poly Bridge 3's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update every 2 months, Poly Bridge 3 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Orbit versus Poly Bridge 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitPoly Bridge 3
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better3.9 (126 ratings)
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews — better65.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7.6K — better126
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB492 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHIGHKEY GamesDry Cactus

Customer experience

Orbit

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

Poly Bridge 3

All ratings126 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral10.3%
Negative23.0%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative23.0%

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

Poly Bridge 3

From 126 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 🧠 Challenging and makes you feel like an engineer
  • ✨ Great physics
  • 😌 Relaxing and pure fun
  • 📱 Good for mobile

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Game-breaking bug with hydraulics
  • 🔇 No audio in silent mode
  • ⭐ Unclear requirement to get stars
  • 🧰 Limits creativity and bad snapping
  • 💸 Paid full game after free trial

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

Poly Bridge 3

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Game breaking bug where hydraulics won’t pull asphalt apart
  • No audio when in silent mode
  • No audio
  • Game kept bugging, wouldn’t let me place anything in the sandbox
  • Game Center can’t reconnect after reinstalling
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  • The example hydraulics level doesn’t let me do anything
  • When game resources accumulate, the game completely freezes
  • Game crashes or freezes before even starting
  • Black screen issues
  • Random game freezes
  • Inconsistent content in exhibition hall
  • Exploiting bugs for unrealistic operations

Requested features

9 requests
  • Turn off silent mode to hear game audio
  • Add workshop and ability to share bridges
  • Bring weekly mode to iOS
  • Allow players to upload levels for others to play
  • Add an Olympics mode
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  • Add Garcello with a mint green limousine
  • Add content like chemistry, physics, and mathematics games
  • Add user-made levels to iOS version
  • Add a way to upload Steam workshop levels to iOS version

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
1 purchases

Poly Bridge 3

One-time1
  • Unlock All$4.99

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Poly Bridge 3 free?
Poly Bridge 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Orbit or Poly Bridge 3?
Orbit is rated higher. Orbit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.6K ratings, while Poly Bridge 3 averages 3.9 from 126 ratings.
Do Orbit or Poly Bridge 3 have ads?
Neither Orbit nor Poly Bridge 3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or Poly Bridge 3?
Orbit ships an update every 2 months, and Poly Bridge 3 every 4 days. Most recently, Orbit was updated on September 27, 2026 and Poly Bridge 3 on September 29, 2026.

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