Comparison

Orbit vs AAAAXY

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

AAAAXY

Explore a nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer set in mind-bending impossible spaces. Set your own goals, discover secrets, and enjoy a unique, disorienting world. Designed for players who enjoy exploration and a touch of playful trolling.

Highlights
  • Nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer
  • Impossible spaces gameplay
  • Exploration and secrets
  • Player-set goals
  • Unique world design
  • Playful trolling elements
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AAAAXY is a nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer taking place in impossible spaces. Although your general goal is reaching the surprising end of the game, you are encouraged to set your own goals while playing. Exploration will be rewarded, and secrets await you! So jump and run around, and enjoy losing your sense of orientation in this World of Wicked Weirdness. Find out what Van Vlijmen will make you do. Pick a path, get inside a Klein Bottle, recognize some memes, and by all means: don't look up. And beware of a minor amount of trolling. To reach the end, a new player will take about 4 to 6 hours, a full playthrough can be finished in about 1 hour and the end can be reached in about 15 minutes.

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
AAAAXY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AAAAXY at none against Orbit's 7. AAAAXY also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Orbit's advantage is ratings volume (7.6K vs 5). On price, review sentiment and 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

Both are free to download. Orbit sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. AAAAXY asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AAAAXY 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 5, 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 100% of AAAAXY's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update every 2 months, AAAAXY every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Orbit versus AAAAXY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitAAAAXY
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.6K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.6K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHIGHKEY GamesRudolf Polzer

Customer experience

Orbit

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

AAAAXY

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
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

AAAAXY

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

AAAAXY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AAAAXY free?
AAAAXY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Orbit or AAAAXY?
AAAAXY is rated higher. Orbit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.6K ratings, while AAAAXY averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Orbit or AAAAXY have ads?
Orbit shows ads; AAAAXY does not.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or AAAAXY?
Orbit ships an update every 2 months, and AAAAXY every 3 weeks. Most recently, Orbit was updated on October 17, 2026 and AAAAXY on October 6, 2026.

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