Block Earth vs Sandblox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Block Earth
Create and explore 3D block worlds and mini-games with realistic graphics and animals. Build your own games, ride fantastical creatures, or play with friends locally. Share your creations with a global community.
- Build games and sandbox worlds
- Explore thousands of worlds and games
- Realistic animals and advanced shading
- Ride horses, boars, or dragons
- Build railways and roller coasters
- Local multiplayer
- Share worlds and games
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Block Earth is a 3D app for building games, browsing and sharing worlds and mini-games. It works in a Minecraft-style world of blocks, with realistic animals and advanced shading. Download to explore thousands of worlds and games, or build games of your own. Don't just build a house — build a game. Add buttons, switches, and doors that open when your friend answers a riddle. Set a checkpoint race against the clock. Turn goblins loose in your dungeon. Then share it, and watch other players complete it. Ride horses, wild boars, or even a dragon (if you can land on one). Build a railway or a roller coaster to ride. Explore Standard, Flat, and Alien worlds — lit, weathered, and alive at any time of day. Play with friends on a wifi network, or go solo through a catalog of thousands of worlds and games made by other players. FEATURES * Make mini-games: triggers, races, story scrolls, and goblin encounters * Thousands of worlds and games to explore and download * High-end lighting, weather, and realistic animals * Ride horses, wild boars, or dragons * Jetpack and rocket launcher * Share worlds and games with the world "Wow!!! - Well now, I have Minecraft & I'm addicted to it, but this - is out of this world!! Graphics 100% better than the former... Minecraft watch out, you have a very serious rival." - catnipqueen "I love how there is nowhere near as many ads as any other games! It gives you soo many block choices..."
Sandblox
Explore a blocky world, mine resources, and craft items to repair your spaceship. Embark on an adventure to discover new worlds with your pickaxe.
- Block world exploration
- Resource mining
- Item crafting
- Spaceship repair
- Inter-world travel
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You arrive into a block land only equiped with your dear pickaxe. Collect all kinds of material, repear many building and explore the new world. Use your hardly collected resources to craft all the one you need to repear your spaceship and go to a new world!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sandblox at 5.0 against Block Earth's 4.4. Sandblox also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 16) and ads (none vs shown). Block Earth's advantage is ratings volume (2.2K vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Block Earth sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Sandblox asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sandblox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Earth has 2.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Block Earth | Sandblox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.2K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 300 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Choofun Games AB | Ristretto Studios |
Customer experience
Block Earth
Sandblox
Bugs and requests
Block Earth
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when switching between worlds
- Blocks disappearing or not saving properly
- Inability to rejoin or continue previous sessions
- Ads causing the app to freeze or close unexpectedly
Requested features
5 requests- Add more animals to tame and ride
- Implement a save/load system for worlds
- Introduce multiplayer functionality
- Expand block and building options
- Improve overall performance and stability
Sandblox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Block Earth
- Alien World$0.99
- Doodle World$0.99
- Retro World$0.99
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- Super Jetpack$0.99
- Upload Worlds$0.99
- Pile of Materials$0.99
- Small Pack$0.99
- Full Game with Essentials Pack$1.99
- Essentials Pack$2.99
- Trigger Pack$2.99
- Story Pack$2.99
- Race Pack$2.99
- Goblin Pack$2.99
- Full Game$3.99
- Full Game with Essentials Pack$4.99
- Pro Version$5.99
Sandblox
No in-app purchases
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