-Bug Smash- vs Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
-Bug Smash-
Smash invading bugs on a lawn by matching their color to the correct spot on the grid. Aim for a high score across four difficulty levels. Protect your house from the creeping pests.
- Bug smashing gameplay
- Color-matching mechanics
- Grid-filling objective
- Four difficulty levels
- High score pursuit
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The bugs have invaded the lawn. Smash them into squishy-ness. Without your help....they'll get into the house! Smash the right bug on the right color to fill the grid and get the high score! 4 different difficulty levels! Novice - Beginner - Experienced - Expert
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
A 2D physics sandbox where you can build worlds, create custom characters, and experiment with over 100 elements including weapons and explosives. Mutilate fruit, cause natural disasters, and enjoy realistic physics in this offline simulation.
- 2D physics sandbox
- Create custom characters
- Over 100 elements for destruction
- Realistic blood simulation
- Build vehicles and machinery
- Natural disaster simulation
- Offline gameplay
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Pure Gore is a 2D physics action sandbox & people playground simulation, where you can build your own world. You can create or use pre-built vehicles, machinery, rockets, bombs and most importantly mutilate melons (fruit) with one of the over 100 elements. You see... there is no border for creativity. The simulation is perfect for adults, who want to release emotions and love experimenting with physics. Satisfied with the world or item you built? Submit it. It may get added to community maps section. You get coins for playing the game, everything can be unlocked with coins. ## Features ## # PURE GORE: - Tear things by connecting them with a rope joint to a launching rocket or car, - smash melons with heavy blocks or melee weapons - shredder tomato's inside of a grinder, - crush and torture onions with pistons - or shoot lemons with an AK-47! - or have fun with ragdolls # RAGDOLLS / STICKMANS: You have the possibility to create your stickman by connecting different body parts to each other! You could create a doll with multiple heads and legs, everything is possible! # WEAPONS & EXPLOSIVES: Pure gore offers over 20 weapons/explosives, like nukes, AK-47´s, bazookas, lasers, grenades, knifes, spears, implosions bombs, black hole bomb´s... Every weapon has a different shoot behaviour and can be used to mutilate things. # BLOOD SIMULATION: The game is not just a people playground its also a blood simulation! You can let ragdoll´s bleed! That means if they get hurt they will start to bleed. JOINTS: Joints or Connectors can be used to build complex vehicles, buildings or machinery. You could build for example a grinder on wheels or ships, tanks... The game offers different joints like ropes, pistons, bolts, motors... # MORE FEATURES: - Tools: useful utilities, like detonators, erasers, gravity changers... - Nature: build Terrains, create natural disasters (tsunami, tornado, meteors, wind, earthquake...), - highly configurable: many sandbox elements can be customized (change color, adjust timers and more) - Physically objects like building materials, thrusters, black holes, balloons, glue, wheels, decoration... - offline game. No internet connection needed - great and realistic „Box2D“ physics - save the whole sandbox or just creations If you have any suggestions or problems, then join my discord or write me an email. Strong phones are are suggested to run the action sandbox smoothly! Now download the offline game, build some cool stuff and have fun in Pure Gore by Gaming-Apps.com (2022)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) at 83% against -Bug Smash-'s 0%. Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.6 vs 1.0). -Bug Smash-'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) is free to download; -Bug Smash- costs $0.99 up front. Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. -Bug Smash- asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) has 969 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of -Bug Smash-'s written reviews are positive against 83% of Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)'s.
-Bug Smash- ships an update every 14 months, Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | -Bug Smash- | Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (969 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 82.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 969 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Preferred Mobile Applications, LLC | Lukas Oertel |
Customer experience
-Bug Smash-
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
Bugs and requests
-Bug Smash-
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
Reported bugs
3 issues- Water maps causing screen to fade to black
- Saved progress being lost due to glitches
- Difficulty in spawning and controlling characters
Requested features
4 requests- Add more character types and customization options
- Improve the water and liquid physics
- Increase the limit of objects that can be placed
- Implement a red blood option
In-app purchases
-Bug Smash-
No in-app purchases
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
- 250 Coins$0.99
- 500 Coins$1.99
- 1000 Coins$2.99
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- 2000 Coins$3.99
- 5000 Coins$7.99
Questions
Is -Bug Smash- free?
Is Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) free?
Which has better reviews, -Bug Smash- or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)?
Do -Bug Smash- or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) have ads?
Which is updated more often, -Bug Smash- or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)?
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