# Sand in a Box: Magic Pixel Art — user reviews > 90 indexed App Store user reviews of Sand in a Box by Patryk Zielinski, rated 3.90/5 from 266 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sand-in-a-box-magic-pixel-art/id385916837/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sand-in-a-box-magic-pixel-art/id385916837.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 162 · 4★ 29 · 3★ 16 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 46 ## What do users think of Sand in a Box? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 😍 Satisfying physics and visuals - 🎨 Creative sandbox gameplay - ⚡ Smooth falling sand mechanics - 🧪 Interesting element interactions - 👶 Simple and intuitive controls - 🎯 Good for casual entertainment **Cons** - 💰 Excessive paywall and monetization - 📺 Too many ads - 😴 Limited content and materials - 🔄 Repetitive and gets boring quickly - 🎮 Fewer features than competitors - 📱 Missing Android version - 🏷️ Misleading marketing claims - ⚙️ Limited gravity/tilt mechanics **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent crashes on startup and during gameplay - Water physics glitches and screen freezing - Acid interactions causing screen glitches - Poor performance and low frame rates - Gravity only works in 4 directions, not diagonally - Water takes too long to level out - Incompatibility with older devices **Most requested features** - More materials and elements (acid, fire, metal, wood, oil, TNT, etc.) - Unlock free content instead of paywalls - Better graphics and 3D improvements - Level-based gameplay or challenges - Diagonal gravity/tilt controls - More color options for backgrounds - Android app restoration - Better water physics differentiation - In-app tutorial or menu - More tools and interactive objects ## Newest reviews (10 of 90) ### 3/5 — Good *2022-11-22, version 5.41* I feel like they should add more things that don’t cost money. But is a good game over all. ### 4/5 — Great game but… *2022-11-05, version 5.41* I wish you wouldn’t have to pay for ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. and also ADD MORE STUFFFFFFFF ### 4/5 — Wish more things *2021-03-30, version 5.00* I wish more things and I didn’t like the locked things why do you have to pay for thing?? I don’t like it! ### 4/5 — its fun *2020-12-13, version 5.00* but i think it needs more stuff. im still good with the current options though. it would be cool if everything was free... ### 2/5 — Bruh *2020-11-01, version 5.00* I came back after a while and o have to pay for everything 😕 ### 3/5 — Good *2020-09-30, version 5.00* I wish the chemicals were labeled. ### 5/5 — Best BEST EVERRRR 💕 *2020-09-12, version 5.00* BEST GAME EVER! I tried getting my old sandbox but I chose this one instead, I rated it 5 but it actually means infinity 💕💕💕 I xxx this! Also bad comments ARE RUDE! I hate em ppl :•| ### 4/5 — Not sure what happend *2020-09-09, version 5.00* When I was playing this game the water was shaking a lot so I erased it and did it again. I put some acid on the water and it glitched my whole screeen. Please fix this ### 4/5 — Needs some work *2020-08-27, version 5.00* So I was excited because it had more updates but my disappointment came back in because you had to pay for the stuff and I do not think my parents would do it. Also, it was as slow as usual and you cannot tilt the materials. You guys said “ 35 materials “ but the materials were locked until bought. I would recommend up tasing the changes to this and like I said to unlock the materials cuz I was really interested in the rainbow sand. I wouldn’t really recommend to friends. Hope this was helpful! :> ### 2/5 — Add more stuff *2020-08-08, version 5.00* Overall it’s boring ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Its not the best *2025-10-30, version 5.50* So i got into the game thinking oh, this is gonna be a great SandBox game but there’s literally three elements like there’s nothing else to do and then you have to unlock them with three dollars like I can go to on to my browser. Search up SandBox game and get away high-quality game that runs better and it’s free maybe if you give me the three dollar thing I’ll leave better in review👍 ### 1/5 — CACA💩 *2024-08-15, version 5.41* Es una BASURA tienes que pagar por todo borrenlo es muy aburrido 0 estrellas ### 1/5 — Bad game to much money *2021-01-04, version 5.00* I hate this game because to much money gold digger. ### 1/5 — Just ads *2020-12-30, version 5.00* Ads,ads,ads,ads,ads and more ads really is just ads!!!!!!! ### 1/5 — This is just a ripoff *2020-11-20, version 5.00* Ok, so a while back I got bathos game called sand : box on Android. This game is just a cheap replica of that! They don’t make you pay for almost anything, and what you do pay for is super cheap! Also, the original game had no ads whatsoever. If you want a good sandbox experience and have an android, look up “Sand:Box” on the play store. ### 1/5 — Un asco *2020-10-17, version 5.00* Casi todo vale dinero i enrealidad doi un 0 al juego pero no se poner 0 ### 1/5 — RATEING *2020-10-17, version 5.00* So I like the old game better there was more things and u could do more and let’s be honest no one really wants to pay 3.99 for a stupid game so u can do more so I hope it goes bk the old way it was ! ### 1/5 — You’re pissing me off *2020-09-07, version 5.00* REMOVE THE ADS GODAMMIT!!! ### 1/5 — Needs a lot more fun items and ones that work together *2020-08-09, version 5.00* Too few items, too similar and silly, diversity minimal, and the synergy awful :( ### 1/5 — Bad *2020-07-08, version 5.00* To many ads also most content is locked behind paywall ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — ☀️🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲 *2026-01-09, version 5.50* yuvia ### 5/5 — So good❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ *2025-02-20, version 5.41* So good because it’s DIY game and is so satisfying to watch. Especially acid demolishing the brick. Also loved the patterns you can make. ### 5/5 — This is a very cool game *2022-10-27, version 5.41* I really like this game I played a lot ### 5/5 — good *2022-09-16, version 5.40* Yiggedy yo can u please put in sum more tools yo? ### 5/5 — Android Support. *2022-07-30, version 5.30* I love this game a lot! However, it’s not on android. I saw it there before though, why did you remove it? Can you add it back? Besides that, this game is fun. ### 5/5 — This is the best game in the world *2022-03-13, version 5.25* This game is so amazing I can’t stop playing that I play it every day ### 5/5 — Sand Fall is back! *2021-12-18, version 5.25* Best sand fall game on iPhone! Tons of selectable sands! Really solid physics. Bricks and sponges! Concrete and funnels! Hot sand, cold sand, water, fire, and sand sand! You can (Grow sand). Hope you enjoy. ### 5/5 — Malo *2021-11-24, version 5.25* Es muyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy mAlo tienes que pagar por casi todo ### 5/5 — ❤️ *2021-02-06, version 5.00* So satisfying and cool. ### 5/5 — It’s awesome but it should have more things *2021-01-24, version 5.00* I love how I can create a bunch of things and destroy them and create even more would it be way cooler if it had more elements and more materials --- *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 2026-08-22.*