Comparison

Orbit vs Cards Boards

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

Cards Boards

Features
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CardsBoard is a strategic card puzzle that turns a standard deck into a board of possibilities. Select neighboring cards—including diagonally—to create poker hands and earn points. Each play removes cards, shifts the board, and opens new combinations. Plan carefully and score as much as possible before no valid hands remain. Features: • Build poker hands from connected cards • Plan around falling cards and shifting columns • Play the same daily challenge as everyone else • Compare scores on daily leaderboards • Challenge 2–4 players in turn-based matches • Choose optional turn timers • Replay boards to improve your score • Enjoy colorful celebrations and responsive sound effects CardsBoard combines familiar poker hands with thoughtful puzzle strategy. No betting or real-money gambling—just cards, planning, and competition.

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Cards Boards3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cards Boards at none against Orbit's 7. Cards Boards also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). Orbit's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Cards Boards asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update every 2 months, Cards Boards every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Orbit versus Cards Boards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitCards Boards
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHIGHKEY GamesTaehyuk Kwon

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

Cards Boards

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

Cards Boards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cards Boards free?
Cards Boards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orbit or Cards Boards have ads?
Orbit shows ads; Cards Boards does not.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or Cards Boards?
Orbit ships an update every 2 months, and Cards Boards every 6 days. Most recently, Orbit was updated on November 3, 2026 and Cards Boards on September 28, 2026.

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