Comparison

Orbit vs Ploink

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

Ploink

Master physics-based puzzles by aiming, bouncing, and making precise shots. Over 30 unique levels offer daily challenges and opportunities to improve your personal bests. Enjoy satisfying visual and haptic feedback as you conquer each trick shot.

Highlights
  • 30+ physics-based puzzles
  • Realistic physics engine
  • Daily Challenge mode
  • Personal bests and star ratings
  • Particle effects and haptic feedback
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Shareable trick shots
Features
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Master the art of the trick shot! Aim, bounce, and ploink your way through 30+ physics-based puzzles. Every level is a new challenge — find the perfect angle, use walls and obstacles to your advantage, and nail impossible shots. Features: • 30+ handcrafted trick-shot puzzles • Realistic physics — every bounce matters • Daily Challenge mode with new puzzles every day • Personal bests and star ratings • Satisfying particle effects and haptic feedback • Game Center leaderboards • Share your best shots with friends Easy to pick up, tough to master. Can you ploink them all?

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Ploink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ploink at none against Orbit's 7. Ploink also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Orbit's advantage is ratings volume (7.6K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads 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. Ploink asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ploink 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, Ploink every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Orbit versus Ploink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitPloink
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.6K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.6K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHIGHKEY GamesMuckStack, LLC

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

Ploink

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
  • Orbit Pro$2.99
  • $5 contribution$4.99
  • $10 contribution$9.99
None

Ploink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ploink free?
Ploink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Orbit or Ploink?
Ploink is rated higher. Orbit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.6K ratings, while Ploink averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Orbit or Ploink have ads?
Both Orbit and Ploink show ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or Ploink?
Orbit ships an update every 2 months, and Ploink every 2 days. Most recently, Orbit was updated on October 29, 2026 and Ploink on October 14, 2026.

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