mySolar vs Pixel Sand
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mySolar
Become a celestial architect and shape your own solar system. Collect cosmic resources to expand your universe, conquer rival systems, and freely design your dream planets. Experience the power of creation and domination.
- Build your own solar system
- Collect God points (GP) and Mass points (MP)
- Defeat rival solars
- Absorb enemy resources
- Freely build planets
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Play as a God, build your own solar. Roaming the universe to collect GP (God point) and MP (Mass point) to grow your solar. Defeat all emery solars, absorb their resources. Freely build your dream planets.
Pixel Sand
Create and interact with a dynamic pixelated world. Simulate physics with sand, water, snow, and acid. Build structures and observe their reactions in this digital sandbox.
- Pixelated sand simulation
- Water physics and rain
- Snow that melts
- Acid for destruction
- Build dams and walls
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Pixel Sand will turn your device into a box full of pixelated grains of sand. Touch the screen to make sand fall. Play with water. Make it rain! Create dams, lay stocks of sand to protect them. Build walls and watch how sand falls through them. Play with snow, that will melt into water... ... and you can burn through anything with acid!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mySolar at 4.2 against Pixel Sand's 3.1. mySolar also leads on ratings volume (410 vs 11) and review sentiment (41% vs 32%). Pixel Sand's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. mySolar sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Pixel Sand asks for nothing beyond the download.
mySolar holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mySolar has 410 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of mySolar's written reviews are positive against 32% of Pixel Sand's.
mySolar ships an update every 3 months, Pixel Sand every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mySolar | Pixel Sand |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (410 ratings) — better | 3.1 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.1% of reviews — better | 32.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 410 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oscar Tsang | Patryk Zielinski |
Customer experience
mySolar
Pixel Sand
Bugs and requests
mySolar
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels not progressing properly after completing objectives
- Planets and upgrades disappearing after watching ads
- Inability to create binary or multi-star systems
Requested features
3 requests- Sandbox mode with more customization options
- Multiplayer or co-op gameplay
- Improved tutorial and onboarding
Pixel Sand
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
mySolar
- 30000 GP$2.99
- 80000 GP$5.99
- 150000 GP$9.99
Pixel Sand
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is mySolar free?
Is Pixel Sand free?
Which has better reviews, mySolar or Pixel Sand?
Do mySolar or Pixel Sand have ads?
Which is updated more often, mySolar or Pixel Sand?
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