Polar Rescue vs Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Polar Rescue
Steer a boat to rescue people from melting ice platforms. Navigate carefully to avoid icebergs and bring everyone safely to shore. Enjoy this fun and challenging rescue game.
- Steer boat with wheel
- Rescue people from ice platforms
- Avoid icebergs
- Reach the shore
- Simple finger controls
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Rescue as many people as you can from the melting ice platforms. Turn the wheel to steer the boat and bring everyone back to safety on the shore. HOW TO PLAY - Use your finger to turn the wheel and steer the boat. - Pass near platforms to rescue people. - Avoid crashing into icebergs. They'll sink your boat! - Reach the shore! Have fun playing Polar Rescue!
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 rating: Polar Rescue at 5.0 against Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox's 2.6. Polar Rescue also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (94 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Polar Rescue asks for nothing beyond the download.
Polar Rescue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox has 94 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Polar Rescue ships an update every 6 months, Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polar Rescue | Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.6 (94 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 22.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 94 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Henrique Silva | Serafim Katasonov |
Customer experience
Polar Rescue
Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox
Bugs and requests
Polar Rescue
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Polar Rescue
No in-app purchases
Fluid Ship Simulator Sandbox
- Premium$1.99
Questions
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