Pixel Cave 2018 vs Sandbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Cave 2018
Experience a retro-style flight simulator through a pixelated cave. Enjoy real-time synthesized music and simple one-touch controls for an immersive retro gaming experience.
- Retro pixel graphics and effects
- Real-time synthesized music
- One-touch control
- Flight simulation gameplay
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Retro-style simulator of flight through the pixel cave. Features: * pixel graphics and effects; * real-time synthesized music (using SunVox); * one touch control (just touch the screen to take off).
Sandbox
Explore a creative sandbox world where you can mix elements to discover their reactions and create dynamic environments. Experiment with physics, build structures, and witness exciting events like explosions and growth. New modes allow for planet destruction and life cycle simulation.
- Element mixing and reaction discovery
- World building with plants and weather
- Physics experiments (fire, explosions)
- Planet destruction mode
- Life cycle simulation mode
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Sandbox - Physics Simulation Do you curious what happened when lighting hit firework powder? Would you like to mix gas with gun powder and let them explode? Would you like to create a sandbox world, plant trees, flowers & watching them growing? Let download Sandbox game to enjoy a creative & relaxing game! You have many elements in game, you can mix them together & discover how them react to each other, how they turn to different form! You can build strong platform, grow your world, put fire, lighting, rain, plants,... on it! With SandBox you can create & destroy everything, you will find many exciting experiment: boil water, making rain, making fire & explosion,... Big Update: - new game mode Planet Destroy: use powerful weapons to destroy whole planet - new game mode Life Box: simulate real life cycle Let download & Relax with Sandbox!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixel Cave 2018 at 5.0 against Sandbox's 4.4. Pixel Cave 2018 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Sandbox's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (8.7K vs 6). On price 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. Sandbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixel Cave 2018 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pixel Cave 2018 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandbox has 8.7K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Pixel Cave 2018's written reviews are positive against 47% of Sandbox's.
Pixel Cave 2018 ships an update every 27 months, Sandbox monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 12, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel Cave 2018 | Sandbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.4 (8.7K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 47.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 8.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 204 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Zolotov | Tran Dinh Hung |
Customer experience
Pixel Cave 2018
Sandbox
Bugs and requests
Pixel Cave 2018
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sandbox
Reported bugs
3 issues- Certain elements not functioning as expected
- Saved files becoming corrupted
- Inconsistent performance and stability issues
Requested features
4 requests- Add more elements and materials to experiment with
- Implement a pause/speed up time feature
- Introduce a sandbox mode without any ads
- Allow users to save and load custom creations
In-app purchases
Pixel Cave 2018
No in-app purchases
Sandbox
- Remove Ads$3.99
