Extra Lives vs Sandbox City
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Extra Lives
Survive a zombie-infested world by developing relationships with characters and exploring diverse locations. Engage in satisfying combat and customize your experience with various gameplay options. Upgrade for enhanced features and enjoy a unique survival simulation.
- Zombie survival gameplay
- Relationship development with 200 characters
- Explore 50+ locations
- Interactive objects
- Above-average combat system
- Character customization
- Adjustable zombie population
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See how long you can survive in a world full of brainless zombies and heartless humans! Develop unique relationships with 200 other characters spread across 8 warring factions - each with their own beliefs about what the problem is and how to solve it. Explore over 50 different locations on your journey to restore order to every corner of the city, with hundreds of interactive objects to help you along the way. Featuring an above-average combat system from the Wrestling Revolution series, tearing enemies apart has never been so satisfying! Although the game is mostly free to play, you can upgrade to "infinitely" enhance your experience. Start with a character of your creation and save your changes to all others to make the world your own. You can even choose how many zombies you start with to either dive in at the deep end or ensure a slow build. Full access to the special "Deathmatch" mode also gives you all the fun of slaying zombies with none of the pressure! HOW TO PLAY Players of previous games may need to take the time to adjust to the new control system, which distinguishes between the left or right hands: * The RED fist buttons allow you to ATTACK from either side. * The BLUE hand buttons allow you to PICK-UP or DROP with either hand (hold a direction to THROW). + Pressing BOTH buttons on either SIDE will attempt to USE what is in that hand - such as eating food or reading books (notice that some actions may cause you to swap hands to use them properly). + Pressing BOTH pick-up buttons together will COMBINE the objects you have in each hand or nearby on the ground. Both hands can also be used to pick up larger furniture so long as they are empty and there is nothing closer to handle. + Pressing BOTH attack buttons together will attempt to GRAB your opponent (press again to release or any other combination of buttons to execute moves). + DOUBLE-TAP any direction to RUN. - Touch the HEALTH METER to SLEEP when your energy is low. - Touch the CLOCK to PAUSE - where you can exit or access other options. I regret that there's more to this game than could ever be explained here, so please look out for additional hints in the game itself.
Sandbox City
Explore an open-world city filled with pedestrians, zombies, and traffic. Engage in combat with various weapons, drive numerous AI vehicles, and earn money to upgrade your gear. Customize graphics and settings to your preference to prevent a zombie apocalypse.
- Open-world city exploration
- Combat with various weapons
- Drive multiple AI vehicles
- Earn in-game currency
- Customize game settings
- Zombie survival
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Welcome to Sandbox City! Run and drive freely through a lively city full of pedestrians, zombies, and traffic in first or third person. Punch zombies or run them over to save the people of Sandbox City. Equip yourself to survive with weapons such as the MP-40, grenades, baseball bats, and more. Jump into different AI vehicles, including taxis, police cars, ambulances, vans, and more. Earn money by taking down enemies in melee, from range, or behind the wheel. Spend it in the Shop to unlock better gear. Tune the game for your device and preferences. Graphics quality, shadows, view distance, anti-aliasing, and post effects can be changed at any time. Prevent the zombie apocalypse! Defend the city at all costs! And join the community on Discord from the main menu.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sandbox City at 4.6 against Extra Lives's 4.1. Sandbox City also leads on ratings volume (9.2K vs 1.6K) and device support (4 vs 2). Extra Lives's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Extra Lives sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sandbox City sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sandbox City holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandbox City has 9.2K ratings behind it against 1.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Extra Lives's written reviews are positive against 71% of Sandbox City's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Extra Lives ships an update every 8 days, Sandbox City every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Extra Lives | Sandbox City |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (1.6K ratings) | 4.6 (9.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews — better | 70.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K | 9.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 208 MB |
| Age rating | +17 | 12+ |
| Developer | MDickie Limited | Yilmaz Kiymaz |
Customer experience
Extra Lives
Sandbox City
User reviews
Extra Lives
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Fun to play
- 💡 Unique concept
- 👍 Lots of customization
- 👍 Realistic gore and dismemberment
Room to improve
- 🐛 Clunky controls
- 🐛 Aggressive and unreasonable NPCs
- 🐛 Unfair combat mechanics
- 🐛 Slow character recovery time
- 🐛 Repetitive dialogue and quests
Sandbox City
From 9.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun gameplay
- 🚀 Realistic physics
- 💡 Unique concept
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 💰 Excessive in-app purchases
- 🔍 Lack of content variety
Bugs and requests
Extra Lives
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game crashing after ads
- Disappearing character limbs
- Inability to restore purchases
- Automatic movement/actions
- Inconsistent NPC reactions
Requested features
8 requests- 3D version of the game
- More weapon and character variety
- Improved AI and NPC behavior
- Ability to skip dialogue
- Online/multiplayer mode
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- More locations and environments
- Customizable character creation
- Adjustable hunger/survival mechanics
Sandbox City
Reported bugs
3 issues- Glitches when using guns
- Pedestrians getting stuck in objects
- Inconsistent vehicle physics
Requested features
6 requests- More weapons and combat options
- Ability to enter buildings
- Larger map and more locations
- Multiplayer mode
- Customizable player characters
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- Improved AI behavior
In-app purchases
Extra Lives
- Infinite Lives$2.99
Sandbox City
- Man (Hoodie) Character Skin$0.99
- Man (Jacket) Character Skin$0.99
- Man (Police) Character Skin$0.99
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- Sedan$0.99
- Police Car$0.99
- SUV$0.99
- Van$0.99
- Small Money Pile$0.99
- Large Money Pile$3.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
Questions
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