AR Moon vs Sandbox Planet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AR Moon
Explore the lunar surface through an augmented reality portal on your iPhone. Help an astronaut complete missions, overcome challenges, and escape dangers on a mysterious Moon.
- Augmented reality lunar exploration
- Interactive astronaut missions
- Solve lunar rover challenges
- Escape dangers on the Moon
- Explore mysterious lunar surface
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AR Moon is an AR app about the space, it uses your iPhone lens to show doors to the Moon, you will be brought to the surface of mysterious Moon. Damaged lunar rover, missing energy sources. Can you help the astronaut accomplish his missions and escape from dangers? Action now!
Sandbox Planet
Create and customize your own solar systems and planets. Emulate the development of the universe with highly detailed simulation tools. Build any celestial body you can imagine.
- Solar system simulation
- Planet building
- Universe emulation
- Customizable creation
- Celestial body design
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Simulate real solar system Emulate universe develop, build any planet you want. Highly customizable, bulid your own solar system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sandbox Planet at 4.5 against AR Moon's 3.2. Sandbox Planet also leads on ratings volume (303 vs 5). AR Moon's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (80% vs 52%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. AR Moon sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Sandbox Planet sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sandbox Planet holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandbox Planet has 303 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of AR Moon's written reviews are positive against 52% of Sandbox Planet's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AR Moon ships an update fortnightly, Sandbox Planet every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | AR Moon | Sandbox Planet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (303 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 51.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 303 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 238 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Augmreal Technology Co., Ltd. | Oscar Tsang |
Customer experience
AR Moon
Sandbox Planet
Bugs and requests
AR Moon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sandbox Planet
Reported bugs
8 issues- Advertisements have non-functional close buttons
- App crashes frequently
- Video ads for currency don't load
- Bug with GP conversion where it decreases
- Daytime interface is too bright
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- Some options do not charge GP as expected
- In-app purchases are confusing
- Black hole physics seem off
Requested features
7 requests- Random planets and stars should spawn
- Add currency earning methods
- Allow naming of planets
- Add more content
- Make the game harder
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- Add more slots for creations
- Provide instructions or tutorials
In-app purchases
AR Moon
- Unlock All Stages$0.99
- unlock all the stars$2.99
Sandbox Planet
- 5000 GP$1.99
- Remove Ad$2.99
- 25000 GP$5.99
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- 50000 GP$9.99
- 120000 GP$19.99
- 200000 GP$29.99
