Comparison

Orbit vs Daily Orbit

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

Daily Orbit

Features
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A quiet sky to settle every day. Daily Orbit is a one-puzzle-a-day game about bringing a small solar system into order. Everyone, everywhere gets the same orbit each day, seeded from the date. Planets sit on their rings around a central star, and gravity lines join the bodies. Drag a planet around its ring to move it. Any line that crosses another glows warm. Slide the planets until nothing crosses, and the system settles into a calm glow. There are no wrong moves. Take your time and slide until the lines come apart. THE DAILY RITUAL A fresh orbit lands each morning, and the week gently builds: Monday: Gentle Tuesday: Easy Wednesday: Breezy Thursday: Bright Friday: Keen Saturday: Rich Sunday: Deep HOW YOU SCORE Each day has a par time. A solve at or under par earns the on-par tier, and faster solves earn up to 5 stars: 5 stars: Celestial 4 stars: Radiant 3 stars: Aligned 2 stars: Settled 1 star: Adrift When you finish, you get a spoiler-free card you can share. It shows your stars, time, and streak, and never reveals the solution. KEEP YOUR STREAK Solve each day to grow your streak. Miss a day and a freeze token can quietly bridge the gap, and you earn more at milestones. Set an optional daily reminder so the next orbit never slips by. All of your stats live on your device. PLAY WITH THE WORLD Two Game Center leaderboards put your day in context: one for the day's fastest solve, one for the longest streak ever. There are milestone achievements to earn along the way. Game Center is entirely optional. The game works fully without it, and there is no account to create. FREE FOREVER, AND HONEST ABOUT IT The daily orbit is free, every day, with no ads and no catch. ORBIT PLUS (OPTIONAL) If you want more, Orbit+ is a one-time unlock for 4.99. It opens unlimited Practice orbits with selectable difficulty, from Warm-up to Steady to Tricky to Brutal, so you can play as much as you like at the level you choose. The daily puzzle always stays free. WHY PEOPLE LOVE IT It is calm, quick, and the same for everyone. One honest puzzle a day, a small moment of order, and a streak worth keeping. Slide the planets. Clear the sky. Come back tomorrow. PRIVACY, PLAINLY Your progress and stats stay on your device. There is no account to create, and no personal data is collected to play.

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Daily Orbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Daily Orbit at none against Orbit's shown. Orbit's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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 and Daily Orbit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update every 2 months, Daily Orbit every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Orbit versus Daily Orbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitDaily Orbit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHIGHKEY GamesAHMET DUMAN

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

Daily Orbit

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
1 purchases

Daily Orbit

One-time1
  • Orbit+$4.99

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Orbit free?
Daily Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Orbit or Daily Orbit have ads?
Orbit shows ads; Daily Orbit does not.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or Daily Orbit?
Orbit ships an update every 2 months, and Daily Orbit every 6 weeks. Most recently, Orbit was updated on October 29, 2026 and Daily Orbit on October 7, 2026.

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