Comparison

Sandbox vs Damage Control

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

Head to head
About

Sandbox

Engage in a pixel art coloring experience with a vast library of images. This app offers a fun and educational activity for children and families, promoting creativity and skill development. Turn your own photos into pixel art or explore a free drawing mode.

Highlights
  • Pixel art coloring by number
  • Photo to pixel art conversion
  • Free drawing mode
  • Searchable art library
  • Magic Round Button for similar art
  • Art collections
  • Hints for interesting art
Features
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Welcome to the Sandbox Coloring Universe and be ready to become a lover of the coloring of tiny pixel art. Four facts about Sandbox: • Children feel how light, sweet and funny Sandbox is and that it's made just for them. It’s like cartoons, but they can participate in the performance, not only watch. • Parents know it’s a great way for the whole family to spend time together. No Ads. Only safe art. • Specialists know Sandbox is a great opportunity to work on your children’s or parents’ drawing and motor skills. • Teachers know Sandbox is a great way to teach their kids or students basic number recognition and how to use a legend. Features available for all: • Search whatever you want, fruits, lips, gadgets, cats or maybe easy art. Handy search feature filters all content for you. • Magic Round Button helps you to find similar art. Just try it and you'll love it. • Collections give you an opportunity to organize all your art in the app. • Free Drawing Mode lets you practice drawing pixel art. The best art will be featured. • Turning your photos from the gallery into pixel art. No words needed. • Hints highlight the most interesting art especially for you. The Sandbox membership gives you an access to all the tiny pixel art in the application. Try the 7 day trial period and if you enjoy Sandbox, do nothing and your membership automatically continues for as long as you choose to remain a member. The base subscription fee will be 2.99$/week after the 7 day trial period or 7.99$/month or 39.99$/year. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. An account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate of your selected plan. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings on the device. Terms of Service: https://sandbox.love/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://sandbox.love/privacy.html Best regards, Sandbox Team [with love]

About

Damage Control

Features
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You sent it to the wrong person. Now talk your way out. Damage Control is a texting game where every conversation has already gone wrong, and you type your way through it. There are no answer options. You write every message yourself, and the person on the other end reacts to what you actually said. They soften, they dig in, or they stop replying. THE SITUATIONS Six are free: • The Screenshot – you sent your girlfriend's mother a screenshot of what you said about her • That Wasn't For You, Boss • Left On Read For Four Days • I Said I Was Sick • You Weren't Invited • I Forgot, Again Four more are group chats, with two people texting you at once: • She Found The Other Chat • I Don't Remember Last Night • Her Parents Think We're Engaged • I Quit In The Wrong Group Chat Play the first three turns of any of them for free, then unlock one or all four together. Buy once and replay whenever you like. Every situation has three endings to find, details the other person only admits if you ask the right way, and a debrief that shows which of your messages helped and which one cost you. YOUR OWN: REHEARSE A REAL CONVERSATION Some conversations aren't a game. Asking your brother for the money back. Telling your boss no. Ending something. Say it here first, where getting it wrong costs nothing. Answer six short questions: who they are, what happened, what you want, what they do when it gets hard, how they text, and what you're dreading they'll say. Then have the conversation. They answer in their own voice and push back the way you said they would. Afterward, you see what you actually did: how many of your messages said the hard thing, where it got heated, the line that did the most work, and what you never said. Your first rehearsal is free. More come in packs of 3 or 10. Rehearsals are saved on your phone only, and are never ranked or shared. HOW IT WORKS • Live replies: the other person's messages are written by AI and answer your actual words. You choose whether to turn this on, and you can switch it off anytime in Settings. • With live replies off, everything runs on your phone with written replies. • No account, no ads, no subscriptions. It's a simulation, not a prediction. It can't tell you what someone will really say, and it isn't a substitute for professional help.

Screenshots

Sandbox3 screens
Damage Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sandbox and Damage Control are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Sandbox sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Damage Control sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sandbox versus Damage Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSandboxDamage Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (978K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings978K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAlexey GrigorkinAndreas Skyum Paulsen

Bugs and requests

Sandbox

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Palette not showing completed colors correctly
  • Zooming and panning issues
  • Offline mode issues

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add search bar to find specific pictures
  • Separate completed pictures from unfinished ones
  • Ability to import and color own photos
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Collaborative coloring with friends
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  • Tracking stats like total pictures colored

Damage Control

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Sandbox

Subscriptions5
  • Gorgeous Sandbox7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Sandbox.$3.491 Month
  • Pandy's Sandbox$7.991 Month
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  • Annual Sandbox.$19.491 Year
  • Handsome Sandbox$39.991 Year
7 purchases

Damage Control

One-time7
  • She Found The Other Chat$1.99
  • I Don't Remember Last Night$1.99
  • Her Parents Think We're Engaged$1.99
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  • I Quit In The Wrong Group Chat$1.99
  • All four situations$4.99
  • Three rehearsals$4.99
  • Ten rehearsals$12.99

Questions

Is Sandbox free?
Sandbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Damage Control free?
Damage Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sandbox or Damage Control have ads?
Neither Sandbox nor Damage Control shows ads.

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