iBuilder vs Terrain Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iBuilder
This is a creative building game where you can construct anything you imagine using over 60 block types. Design entire cities with customizable terrain, realistic graphics, and dynamic environmental effects.
- Build castles, docks, mansions, and more
- Over 60 different block types
- Random terrain generation
- Customizable island size and vegetation
- 360-degree camera control
- Realistic water, sky, and sun effects
- Save up to 3 worlds
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iBuilder is the ultimate building game! Build castles, docks, mansions, seawalls, towers, and anything else you can imagine. Use over 60 different types of blocks to build your own city and your own world! iBuilder is an incredible construction game that features: - Random terrain generation - Choose the number of islands and their height and width - Choose the number of vegetation on each island With iBuilder, you can quickly design an entire city with blocks, using our simple interface. You can move the camera 360 degrees, zoom, and pan in all directions. The game features realistic water effects, sky movement, and the sun even rotates throughout the day! The building materials are cement, brick, glass, tile, grass, bushes, rusted steel, stainless steel, gravel, dirt, sand, rock, and much more! iBuilder features: - Slots to save 3 worlds - Choose any block texture you want - Advanced OpenGL graphics with shading - Music and sound effects - High-resolution textures - Made for all iOS devices iBuilder is brought to you by the makers of iRollerCoaster and iBASEjump. Have fun with iBuilder and build your dreams!
Terrain Editor
Transform real-world materials into 3D landscapes using your phone's camera. Create diverse environments like beaches, mountains, or glaciers from sand, rice, or tapioca.
- Camera-based terrain scanning
- Real-world material to 3D conversion
- Create diverse environments
- Supports sand, rice, tapioca, etc.
- Generates 3D scenes
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What if your phone's camera turned into a Terrain Editor? Mold a landscape out of sand, rice, tapioca or any other material that you're willing to use and film it with your iPhone camera: it instantly turns into a 3D scene. Grass land, a beach and water? Or mountains and glaciers? You choose! Find out more at https://tapioca.toys/cardboard/#terrain-editor
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iBuilder at 2.3 against Terrain Editor's 1.5. iBuilder also leads on review sentiment (16% vs 0%). Terrain Editor's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 29 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iBuilder holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of iBuilder's written reviews are positive against 0% of Terrain Editor's.
iBuilder ships an update every 29 months, Terrain Editor every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iBuilder | Terrain Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (11 ratings) — better | 1.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sea Venture LLC | Matthieu Savary |
Customer experience
iBuilder
Terrain Editor
Bugs and requests
iBuilder
Reported bugs
2 issues- Blocks disappearing after placement
- Inability to delete or move placed blocks
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to modify terrain
- Addition of characters and wildlife
- More building options and tools
Terrain Editor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iBuilder
No in-app purchases
Terrain Editor
No in-app purchases
