Comparison

-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.

Head to head
About

-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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 2D physics sandbox
  • Create custom characters
  • Over 100 elements for destruction
  • Realistic blood simulation
  • Build vehicles and machinery
  • Natural disaster simulation
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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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)

Screenshots

-Bug Smash-4 screens
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

-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.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
-Bug Smash- versus Pure Gore (Physics sandbox): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter-Bug Smash-Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.6 (969 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews82.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1969 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB55 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperPreferred Mobile Applications, LLCLukas Oertel

Customer experience

-Bug Smash-

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

All ratings969 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews196 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative11.2%

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

None

-Bug Smash-

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

One-time5
  • 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?
-Bug Smash- costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) free?
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, -Bug Smash- or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)?
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) is rated higher. -Bug Smash- averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) averages 4.6 from 969 ratings.
Do -Bug Smash- or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) have ads?
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) shows ads; -Bug Smash- does not.
Which is updated more often, -Bug Smash- or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)?
-Bug Smash- ships an update every 14 months, and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) every 7 months. Most recently, -Bug Smash- was updated on June 3, 2026 and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) on September 23, 2026.

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