Orbit vs Tiny Planet Engineer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Gravity simulation puzzles
- Create stable orbits
- Sandbox mode for level creation
- Community-created levels
- Visual orbital mechanics
- Minimalist graphics and relaxing music
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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
Tiny Planet Engineer
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Tiny Planet Engineer is an offline island building and puzzle game about bringing small islands back to life with water and clean energy. Dig channels, raise or lower terrain and guide water to gardens. Connect water wheels, solar panels, cables and pumps to build working energy systems. Solve water flow and engineering puzzles by finding your own routes across each island. EXPLORE FIVE CAMPAIGN ISLANDS Progress from irrigation challenges to electricity generation and pumping water uphill. Restore dry gardens and bring nature back to your islands. BUILD FREELY IN SANDBOX MODE Create your own world, shape the terrain and design water and energy networks. Try different layouts, then undo or redo your changes as you explore new solutions. PLAY OFFLINE No internet connection or account is required. Your campaign progress and Sandbox worlds are saved locally on your device. • Water flow and engineering puzzles • Island building and terrain editing • Five campaign islands and Sandbox mode • Touch, drag and zoom controls • English and Turkish interface • No ads or in-app purchases
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tiny Planet Engineer at none against Orbit's 7. Tiny Planet Engineer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Orbit sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Tiny Planet Engineer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Orbit ships an update every 2 months, Tiny Planet Engineer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orbit | Tiny Planet Engineer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HIGHKEY Games | Fehmi Citilolu |
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
Tiny Planet Engineer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Orbit
- $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
Tiny Planet Engineer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Orbit free?
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Do Orbit or Tiny Planet Engineer have ads?
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