# Melon: Sandbox — user reviews > 7,829 indexed App Store user reviews of Melon by Payge Ltd, rated 4.50/5 from 136,651 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/melon-sandbox/id1610874732/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/melon-sandbox/id1610874732.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 106,364 · 4★ 11,654 · 3★ 5,455 · 2★ 2,995 · 1★ 10,183 ## What do users think of Melon? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great mobile alternative to People Playground - 👍 Lots of creative possibilities - 🎨 Customizable characters and scenarios - 💡 Unique fruit/vegetable characters - 👍 Addictive and fun gameplay **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs with save system and resizing - 🔍 Limited camera controls - 🔍 Lack of detailed instructions - 🔋 Frequent ads interrupting gameplay - 🔍 Limited character and clothing options **Commonly reported bugs** - Saved creations glitching or disappearing - Resizing issues causing damage to characters - Ads with no close button, forcing app restart - Inconsistent character behavior and animations **Most requested features** - More character options (grapes, bananas, etc.) - Additional weapons, vehicles, and items - Ability to create custom maps - Improved physics and gore effects - Mod support and customization on iOS - Day/night cycles and weather effects - Multiplayer or online functionality ## Newest reviews (20 of 7,829) ### 3/5 — New update 5Th anniversary *2026-08-17* Trun and best ### 2/5 — Bad update *2026-08-14, version 37.1* Give us gifts that don't even open half of the time ### 5/5 — One word *2026-08-14, version 37.1* Good ### 2/5 — No ads *2026-08-14, version 37.1* I got an ad, it was fine but i got another ad 3 minutes later and repeated genuinely annoying. And bs stuff happening ### 5/5 — I love this game *2026-08-14, version 37.1* I love this game so freaking much ### 5/5 — So good *2026-08-14, version 37.1* I love this game, the gameplay and graphics are amazing, I play this every and it’s free!!!Also has basically no ads (there are some) so this is a must have!!!!!!!🫶🏻🫶🏻 ### 5/5 — Overall pretty good, but one thing. *2026-08-14, version 37.1* This game is totally great. I love playing it soooo much, butttt I have to say something about how many mods it can handle :( it’s sad to say but I only have like 15 mods and my game keeps crashing and freezing without me even placing anything down :( and now it can only handle the small map with no background :( I feel like this might just be a problem with my phone but it’s still pretty sad :( but if you ignore that is SOOO AWSOME :D yippeeee yippppeeee yippeeee :3 ✨🎉🪩😁😊 ### 5/5 — My story *2026-08-14, version 37.1* A bit crashy overtime but I don’t complain but ads for bit but I turned off my wifi made it free to play without ads if you turned the wifi off ### 5/5 — This game is way too good *2026-08-14, version 37.1* Best game ever ### 5/5 — I love it so much that I make YouTube videos of it *2026-08-13, version 37.1* mobile version of people playground honestly if I played people playground, this would be still way better ### 5/5 — This game is good just add multiplayer *2026-08-13, version 37.1* I love multiplayer games ### 5/5 — Silent mode on IOS bug *2026-08-13, version 37.1* So theres this bug with ios where i need to turn silent mode OFF just to hear audio in the game, please fix this because its annoying and because of that certain ads break the games audio which causes me to change my phone volume just for it to work. ### 3/5 — Control box is insanely hard to use *2026-08-13, version 37.1* My control box wasn’t working and I did when I typed in the code. It didn’t work no Time Machine and then eventually I got it but the Time Machine I typed in the right code cause I looked up and stuff it didn’t work. Can you make it easier to do it by just giving like a mode where it just automatically does it or something? ### 5/5 — Good *2026-08-13, version 37.1* 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃 ### 5/5 — PEAKKK *2026-08-13, version 37.1* EVEN PEAKERR ### 3/5 — I don’t like *2026-08-13, version 37.1* I’m paying for the other one, but I’m still getting an ad. This is a Scam. ### 5/5 — Melon is the greatest game destroy buildings download mobs Pokémon mobs everything. You can do every *2026-08-13, version 37.1* Well, Mellon is the best game in the world. Best game is better than Minecraft. ### 5/5 — Happy birthday *2026-08-13, version 37.1* I can’t believe this i love your birthday and the present happy birthday ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-08-13, version 37.1* Good game but why are the gift boxes so hard to open? ### 5/5 — Broooooo best game ever *2026-08-13, version 37.1* This is the best game ever it doesn’t need Wi-Fi and it’s addicting and fun so you should download it ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Feedback about Shop *2026-08-13, version 37.1* I like the concept of the shop, but there is a lot of slop and trash on there that needs to be filtered out. You could allow people to rate items or write reviews on them idk ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-08-13, version 37.1* It crashes my game for no reason and your gay ### 1/5 — Never released one which is multiple play it for me and anybody else but I am seriously mad *2026-08-13, version 37.0.1* Wish you will get lots of things in this update except one thing you idiot ### 1/5 — annoying bug that erases my copies *2026-08-12, version 37.0.1* hey um theres this annoying bug where when i copy an object, sometimes it just doesn’t paste, it makes me lose whatever i copied and i can’t get it back, please fix this i hate it ### 1/5 — . *2026-08-12, version 37.0.1* I can not get anything ### 1/5 — When I try get 300 Mel coins it won’t let me *2026-08-12, version 37.0.1* When I try get 300mel coins it won’t let me ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work as I try and then I get bombed by 27 adds in 30 minutes *2026-08-12, version 37.0.1* I try to do a simple test of if a rider can get thrown off a bike with a sniper but the Melon just explodes and can’t aim straight, it cant even look up! As I’m testing it his arm just flies off! The adds are also unbearable, they show scams for little kids to fall in to and I just play for like 2 minutes after an add and I get an add about some random gambling website or something for a 4 year old. ### 1/5 — Rip off of people playground *2026-08-12, version 37.0.1* This game is a rip off appeal Playground. I don’t know why people like it. Simple it’s better if you play when it’s literally 100% a rip off of it. ### 1/5 — Game gets worse and worse when it comes to ads *2026-08-12, version 37.0.1* Used to have like minimal ads now it’s full of them like way to many most ads out of any mobile game I’ve played in my whole life besides a few very poorly made games. But this game doesn’t suck it just has way to many ads making ts unplayable to me ### 1/5 — Good game at one point *2026-08-11, version 37.0.1* Loved it when there wasn’t ads literally every 5 mins ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Sehr gut *2026-08-19* Ich finde das Spiel sehr gut aber die Werbung ist etwas nervig ich habe mir auch einen 0,99 € gekauft wo ich keine Werbung mehr hab und Mell Coins bekommen habe aber irgendwie hab ich das Ganze nicht bekommen trotzdem geiles Spiel ### 5/5 — Nós ajude *2026-08-18* Cara esse jogo é muito bom (quer pegar uma arma? PODE não gosta da falta de conteúdo? USE MODS quer torturar uma pessoa inocente que a faz sofrer só para encher um ego seu usando um personagem que só revive para morrer? PODE🤠) O único problema é os anúncios mas sempre desativo o Wi-Fi ent isso não me afeta 10/10! ### 5/5 — Muito bom *2026-08-15* Tem alguns erros mas mesmo assim muito bom ### 5/5 — nice game *2026-08-14, version 37.1* good game ### 5/5 — It’s noice but *2026-08-14, version 37.1* Ads spawn in every 9 minutes but still goated game ### 5/5 — YASS NEW YORK UPDATE *2026-08-14, version 37.1* Thanks melon sandbox for the new update I've been in playing since the first update so yep🚡🚡🚡🚡 ### 5/5 — REVOEW AND QUESTION *2026-08-14, version 37.1* i love the game i realy can express my self and my creativity i love th end west update congrats on the 5 year thing but the question is i used to play people play ground but you dont use your game in one add ### 5/5 — Melon sandbox *2026-08-14, version 37.1* This game is perfect if you want no adds just turn off the internet and it’s best to play on iPad with this app try it out ! ### 5/5 — very cool game *2026-08-14, version 37.1* I love this game it’s so fun and you can do other stuff also happy anniversary ### 5/5 — Happy birthday to you *2026-08-14, version 37.1* Happy birthday to you 🫶 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*