Orbit vs Space Blaster Challenge
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
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.
- 9 space missions
- Collect energy crystals
- Defeat enemy ships
- Avoid obstacles
- Protect your base
- Easy controls
- Mission unlocks
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Orbit | Space Blaster Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 14 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, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HIGHKEY Games | Magnin & Associates |
Customer experience
Orbit
Space Blaster Challenge
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
Orbit
- $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
Space Blaster Challenge
No in-app purchases
Questions
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