Comparison

Physics Box vs Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

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

Head to head
About

Physics Box

Experiment with physics in a digital sandbox. Combine various objects and tools like thrusters, magnets, and antigravity to create unique contraptions and observe their interactions. Unleash your creativity to build complex machines and challenge yourself with scoring objectives.

Highlights
  • Add thrusters, ropes, magnets, and antigravity
  • Explode objects and apply forces
  • Toggle gravity on/off
  • Place static anchors
  • Link pieces together
  • Build scoring machines and pinball games
Features
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Physics Box is a physics toy box. Pick an object and put it in the play area. Combine and mix objects and see what happens. - Add thrusters, ropes, magnets and antigravity. - Tap to explode and apply forces to all nearby objects. - Turn gravity on or off. - Place static anchors. - Link pieces together. - Build an efficient bumper scoring machine and beat the high score. - Build a pinball machine? - Build a music machine? Use your imagination and most of all, have fun!

About

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

A 2D physics sandbox where you can build worlds, create custom characters, and experiment with over 100 elements including weapons and explosives. Mutilate fruit, cause natural disasters, and enjoy realistic physics in this offline simulation.

Highlights
  • 2D physics sandbox
  • Create custom characters
  • Over 100 elements for destruction
  • Realistic blood simulation
  • Build vehicles and machinery
  • Natural disaster simulation
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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Pure Gore is a 2D physics action sandbox & people playground simulation, where you can build your own world. You can create or use pre-built vehicles, machinery, rockets, bombs and most importantly mutilate melons (fruit) with one of the over 100 elements. You see... there is no border for creativity. The simulation is perfect for adults, who want to release emotions and love experimenting with physics. Satisfied with the world or item you built? Submit it. It may get added to community maps section. You get coins for playing the game, everything can be unlocked with coins. ## Features ## # PURE GORE: - Tear things by connecting them with a rope joint to a launching rocket or car, - smash melons with heavy blocks or melee weapons - shredder tomato's inside of a grinder, - crush and torture onions with pistons - or shoot lemons with an AK-47! - or have fun with ragdolls # RAGDOLLS / STICKMANS: You have the possibility to create your stickman by connecting different body parts to each other! You could create a doll with multiple heads and legs, everything is possible! # WEAPONS & EXPLOSIVES: Pure gore offers over 20 weapons/explosives, like nukes, AK-47´s, bazookas, lasers, grenades, knifes, spears, implosions bombs, black hole bomb´s... Every weapon has a different shoot behaviour and can be used to mutilate things. # BLOOD SIMULATION: The game is not just a people playground its also a blood simulation! You can let ragdoll´s bleed! That means if they get hurt they will start to bleed. JOINTS: Joints or Connectors can be used to build complex vehicles, buildings or machinery. You could build for example a grinder on wheels or ships, tanks... The game offers different joints like ropes, pistons, bolts, motors... # MORE FEATURES: - Tools: useful utilities, like detonators, erasers, gravity changers... - Nature: build Terrains, create natural disasters (tsunami, tornado, meteors, wind, earthquake...), - highly configurable: many sandbox elements can be customized (change color, adjust timers and more) - Physically objects like building materials, thrusters, black holes, balloons, glue, wheels, decoration... - offline game. No internet connection needed - great and realistic „Box2D“ physics - save the whole sandbox or just creations If you have any suggestions or problems, then join my discord or write me an email. Strong phones are are suggested to run the action sandbox smoothly! Now download the offline game, build some cool stuff and have fun in Pure Gore by Gaming-Apps.com (2022)

Screenshots

Physics Box4 screens
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Physics Box at none against Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)'s 5. Physics Box also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)'s advantage is ratings volume (969 vs 14). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Physics Box asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Physics Box against 4.6 for Pure Gore (Physics sandbox). That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) has 969 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 83% and 83% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Physics Box ships an update fortnightly, Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Physics Box versus Pure Gore (Physics sandbox): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhysics BoxPure Gore (Physics sandbox)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (14 ratings) — better4.6 (969 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better83.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14969 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB55 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLes BirdLukas Oertel

Customer experience

Physics Box

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

All ratings969 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews200 reviews
Positive83.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative11.0%

Bugs and requests

Physics Box

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Water maps causing screen to fade to black
  • Saved progress being lost due to glitches
  • Difficulty in spawning and controlling characters

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more character types and customization options
  • Improve the water and liquid physics
  • Increase the limit of objects that can be placed
  • Implement a red blood option

In-app purchases

None

Physics Box

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

One-time5
  • 250 Coins$0.99
  • 500 Coins$1.99
  • 1000 Coins$2.99
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  • 2000 Coins$3.99
  • 5000 Coins$7.99

Questions

Is Physics Box free?
Physics Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) free?
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Physics Box or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)?
Physics Box is rated higher. Physics Box averages 4.7 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) averages 4.6 from 969 ratings.
Do Physics Box or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) have ads?
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) shows ads; Physics Box does not.
Which is updated more often, Physics Box or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)?
Physics Box ships an update fortnightly, and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) every 7 months. Most recently, Physics Box was updated on October 11, 2026 and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) on October 18, 2026.

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