Comparison

Orbit vs Space Blaster Challenge

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

Space Blaster Challenge

Embark on a cosmic adventure across nine space missions. Engage enemy ships, gather energy crystals, and navigate treacherous obstacles to defend your base. Enjoy intuitive controls and unlock new challenges as you progress.

Highlights
  • 9 space missions
  • Collect energy crystals
  • Defeat enemy ships
  • Avoid obstacles
  • Protect your base
  • Easy controls
  • Mission unlocks
Features
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Complete 9 space missions — collect energy crystals, defeat enemy ships, steer carefully to avoid obstacles, and protect your base. Easy to use movement and firing control, with rapid fire. Extensive on screen Help, plus a briefing for each mission. Successful completion of each mission unlocks the next one. Optionally shares your accomplishments via email, or text messaging. Universal App - supports iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, including standard, Retina, and iPhone X displays. Even runs on Apple Mac or MacBooks equipped with the new Apple’s M1 Silicon chip with easy to use keyboard and mouse controls.

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Space Blaster Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Orbit at Free against Space Blaster Challenge's $2.99. Orbit also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (7.6K vs 1). Space Blaster Challenge'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; Space Blaster Challenge costs $2.99 up front. Orbit sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Space Blaster Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Space Blaster Challenge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orbit has 7.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update every 2 months, Space Blaster Challenge every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and June 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Orbit versus Space Blaster Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitSpace Blaster Challenge
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (7.6K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.6K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB148 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHIGHKEY GamesMagnin & Associates

Customer experience

Orbit

All ratings7,603 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews625 reviews
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.0%

Space Blaster Challenge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Space Blaster Challenge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

Space Blaster Challenge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Blaster Challenge free?
Space Blaster Challenge costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Orbit or Space Blaster Challenge?
Space Blaster Challenge is rated higher. Orbit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.6K ratings, while Space Blaster Challenge averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Orbit or Space Blaster Challenge have ads?
Orbit shows ads; Space Blaster Challenge does not.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or Space Blaster Challenge?
Orbit ships an update every 2 months, and Space Blaster Challenge every 14 months. Most recently, Orbit was updated on October 20, 2026 and Space Blaster Challenge on June 13, 2026.

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