Comparison

iBuilder vs Water Box

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Water Box

Explore realistic fluid dynamics and ragdoll physics in this sandbox playground. Sink ships, experiment with various liquids, and unleash destruction with a wide array of tools and elements. Build and test your creations in a detailed simulation environment.

Highlights
  • Realistic water and powder simulation
  • Ragdoll people playground experiments
  • Ship sinking and floating simulator
  • Gore and destruction simulator
  • Alchemy, fire, and chemical reactions
  • Build and share creations
Features
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People playground meets a floating sandbox games in this realistic water physics simulation! This water physics sandbox games lets you experiment with realistic fluid behavior, sink ships by using bomb explosions, and enjoy a ragdoll people playground built to simulate destruction. Features: Water Simulation & Powder Game - Simulate liquids like lava, petrol, oil, nitro, viruses, fireworks, and more – each with unique behaviors. - Enjoy a beautiful underwater sandbox games with up to 200,000 water particles. Ragdoll & People Playground - Discover the many unpredictable outcomes of ragdoll experiments! - Use virus liquids to infect them or make them go crazy with chemicals & mods. - Realistic gore ragdoll playground: they can walk, drown, burn, or react to your experiments. Ship Sinking Simulator & Floating Sandbox - Build ships from scratch or choose from pre-built ones like cargo ships, submarines, and even the Titanic. - Test their strength against waves, bombs, stormworks, floods, or tsunamis. - Watch ships float, sink, burn, or explode in realistic fashion. - The inbuilt ship sinking simulator is very sophisticated - Includes 50+ pre-built experiments and machines to explore. - Build and test your own ships, vehicles, titanic clones, tanks rockets and share mods in the new online workshop. - Construct using different materials like wood, rubber or stone. Gore Sandboxels & Destruction Simulator - Use explosives like nukes, grenades, and rockets to smash anything. - Unleash god-powers like airstrikes, tsunamis, stormworks, floods or firestorms. - Choose among an arsenal of weapons to wreak havoc against your subjects! Alchemy, Fire & Physics Sandbox - Experiment with different elements - like lava with nitro, or fire with petrol and watch how they react with water, like freezing or evaporating - Realistic temperature, fire, and chemical reactions. - Set things on fire and watch it spread; extinguish it with water or freeze it into ice. - All materials react uniquely – from flammable boats to explosive bombs. - A deep and detailed destruction simulator game. - the game includes many cool firework effects. Now have fun and relax while playing in this underwater powder game: build complex boats, machines or simulate chain reactions in this sandboxel. Players say this sanbox game has everything you would expect from an mobile algodoo alternative. Have ideas or issues? Send me an email! Note: A strong phone is recommended for the best experience. Download the sanbox game now, build something wild, and let the chaos begin! By Gaming-Apps.com (2025)

Screenshots

iBuilder4 screens
Water Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Water Box at 93% against iBuilder's 16%. Water Box also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 29 months). iBuilder's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iBuilder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Water Box sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Water Box holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Water Box has 1.7K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of iBuilder's written reviews are positive against 93% of Water Box's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iBuilder ships an update every 29 months, Water Box every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iBuilder versus Water Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBuilderWater Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (11 ratings)4.8 (1.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.0% of reviews92.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB88 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSea Venture LLCLukas Oertel

Customer experience

iBuilder

All ratings11 ratings
Positive27.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative72.7%
Written reviews206 reviews
Positive16.0%
Neutral7.3%
Negative76.7%

Water Box

All ratings1,688 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews589 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.6%

User reviews

iBuilder

From 11 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Realistic graphics
  • 👍 Relaxing gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 👎 Confusing controls
  • 💰 Paywall for full experience
  • 🚫 Lack of content and features

Water Box

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good game
  • 👍 Awesome game
  • 👍 Fun and good game
  • 👍 Great game
  • 👍 Satisfying and fun

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 💡 Increase water capacity

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

Water Box

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Crashes frequently

Requested features

1 request
  • Make ships sink like in Floating Sandbox

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iBuilder

One-time1
  • iBuilder$1.99
10 purchases

Water Box

One-time10
  • Increase max water by 10000$2.99
  • 250 Coins$4.99
  • Creative Package 50% Discount$4.99
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  • Increase max water by 20000$4.99
  • 550 Coins$7.99
  • Creative Package$9.99
  • Increase max water by 50000$9.99
  • 1200 Coins$14.99
  • Increase max water by 100000$17.99
  • 2300 Coins$24.99

Questions

Is iBuilder free?
iBuilder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Water Box free?
Water Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iBuilder or Water Box?
Water Box is rated higher. iBuilder averages 2.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Water Box averages 4.8 from 1.7K ratings.
Do iBuilder or Water Box have ads?
Water Box shows ads; iBuilder does not.
Which is updated more often, iBuilder or Water Box?
iBuilder ships an update every 29 months, and Water Box every 11 days. Most recently, iBuilder was updated on October 16, 2026 and Water Box on October 17, 2026.

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