Ship Handling Simulator vs Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ship Handling Simulator
Experience realistic ship handling, maneuvering, and mooring with tugboats. Pilot a vast array of vessels, from historical steamships to modern carriers, through challenging scenarios. Navigate narrow passages, avoid hazards, and master complex docking procedures.
- Realistic ship handling and maneuvering
- Mooring with tugboat assistance
- 30 detailed ship models
- Hazard navigation and AI vessel interaction
- Dynamic weather and environmental conditions
- Sandbox mode for custom levels
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Original simulator of ship-handling, maneuvering and mooring to a pier with tugboats. 30 high-detailed ships, included passenger ships, cruise liners, cargo ships, battleships and aircraft carriers, from historical steam ships of 19th century till modern nuclear. Realistic control of single and multi-screw vessels (including famous Titanic, Britannic 1874 and 1914, Carpathia, Mauretania, Aquitania, Californian) and azimuth propulsion. Maneuvering with thrusters. Mooring the vessel to the berth using two tugboats with separate control. Departure from the berth and arrive into target area. Narrow-swimming, bypass of hazards, minefields, passing with other AI vessels. Sea marks of hazards and channels according to international rules. Day and night modes, different environment and weather conditions, calm or storm water with ocean waves and icebergs. Sandbox mode. You can create and pass your own levels. Damage and sinking of ships at collisions, splitting in half while sinking.
Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox
Engage in realistic water physics simulations, build and destroy various watercraft, and experiment with environmental parameters like wave frequency and density. Create custom ships or structures and test their resilience with explosions and demolitions.
- Ship editor for custom builds
- Real-time destruction sandbox
- Adjustable water physics parameters
- Variety of bombs and explosions
- Build custom structures
- Launch ships in deep water
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Love physics simulation? Want some realistick water simulator? Do you like explosions and destructions too? Then Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox is for you Different simulations in one: Create boat or survival raft - build your own ship in editor or use a pre-built creaft. Sandbox in real time - you can destroy in this game too, use some explosions to demolish submarine! Liquid simulator - control various parameters of water to make it behave different (like wave frequency, speed, water tension, density etc). Create a tsunami, rise sea level or remove all water to build some hauses and destroy them later. Features: - sandbox, build a wall for inspection and throw bombs at it - launch your ship in deep water - Different level designs - Build your own boat in editor that allows you to set weight or even connection force - different types of bombs with different explosions - create different structures like house, tower or huge town... be creative. Now have fun with this physics game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ship Handling Simulator at 83% against Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox's 23%. Ship Handling Simulator also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox's advantage is price (Free vs $10.99) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). On device support and iOS requirement 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
Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox is free to download; Ship Handling Simulator costs $10.99 up front. Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ship Handling Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ship Handling Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 335 and 94 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Ship Handling Simulator's written reviews are positive against 23% of Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox's.
Ship Handling Simulator ships an update every 3 months, Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ship Handling Simulator | Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $10.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (335 ratings) — better | 2.6 (94 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.7% of reviews — better | 22.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 335 — better | 94 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 633 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksandr Turkin | Serafim Katasonov |
Customer experience
Ship Handling Simulator
Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox
User reviews
Ship Handling Simulator
From 335 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great ship simulation
- 👍 Realistic ship handling
- 👍 Detailed ship models
- 👍 Fun and challenging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🐛 Performance issues on some devices
- 🐛 Glitches with certain ship features
- 🔋 Battery drain concerns
Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox
From 94 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Realistic and fun
- 👍 Entertaining game
- 👍 Good for kids
- 👍 Has potential
Room to improve
- 👎 Thumbnail is a lie
- 👎 Trash physics
- 👎 Cannot sink ships
- 👎 Too many ads
- 👎 Inappropriate ads
Bugs and requests
Ship Handling Simulator
Reported bugs
4 issues- Icebergs not spawning in sandbox mode
- Telegraphs not loading on some ships
- Game crashing when sinking large ships
- Issues with ship speed controls
Requested features
6 requests- Add more ships (Lusitania, Queen Mary, Poseidon, etc.)
- Improve sinking animations (funnel collapse, split in half, etc.)
- Implement working lifeboats and passengers
- Add underwater view and ocean floor
- Introduce more gameplay modes (tug control, port management, etc.)
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- Improve graphics and water physics
Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox
Reported bugs
6 issues- Ads still present after purchase
- Premium purchase not applied
- Cannot save created ships
- Game doesn't let you play
- Settings are unreadable/unusable
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- Purchased full version not received
Requested features
12 requests- Add more ships
- Add the Titanic
- Add airplanes
- Add bigger ships
- Make ships sink
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- Improve ship physics
- Add compartments for sinking
- Add more options
- Add a tutorial/guide
- Make premium work
- Add more settings
- Make ships not break apart when moving
In-app purchases
Ship Handling Simulator
No in-app purchases
Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox
- Premium$1.99
Questions
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