Comparison

Sprout Valley vs 8Cubes

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

Head to head
About

Sprout Valley

Step back from busy life in this charming farming simulator. Grow your dream garden, gather resources, and improve island life. Discover secrets, make friends, and enjoy a captivating story with endless island combinations.

Highlights
  • Grow crops and forage fruits
  • Gather resources from nature
  • Craft and furnish your island
  • Travel to other islands
  • Engage in dialogues and a cute story
  • Experience dynamic weather events
Features
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Sprout Valley is a charming farming simulator game where you can step back from the busy life and grow the garden of your dreams. Captivating story, hand-crafted experience. You play as the main character, cute cat Nico, who tries to find a peaceful place to live in. Nico will find friends along the way and discover interesting events. Help him to learn what secrets Ostara holds. The goal will be to gather resources and improve your island life. You can grow the plants and harvest the environment for additional resources. You can sell and buy resources you have gathered. Use your tools to accomplish your goal of living a peaceful life with harmony and nature. Levels are procedurally generated, so there are virtually endless combinations. Each level has a "seed" and in future can be shared with other players to recreate islands and share them across the player base. There is a dynamic weather system in place to bring some dynamics to the world environment. There will be some additional mechanics that are connected to the weather like the ground getting wet when it rains, etc. The game has many fantastic events that tie to weather or the daytime. Key Features — Turn your overgrown island into a lovely farm! Raise crops, forage fruits, gather resources from nature. — Craft and furnish your island. Make your island your own, personal hideout. — Travel to another islands. Sail to other unknown parts of the world. Who knows what adventures await you there! — Dialogues and cute story. Meet our cute characters and experience the story together. — Over 15 hours of story mode

About

8Cubes

Unleash your creativity in a vibrant 3D sandbox. Build anything from castles to cities using a universe of colorful and special blocks. Enjoy intuitive controls and breathtaking visuals in a game perfect for all ages.

Highlights
  • Limitless 3D world creation
  • Vast collection of colorful blocks
  • Special and metallic block types
  • Intuitive touch controls
  • Free-build mode
  • Crisp 3D graphics
Features
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8Cubes – Build Anything. Anywhere. Anytime. Welcome to 8Cubes, the ultimate creative sandbox game where your imagination takes center stage. Dive into a vibrant world of colorful bricks and build absolutely anything your mind can dream up — one block at a time! Whether you’re sculpting a peaceful island paradise, designing a futuristic city skyline, crafting hidden caves glowing with secret treasures, or building towering castles and pirate ships, 8Cubes gives you the power to create it all. A Universe of Colorful Blocks Classic Bricks: Sharp-edged, satisfying blocks in every color under the sun. Glowing & Transparent Pieces: Add stunning visual effects and make your creations shine. Metallic & Special Blocks: Build with shimmering metallics, unique textures, and more. Limitless Creativity Free-Build Mode: No limits, no rules. Just pure creative freedom. Easy Controls: Smooth, intuitive touch controls make building simple and fun. 3D Canvas: Rotate, zoom, and place every block with precision. Breathtaking Visuals Crisp, vibrant 3D graphics that pop with color and detail. Gorgeous backgrounds with gradient skies, perfect for showcasing your masterpieces. Perfect for All Ages Relax and unwind with casual building sessions. Or challenge yourself to construct complex and epic builds. Suitable for kids, teens, and adults who love to create. Whether you’re a seasoned builder or discovering your inner artist, 8Cubes is your blank canvas for endless creativity. Stop dreaming. Start building. Download 8Cubes now and bring your wildest ideas to life, brick by brick!

Screenshots

Sprout Valley4 screens
8Cubes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: 8Cubes at free against Sprout Valley's paid. 8Cubes also leads on rating (3.5 vs 3.2). Sprout Valley's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

8Cubes holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sprout Valley has 50 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Sprout Valley's written reviews are positive against 50% of 8Cubes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sprout Valley ships an update every 2 weeks, 8Cubes every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sprout Valley versus 8Cubes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSprout Valley8Cubes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (50 ratings)3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.1% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings50 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVadzim LiakhovichReality Twist GmbH

Customer experience

Sprout Valley

All ratings50 ratings
Positive52.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative38.0%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive44.1%
Neutral13.5%
Negative42.3%

8Cubes

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sprout Valley

No in-app purchases

None

8Cubes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sprout Valley free?
Sprout Valley is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 8Cubes free?
8Cubes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sprout Valley or 8Cubes?
8Cubes is rated higher. Sprout Valley averages 3.2 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while 8Cubes averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Sprout Valley or 8Cubes have ads?
Neither Sprout Valley nor 8Cubes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sprout Valley or 8Cubes?
Sprout Valley ships an update every 2 weeks, and 8Cubes every 10 days. Most recently, Sprout Valley was updated on October 17, 2026 and 8Cubes on October 19, 2026.

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