Comparison

Sandbox vs Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

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

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

A 2D physics sandbox where you can build worlds, create custom characters, and experiment with over 100 elements including weapons and explosives. Mutilate fruit, cause natural disasters, and enjoy realistic physics in this offline simulation.

Highlights
  • 2D physics sandbox
  • Create custom characters
  • Over 100 elements for destruction
  • Realistic blood simulation
  • Build vehicles and machinery
  • Natural disaster simulation
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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Pure Gore is a 2D physics action sandbox & people playground simulation, where you can build your own world. You can create or use pre-built vehicles, machinery, rockets, bombs and most importantly mutilate melons (fruit) with one of the over 100 elements. You see... there is no border for creativity. The simulation is perfect for adults, who want to release emotions and love experimenting with physics. Satisfied with the world or item you built? Submit it. It may get added to community maps section. You get coins for playing the game, everything can be unlocked with coins. ## Features ## # PURE GORE: - Tear things by connecting them with a rope joint to a launching rocket or car, - smash melons with heavy blocks or melee weapons - shredder tomato's inside of a grinder, - crush and torture onions with pistons - or shoot lemons with an AK-47! - or have fun with ragdolls # RAGDOLLS / STICKMANS: You have the possibility to create your stickman by connecting different body parts to each other! You could create a doll with multiple heads and legs, everything is possible! # WEAPONS & EXPLOSIVES: Pure gore offers over 20 weapons/explosives, like nukes, AK-47´s, bazookas, lasers, grenades, knifes, spears, implosions bombs, black hole bomb´s... Every weapon has a different shoot behaviour and can be used to mutilate things. # BLOOD SIMULATION: The game is not just a people playground its also a blood simulation! You can let ragdoll´s bleed! That means if they get hurt they will start to bleed. JOINTS: Joints or Connectors can be used to build complex vehicles, buildings or machinery. You could build for example a grinder on wheels or ships, tanks... The game offers different joints like ropes, pistons, bolts, motors... # MORE FEATURES: - Tools: useful utilities, like detonators, erasers, gravity changers... - Nature: build Terrains, create natural disasters (tsunami, tornado, meteors, wind, earthquake...), - highly configurable: many sandbox elements can be customized (change color, adjust timers and more) - Physically objects like building materials, thrusters, black holes, balloons, glue, wheels, decoration... - offline game. No internet connection needed - great and realistic „Box2D“ physics - save the whole sandbox or just creations If you have any suggestions or problems, then join my discord or write me an email. Strong phones are are suggested to run the action sandbox smoothly! Now download the offline game, build some cool stuff and have fun in Pure Gore by Gaming-Apps.com (2022)

Screenshots

Sandbox4 screens
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sandbox and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)'s written reviews are positive against 48% of Sandbox's. Sandbox's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (8.4K vs 969). On price, rating, ads 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. Sandbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) 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

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandbox has 8.4K ratings behind it against 969, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Sandbox's written reviews are positive against 83% of Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sandbox ships an update monthly, Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sandbox versus Pure Gore (Physics sandbox): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSandboxPure Gore (Physics sandbox)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8.4K ratings)4.6 (969 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.6% of reviews82.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.4K — better969
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB55 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTran Dinh HungLukas Oertel

Customer experience

Sandbox

All ratings8,435 ratings
Positive83.7%
Neutral5.2%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews658 reviews
Positive47.6%
Neutral9.9%
Negative42.6%

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

All ratings969 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews196 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative11.2%

User reviews

Sandbox

From 8.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Unique and creative concept
  • 🔬 Interesting physics and chemistry experiments
  • 🕹️ Fun and addictive gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🤯 Excessive and intrusive ads
  • 🤖 Lack of customization and control options
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding certain elements

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

From 969 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and creative game
  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay and physics
  • 💡 Wide variety of maps and features
  • 🎨 Good graphics and visuals

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
  • 💰 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
  • 🔒 Limited character customization and control
  • 🎨 Green blood instead of red

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

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Water maps causing screen to fade to black
  • Saved progress being lost due to glitches
  • Difficulty in spawning and controlling characters

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more character types and customization options
  • Improve the water and liquid physics
  • Increase the limit of objects that can be placed
  • Implement a red blood option

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sandbox

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
5 purchases

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

One-time5
  • 250 Coins$0.99
  • 500 Coins$1.99
  • 1000 Coins$2.99
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  • 2000 Coins$3.99
  • 5000 Coins$7.99

Questions

Is Sandbox free?
Sandbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) free?
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sandbox or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)?
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) is rated higher. Sandbox averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8.4K ratings, while Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) averages 4.6 from 969 ratings.
Do Sandbox or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) have ads?
Both Sandbox and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sandbox or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)?
Sandbox ships an update monthly, and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) every 7 months. Most recently, Sandbox was updated on September 24, 2026 and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) on September 23, 2026.

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