Comparison

Sandbox XL vs Pixel Creator

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

Head to head
About

Sandbox XL

Engage in a fun, physics-based sandbox game where you can interact with numerous elements like water, magma, and fire. Simulate natural phenomena to create volcanoes, lakes, and geysers, and enjoy experimenting with the laws of nature.

Highlights
  • Physics-based sandbox gameplay
  • Interact with water, magma, acid, sand, fire, gunpowder, oil, wood
  • Create volcanoes, lakes, seas, geysers
  • Simulate physical phenomena
  • Experiment with nature's laws
Features
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Have fun with Sandbox XL an addictive physics-based sandbox style game. You can interact with various elements such as water, magma, acid, sand, fire, gunpowder, oil, wood and more. Create volcanoes, lakes, seas, geysers by simulating physical phenomena and enjoying yourself with the nature's laws.

About

Pixel Creator

Explore a 2D physics sandbox with over 430 elements, including liquids, life, and machines. Create living ecosystems, trigger chain reactions, and unlock hundreds of recipes. Play fully offline with no ads or data collection.

Highlights
  • 430+ elements and 14 categories
  • Realistic physics engine
  • Living ecosystems and chain reactions
  • Pre-made scenes
  • Discovery Codex with recipes
  • Offline play
  • Goals and challenges
Features
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Pixel Creator is a 2D pixel physics sandbox. Drop sand, water, lava, plants, animals and 430+ elements onto the canvas and watch them flow, burn, freeze, grow and react. - 430 elements across 14 categories — terrain, liquids, life, powders, energy, nuclear, weapons, machines and more - Real physics: gravity, density, temperature, pressure, fire and chain reactions - Living ecosystems: food chains, pollination, decomposition — and a human-form zombie outbreak you can fight with fire or a vaccine - Ready-made scenes: forest pond, coral reef, village, rainy wetland, zombie street - Discovery Codex: place elements and trigger reactions to unlock them — hundreds of recipes to find - Goals & challenges to chase - Heat / state views, save slots, undo, sound and haptics - Fully offline. No account, no ads, no data collection — everything runs on your device Free to play. A one-time "Full Version" unlock opens every element, scene and challenge.

Screenshots

Sandbox XL4 screens
Pixel Creator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pixel Creator at 5.0 against Sandbox XL's 3.7. Pixel Creator also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Sandbox XL's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Sandbox XL sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pixel Creator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Creator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandbox XL has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sandbox XL ships an update every 3 weeks, Pixel Creator every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sandbox XL versus Pixel Creator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSandbox XLPixel Creator
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (53 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB2 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRaffaele Amuso云飞 张

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sandbox XL

One-time1
  • Remove ad$1.99
1 purchases

Pixel Creator

One-time1
  • Full Version$1.99

Questions

Is Sandbox XL free?
Sandbox XL is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Creator free?
Pixel Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sandbox XL or Pixel Creator?
Pixel Creator is rated higher. Sandbox XL averages 3.7 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Pixel Creator averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sandbox XL or Pixel Creator have ads?
Sandbox XL shows ads; Pixel Creator does not.
Which is updated more often, Sandbox XL or Pixel Creator?
Sandbox XL ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pixel Creator every 2 days. Most recently, Sandbox XL was updated on October 23, 2026 and Pixel Creator on October 25, 2026.

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