Comparison

Sandbox AR vs Dinosaurs AR 4D

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

Head to head
About

Sandbox AR

Create, build, and explore immersive virtual worlds using augmented reality. This app allows users to scale creations to life-size and share them with others. It's designed to bring interactive technology into educational settings.

Highlights
  • Create, build, and explore in AR
  • Life-size scale exploration
  • Share creations via QR code
  • Capture snapshots and videos
  • Teacher audio descriptions (DE:X subscribers)
  • Link to curated resources (DE:X subscribers)
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--- Multi award-winning augmented reality maker app --- - BETT Awards 2023 Best AR/VR ! - GESS Awards 2023 Best Digital XR / VR / AI Product - spaces4learning New Product Award 2022 ! -- What is Sandbox? -- Experience, build, and explore in AR with Discovery Education Sandbox. Designed as a companion to the award-winning Discovery Education Experience learning platform, bring immersive technology and content into the classroom. Choose from hundreds of models and create a virtual world to experience and share with fellow students and teachers. Use life size mode to scale up and walk inside your own creation! -- Features -- • Create, build and explore in augmented reality. • Explore creations in life-size scale! • Share your sandboxes with other users with a simple QR code. • Capture snapshots and videos of your sandbox. -- Enhanced features for DE:X subscribers -- As a Discovery Education Experience or Espresso subscriber, access additional features to add teacher audio descriptions to sandboxes and add links to your own curated resources on Experience or Espresso. Integrate with studio boards and access future additional model packs.

About

Dinosaurs AR 4D

Explore the age of dinosaurs with interactive 3D creatures in augmented reality. Learn dinosaur names in Arabic, English, and French with realistic sounds and kid-friendly controls. Perfect for young explorers, this app brings prehistoric life to your environment without needing cards.

Highlights
  • Augmented Reality Dinosaurs
  • Learn in Arabic, English, French
  • Interactive 3D Creatures
  • Realistic Sounds
  • Kid-Friendly Controls
  • No AR Cards Required
Features
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Augmented Reality (AR) Dinosaurs for Kids – Learn in Arabic, English & French No AR cards required. Just your iPhone or iPad. Travel back in time and explore the age of dinosaurs. With AR Dinosaurs, children discover incredible 3D dinosaurs in three languages (Arabic, English, French) right in their own environment. Key Features: - Augmented Reality Dinosaurs: Place dinosaurs anywhere and see them appear in realistic 3D. - Three Languages: Learn dinosaur names in Arabic, English, and French. - Interactive 3D Creatures: Tap to make dinosaurs move, walk, or roar. - Realistic Sounds: Hear dinosaur names pronounced with exciting sound effects. - Kid-Friendly Controls: Resize dinosaurs, rotate them, and take photos with your favorites. Why Parents and Teachers Love It: - Makes dinosaur learning fun and interactive - Teaches names of dinosaurs in three languages - Develops curiosity, listening, and recognition skills - Works without cards or extra tools Perfect for preschoolers, kindergarten, and young explorers. Bring dinosaurs to life with AR technology – an unforgettable learning adventure.

Screenshots

Dinosaurs AR 4D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sandbox AR at none against Dinosaurs AR 4D's 3. Sandbox AR also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 1). Dinosaurs AR 4D's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment and ads 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. Dinosaurs AR 4D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sandbox AR asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dinosaurs AR 4D holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandbox AR has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sandbox AR ships an update every 2 months, Dinosaurs AR 4D every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sandbox AR versus Dinosaurs AR 4D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSandbox ARDinosaurs AR 4D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (16 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.6 GB250 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiscovery Education Inc.Ibrahim Amer

Customer experience

Sandbox AR

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dinosaurs AR 4D

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sandbox AR

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dinosaurs AR 4D

One-time1
  • Unlock3 variants$5.99

Questions

Is Sandbox AR free?
Sandbox AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dinosaurs AR 4D free?
Dinosaurs AR 4D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sandbox AR or Dinosaurs AR 4D?
Dinosaurs AR 4D is rated higher. Sandbox AR averages 4.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Dinosaurs AR 4D averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sandbox AR or Dinosaurs AR 4D have ads?
Neither Sandbox AR nor Dinosaurs AR 4D shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sandbox AR or Dinosaurs AR 4D?
Sandbox AR ships an update every 2 months, and Dinosaurs AR 4D every 9 days. Most recently, Sandbox AR was updated on November 3, 2026 and Dinosaurs AR 4D on November 8, 2026.

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