Comparison

Orbit vs Delta

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Orbit

A physics-based puzzle game where players launch planets to create stable orbits around black holes. Explore 45 free levels, community-created content, and a paid sandbox mode for designing your own challenges. Enjoy minimalist graphics and relaxing music.

Highlights
  • Gravity simulation puzzles
  • Create stable orbits
  • 45 free levels
  • Community-created levels
  • Sandbox mode for level design
  • Minimalist graphics
  • Relaxing classical piano 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

Delta

Features
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Pilot through ten star systems on a single trajectory. Aim, launch, slingshot — gravity does the rest. Delta-V is a one-finger arcade puzzle. Pull back from your launch pad to aim and set power, release to launch. Then ride momentum through dense star systems — bend your path around planets, slingshot off moons, scan exotic gravity wells, and dock at the next port before your fuel runs dry. Every system tells a story. Every system raises the stakes. ONE-FINGER FLIGHT • Tap and drag from the ship to aim and set power • A live trajectory preview shows the gravity-bent path before you commit • Mid-flight: tap anywhere to fire navigation thrusters perpendicular to your heading • Toggle between system overview and ship-follow camera mid-flight TEN STAR SYSTEMS, ONE STORY A handcrafted arc from HIKARU RELAY to THE BEACON. Each system is procedurally seeded but story-narrated — broken comms relays, pirate sieges, derelict mining stations, a black-hole gauntlet, a final stand at the edge of charted space. DYNAMIC OBJECTIVES Every system asks something different: salvage cache fragments, gravity-scan a target planet, slingshot off a named world, bump a specific moon, earn credits the hard way, or finish a leg without spending a single thruster correction. Bonus credits stack up. UPGRADE YOUR SHIP Spend earned credits at any starport's shop. Four branches, three tiers each: • Hull — more damage absorbed before you go down • Propulsion — bigger fuel reserve and stronger thrusters • Shields — softens hits from pirates, asteroids, atmospheres • Weapons — auto-turret range, fire rate, plasma damage LIVE GRAVITY PHYSICS Real n-body gravity from stars, planets, moons, and black holes. Every flyby bends you. Plan the path you can't directly fly. Slingshots earn bonus credits the tighter your scan angle. LOST IN SPACE Out of fuel and drifting? You'll get a four-second warning before the run ends — enough time to decide whether to push the brake button or let the cosmos claim another pilot. SYNTHWAVE EVERYTHING All visuals drawn at runtime in vector code. All sound — every ping, every chord, every drone — synthesized live. No bitmaps, no recordings. Pure offline arcade. Save persists locally. Pause anytime. Restart any system from the pause menu. Navigate gravity. Survive space.

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Delta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Delta at none against Orbit's 7. Delta also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Delta asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Orbit versus Delta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitDelta
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHIGHKEY GamesKen Gullaksen

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

Delta

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

Delta

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Delta free?
Delta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orbit or Delta have ads?
Orbit shows ads; Delta does not.

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