Comparison

Elemental Box vs Sandbox Zombies

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

Head to head
About

Elemental Box

Engage in a sandbox game focused on realistic physical simulations. Experiment with various shapes and materials to observe their unique interactions and transformations. This app offers a creative space for exploration and discovery through physics.

Highlights
  • Physical simulation
  • Material interaction
  • Shape manipulation
  • Sandbox gameplay
  • Real-time physics
Features
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Physical simulation game that enjoys real physical operation of each shape and change in each material.

About

Sandbox Zombies

Engage in chaotic battle simulations by creating custom levels with diverse units and a vast arsenal. Pit humans against monsters like vampires, werewolves, and ninjas, or combine their abilities for unique combat scenarios. Enjoy a regularly updated, ad-free experience with an optional one-time purchase for the full version.

Highlights
  • Custom level creation
  • Diverse unit types (humans, monsters, supernatural)
  • Hybrid unit abilities
  • Wide arsenal of weapons
  • Silly and unique weapon options
  • Regular updates
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Sandbox Zombies is an action level editor. With zombies in it. Carefully set up your own elaborate scenarios, or just revel in causing chaos. With no innate goal, Sandbox Zombies trusts you to find fun in creativity and mischief. No ads and no internet required. Sandbox Systems: - Factions: Humans can fight humans too! There are 12 factions and you can edit who fights who. - Territory: Many units will try to claim territory for their faction, and this funnels units towards where the action is. - Modifiers: Units can be given a wide variety of modifiers such Invisibility, Armor, Vampirism, and much more. Many modifiers can be combined. - Spawners: Keep units respawning forever. So the battle can be endless while you just sit back and watch. - Electric Grid: Connect power sources (such as sensors and solar panels) to powered terrain (such as turrets, doors, spawners, lures, capture points, and more) to turn them on, or even make a certain faction control them. - Ground Mess: Bullet casings, scorch marks from explosions, and (depending on your settings) blood and guts from the injured will gradually paint the floor. You can wipe it clean by hand. - Day/Night Cycle: A Sun and Moon orbit the level separately, and can affect some units and terrain. - Offline Level Sharing: The entire sandbox data can be encoded into text for easy no-internet-required cross-platform sharing. - Controller Support: Optionally plug in a controller to take over any number of units and turrets at once and control them in the style of a twin stick shooter. Hand the controller to a friend and that's asymmetric local multiplayer. Support for multiple controllers is planned. Sandbox Content: - Normal Weapons: Shotguns, Rocket Launchers, Uzis, Miniguns, Smgs, Assault Rifles, Snipers, Revolvers, Flamethrowers, Swords - Silly Weapons too: Teleporter Guns, Paintball Guns, Frost Thrower, Zombification-Injector Guns, Braimwormifiers - Units: Humans, Ghouls, Mummies, Skeletons, Witches, Demons, Angels, Ninjas, Ghosts. And most of those can also be either Werewolves or Vampires on top of that! And zombified on top of that! - Terrain: Turrets, Crates, Explosive Crates, Sandbags, Barbed Wire, Mud, Fog, Doors, Lures, Sensors, Capture Points, Solar Panels - Units can be given extra modifiers: Metal Armor, Wings, Invincibility, Invisibility, Regeneration, Being On Fire, Being Frozen, Locust Breath, Emergency Teleport, Divinity, Brainworms, Vampirism, Lycanthropy, Zombification - And much more! There's just a one-time purchase for extra content, but the basic game is free so jump in and start causing chaos!

Screenshots

Elemental Box4 screens
Sandbox Zombies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Elemental Box at none against Sandbox Zombies's 2. Sandbox Zombies's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 months). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sandbox Zombies sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Elemental Box asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Elemental Box against 4.3 for Sandbox Zombies. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandbox Zombies has 324 ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Elemental Box's written reviews are positive against 84% of Sandbox Zombies's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elemental Box ships an update every 4 months, Sandbox Zombies every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Elemental Box versus Sandbox Zombies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElemental BoxSandbox Zombies
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (63 ratings)4.3 (324 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews83.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings63324 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB46 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDAN-BALLMOSS RED LLC

Customer experience

Elemental Box

All ratings63 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral7.9%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive72.1%
Neutral14.0%
Negative14.0%

Sandbox Zombies

All ratings324 ratings
Positive81.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews237 reviews
Positive83.5%
Neutral8.4%
Negative8.0%

Bugs and requests

Elemental Box

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sandbox Zombies

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes when playing for extended periods
  • Inability to restore premium purchases after reinstallation
  • Spawner and control issues when reaching entity limit

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more weapons and units
  • Implement unit control and customization
  • Increase map size and entity limit
  • Introduce destructible terrain and buildings
  • Add sound effects and background music
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  • Implement save/load functionality
  • Add vehicles and transportation options

In-app purchases

None

Elemental Box

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Sandbox Zombies

One-time2
  • Sandbox Zombies Unlocked$4.99
  • Sandbox Zombies Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Elemental Box free?
Elemental Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sandbox Zombies free?
Sandbox Zombies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Elemental Box or Sandbox Zombies?
Sandbox Zombies is rated higher. Elemental Box averages 4.2 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Sandbox Zombies averages 4.3 from 324 ratings.
Do Elemental Box or Sandbox Zombies have ads?
Elemental Box shows ads; Sandbox Zombies does not.
Which is updated more often, Elemental Box or Sandbox Zombies?
Elemental Box ships an update every 4 months, and Sandbox Zombies every 11 days. Most recently, Elemental Box was updated on October 16, 2026 and Sandbox Zombies on October 8, 2026.

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