Comparison

Gravity Sandbox 2 vs Water Box

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Gravity Sandbox 2

Design and play unique levels by controlling gravity and using a variety of elements. Explore over 90 pre-made challenges in Labyrinth mode, with increasing difficulty and diverse gameplay.

Highlights
  • Create custom levels
  • Control gravity
  • Over 90 pre-made levels
  • Labyrinth mode
  • 20+ construction elements
  • Level import/export
Features
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Gravitational sandbox on your device. Create unique levels in the sandbox and control gravity by rotating the gadget. Or just play in more than 90 pre-made levels in the Labyrinth mode. *****Creator mode***** Use your imagination to create exciting and fun levels and play them. There are more than 20 elements with the unique possibilities for constructing creative levels. Elements: - Bronze ball - Tennis ball - Box - 3 types of platforms - Bounce ball - Fire ball - Magnet - Air ball - Teleport - Energetic door - Plate - Cross - Element generator - Random maze generator - Start - Finish - 2 types of speed lines - Brush You can change size and angle of some elements for additional possibilities to create more levels of your dreams. *****Labyrinth mode***** The point of Labyrinth mode is to guide a bronze ball to finish with the help of changing gravity. Play a large number of carefully designed levels with increasing difficulty in different level packs. Different levels of difficulty (easy, normal and hard) will allow you to concentrate on those that you can complete and improve your skills. Each player will find interesting levels - in addition to those requiring precision, some require ingenuity and logical thinking, and some are just fun. Additional features of Gravity Sandbox 2: * Change of gravity gives power to create even more unique levels * Export and import levels

About

Water Box

Explore realistic fluid dynamics and ragdoll physics in this sandbox playground. Sink ships, experiment with various liquids, and unleash destruction with a wide array of tools and elements. Build and test your creations in a detailed simulation environment.

Highlights
  • Realistic water and powder simulation
  • Ragdoll people playground experiments
  • Ship sinking and floating simulator
  • Gore and destruction simulator
  • Alchemy, fire, and chemical reactions
  • Build and share creations
Features
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People playground meets a floating sandbox games in this realistic water physics simulation! This water physics sandbox games lets you experiment with realistic fluid behavior, sink ships by using bomb explosions, and enjoy a ragdoll people playground built to simulate destruction. Features: Water Simulation & Powder Game - Simulate liquids like lava, petrol, oil, nitro, viruses, fireworks, and more – each with unique behaviors. - Enjoy a beautiful underwater sandbox games with up to 200,000 water particles. Ragdoll & People Playground - Discover the many unpredictable outcomes of ragdoll experiments! - Use virus liquids to infect them or make them go crazy with chemicals & mods. - Realistic gore ragdoll playground: they can walk, drown, burn, or react to your experiments. Ship Sinking Simulator & Floating Sandbox - Build ships from scratch or choose from pre-built ones like cargo ships, submarines, and even the Titanic. - Test their strength against waves, bombs, stormworks, floods, or tsunamis. - Watch ships float, sink, burn, or explode in realistic fashion. - The inbuilt ship sinking simulator is very sophisticated - Includes 50+ pre-built experiments and machines to explore. - Build and test your own ships, vehicles, titanic clones, tanks rockets and share mods in the new online workshop. - Construct using different materials like wood, rubber or stone. Gore Sandboxels & Destruction Simulator - Use explosives like nukes, grenades, and rockets to smash anything. - Unleash god-powers like airstrikes, tsunamis, stormworks, floods or firestorms. - Choose among an arsenal of weapons to wreak havoc against your subjects! Alchemy, Fire & Physics Sandbox - Experiment with different elements - like lava with nitro, or fire with petrol and watch how they react with water, like freezing or evaporating - Realistic temperature, fire, and chemical reactions. - Set things on fire and watch it spread; extinguish it with water or freeze it into ice. - All materials react uniquely – from flammable boats to explosive bombs. - A deep and detailed destruction simulator game. - the game includes many cool firework effects. Now have fun and relax while playing in this underwater powder game: build complex boats, machines or simulate chain reactions in this sandboxel. Players say this sanbox game has everything you would expect from an mobile algodoo alternative. Have ideas or issues? Send me an email! Note: A strong phone is recommended for the best experience. Download the sanbox game now, build something wild, and let the chaos begin! By Gaming-Apps.com (2025)

Screenshots

Gravity Sandbox 24 screens
Water Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Water Box at 4.8 against Gravity Sandbox 2's 3.0. Water Box also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 50%) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 3). Gravity Sandbox 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Gravity Sandbox 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Water Box sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Water Box holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Water Box has 1.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Gravity Sandbox 2's written reviews are positive against 92% of Water Box's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gravity Sandbox 2 versus Water Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGravity Sandbox 2Water Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews92.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31.8K — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB87 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperVladyslav VikulovLukas Oertel

Customer experience

Gravity Sandbox 2

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Water Box

All ratings1,741 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews597 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative4.7%

Bugs and requests

Gravity Sandbox 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Water Box

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Crashes frequently

Requested features

1 request
  • Make ships sink like in Floating Sandbox

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gravity Sandbox 2

One-time1
  • Premium Pack$2.99
10 purchases

Water Box

One-time10
  • Increase max water by 10000$2.99
  • 250 Coins$4.99
  • Creative Package 50% Discount$4.99
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  • Increase max water by 20000$4.99
  • 550 Coins$7.99
  • Creative Package$9.99
  • Increase max water by 50000$9.99
  • 1200 Coins$14.99
  • Increase max water by 100000$17.99
  • 2300 Coins$24.99

Questions

Is Gravity Sandbox 2 free?
Gravity Sandbox 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Water Box free?
Water Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gravity Sandbox 2 or Water Box?
Water Box is rated higher. Gravity Sandbox 2 averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Water Box averages 4.8 from 1.8K ratings.
Do Gravity Sandbox 2 or Water Box have ads?
Water Box shows ads; Gravity Sandbox 2 does not.

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