Comparison

Doodle Waddle vs Sandbox

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

Head to head
About

Doodle Waddle

Draw a character and then guide it through a chaotic platform adventure. No artistic skill is needed to create unique doodles and race to the finish line. Unleash your creativity with endless drawing possibilities.

Highlights
  • Draw custom characters
  • Platform adventure gameplay
  • No artistic skill required
  • Creative freedom
  • Color customization
Features
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Draw a doodle and watch it come to life! Doodle Waddle is a crazy and calamitous platform adventure where you first draw your character and then dash to the finish line. Waddle waddle. There's no need for artistic skills to have fun. Stick figures, silly sketches and a sense humour are all welcome. Charge up your creativity by switching up the colors. Draw the suggested word or go completely rogue and break all the rules. There… is… no… limit! Ready? Set. Doodle Waddle!

About

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.

Highlights
  • Element mixing and reaction discovery
  • World building with plants and weather
  • Physics experiments (fire, explosions)
  • Planet destruction mode
  • Life cycle simulation mode
Features
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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!

Screenshots

Doodle Waddle3 screens
Sandbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sandbox at 47% against Doodle Waddle's 0%. Sandbox also leads on ratings volume (9K vs 7) and rating (4.4 vs 4.1). Doodle Waddle's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sandbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Doodle Waddle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sandbox holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandbox has 9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Doodle Waddle's written reviews are positive against 47% of Sandbox's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Doodle Waddle versus Sandbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoodle WaddleSandbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (7 ratings)4.4 (9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews47.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings79K — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB204 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJG SoutheyTran Dinh Hung

Customer experience

Doodle Waddle

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral42.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Sandbox

All ratings8,772 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral5.1%
Negative10.9%
Written reviews670 reviews
Positive47.2%
Neutral9.9%
Negative43.0%

Bugs and requests

Doodle Waddle

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

None

Doodle Waddle

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sandbox

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Doodle Waddle free?
Doodle Waddle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sandbox free?
Sandbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Doodle Waddle or Sandbox?
Sandbox is rated higher. Doodle Waddle averages 4.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Sandbox averages 4.4 from 9K ratings.
Do Doodle Waddle or Sandbox have ads?
Sandbox shows ads; Doodle Waddle does not.

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