Comparison

Sandbox vs Demolition Desert

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

Head to head
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!

About

Demolition Desert

Engage in a realistic destruction simulator where you can unleash stress by demolishing structures. Control time, utilize various weapons, and build your own maps in a sandbox environment.

Highlights
  • Physically realistic destruction simulation
  • Slow-motion and time control
  • Variety of destructive weapons
  • 45 levels and map editor
  • Sandbox mode with unlimited weaponry
  • Build custom maps with different materials
Features
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Destruction simulation Physically realistic simulator of destruction: release your stress, just chill out and destroy contractions! Main features: Slow-motion - You have the full control over the time rate: slow it down, increase the speed or just stop the simulation Guns - Missile - Dynamite - Tornado - Cascade grenade - Lightning Maps - 45 levels (more coming soon) Map editor - Build your own maps - With different materials Sandbox - Control time flow - Just have fun with unlimited weaponry and destroy! Simulator I have created this game for our personal needs - always dreamed of the game that allows you to destroy buildings, but there wasn't any, sooo... had to do one myself : )

Screenshots

Sandbox4 screens
Demolition Desert4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sandbox at 47% against Demolition Desert's 0%. Sandbox also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (9.1K vs 9). Demolition Desert's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Demolition Desert sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sandbox holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandbox has 9.1K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Sandbox's written reviews are positive against 0% of Demolition Desert's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sandbox versus Demolition Desert: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSandboxDemolition Desert
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (9.1K ratings) — better3.6 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews47.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9.1K — better9
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size215 MB126 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTran Dinh HungSerafim Katasonov

Customer experience

Sandbox

All ratings9,060 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral5.1%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews672 reviews
Positive47.0%
Neutral9.8%
Negative43.2%

Demolition Desert

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and 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

Demolition Desert

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sandbox

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
5 purchases

Demolition Desert

One-time5
  • Gun pack 1$1.99
  • Gun pack 2$1.99
  • Map pack 1$2.99
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  • Map pack 2$2.99
  • Map editor upgrade$4.99

Questions

Is Sandbox free?
Sandbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Demolition Desert free?
Demolition Desert is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sandbox or Demolition Desert?
Sandbox is rated higher. Sandbox averages 4.4 out of 5 from 9.1K ratings, while Demolition Desert averages 3.6 from 9 ratings.
Do Sandbox or Demolition Desert have ads?
Both Sandbox and Demolition Desert show ads.

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