Comparison

Ball Push! vs Sand Unblock

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

Head to head
About

Ball Push!

A minimalist puzzle game where players launch balls into holes to fill them. It offers a relaxing experience with no time limits and can be played offline, making it accessible anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Launch balls into holes
  • Fill all holes
  • No time limits
  • Offline play
  • Minimalist design
  • Relaxing music and sounds
Features
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Ball Push is a challenging, exciting and sometimes infuriating minimalist puzzle game. Enjoy the world's most casual ball game for FREE! Let you enjoy the classic moments of childhood. Easy to play, and pleasurable game for all ages. •Launch the ball into holes. •Fill all of the holes •Don't worry! No time limits! NO TIME? NO WIFI? NO PROBLEM! Enjoy the game offline anytime and anywhere! ‣ Minimalist design ‣ Easy to play ‣ Relaxing music and sounds ‣ Exciting and addictive

About

Sand Unblock

Features
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Every level starts as a picture made of sand. One move later, it is a waterfall. Sand Unblock is a sliding-block puzzle with real falling sand. A drawing made of thousands of coloured grains rests on a wall of blocks. Drag the blocks out of the way, open a clear path, and the whole picture pours down through a steel funnel that sorts every grain by colour into its own glass bottle. Fill the bottles to the last grain and the level is yours. HOW IT PLAYS - Drag any block in any direction. Blocks never overlap and never leave the board. - Sand cannot pass through a block, and it never rests on one: it slides to the nearest edge and falls. - Open a full column from top to bottom and the whole picture rushes through at once. - The funnel sorts the grains by colour. One bottle per colour, filled perfectly flat. - A level is won only when 100% of the sand is bottled. 50 LEVELS, 50 PICTURES Flags, a rainbow, a heart, a rocket, a smiley, a goldfish: each level has its own sand painting, and each one ends up neatly sorted into bottles. The first levels take a single move. Later boards pack up to ten blocks and ask for a little planning, but never more than a handful of moves. It is a game for unwinding, not for getting stuck. NO STRINGS - No ads. Not one. - No purchases, nothing locked behind a paywall. - No account, no sign-in, no e-mail. - Plays offline, on the underground, on a plane, in a tunnel. Made for one hand and short sittings. Every level fits in a minute or two, and watching the sand fall is half the fun.

Screenshots

Ball Push!4 screens
Sand Unblock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sand Unblock at none against Ball Push!'s shown. Sand Unblock also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Ball Push!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ball Push! ships an update every 3 weeks, Sand Unblock weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ball Push! versus Sand Unblock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBall Push!Sand Unblock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (49 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews17.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings49 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXiamen Sixcube Information Technology Co., Ltd.Thibault Leduc

In-app purchases

None

Ball Push!

No in-app purchases

None

Sand Unblock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ball Push! free?
Ball Push! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sand Unblock free?
Sand Unblock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ball Push! or Sand Unblock have ads?
Ball Push! shows ads; Sand Unblock does not.
Which is updated more often, Ball Push! or Sand Unblock?
Ball Push! ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sand Unblock weekly. Most recently, Ball Push! was updated on October 21, 2026 and Sand Unblock on October 9, 2026.

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