Rocats vs Sandbox XL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rocats
Race comical cats on rockets towards a goal, tilting your device to control their chaotic trajectory. This fast-paced game combines elements from popular web and smartphone titles for a unique racing experience.
- Tilt controls
- Comical cat characters
- Rocket racing
- Goal-oriented gameplay
- Web game collaboration
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This game is the 4th smartphone game for the Web Game Site "DAN-BALL" A racing game with comical cats on a rocket hitting a wall and aiming at the goal. Quickly control the crazy rocket with cats by tilting your device. It's a collaboration game between DAN-BALL's free web game "Rockets" and the cats from the smartphone app "Cat Shot".
Sandbox XL
Engage in a fun, physics-based sandbox game where you can interact with numerous elements like water, magma, and fire. Simulate natural phenomena to create volcanoes, lakes, and geysers, and enjoy experimenting with the laws of nature.
- Physics-based sandbox gameplay
- Interact with water, magma, acid, sand, fire, gunpowder, oil, wood
- Create volcanoes, lakes, seas, geysers
- Simulate physical phenomena
- Experiment with nature's laws
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Have fun with Sandbox XL an addictive physics-based sandbox style game. You can interact with various elements such as water, magma, acid, sand, fire, gunpowder, oil, wood and more. Create volcanoes, lakes, seas, geysers by simulating physical phenomena and enjoying yourself with the nature's laws.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rocats at none against Sandbox XL's 1. Rocats also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (73% vs 61%). Sandbox XL's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (52 vs 5). 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. Sandbox XL sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rocats asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rocats holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandbox XL has 52 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Rocats's written reviews are positive against 61% of Sandbox XL's.
Rocats ships an update every 6 months, Sandbox XL every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rocats | Sandbox XL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 3.8 (52 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.0% of reviews — better | 60.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — 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 | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Raffaele Amuso |
Customer experience
Rocats
Sandbox XL
In-app purchases
Rocats
No in-app purchases
Sandbox XL
- Remove ad$1.99
