Doodle Nuke vs Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doodle Nuke
Destroy hordes of doodles by strategically tapping and swiping them. Unleash powerful nukes to create massive chain reactions and achieve high scores. Compete with players worldwide on leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Destroy hundreds of doodles
- Utilize thousands of nukes
- Create nuclear chain reactions
- Unlock achievements and leaderboards
- Daily news updates
- 30 different doodle types
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Praise for Doodle Nuke- "The combination of those dreaded skulls and nifty nukes boosts Doodle Nuke from a “Good” game to a “Great” game. Doodle Nuke is easily one of our favorite casual tap reflex games to date. The Bottom Line: 9.0."- Appstore Arcade. Version 2.0! Full upscale for newer devices, Game Center achievements and leaderboards. Want to see your doodle in an update? Check the in-game news feed for details! It's not enough to have doodles in a game, sometimes you have to have nukes too. Get revenge on all doodles in Doodle Nuke. Destroy the doodles with nukes! Tap or swipe as many doodles as you can, set off chains of explosions to cause carnage. Each nuke power up sets off another nuke if one's nearby, so create nuclear chain reactions to hike up your score and create a Doodlear Nuclear Meltdown. See if you can chain 10 nukes to trigger Doodle Doomsday. Once the screen gets filled with 100 doodles it's Game Over, so be fast! Features - Hundreds of doodles to squish- popping them is as satisfying as Bubble Paper. -Nukes, thousands of them. - Daily news updates in the in-game news feed. - Tweet your score, post it on Facebook. - Achievements and online high score leaderboards, Nuke the Doodles and compare your score with others worldwide. -30 different types of Doodles in the first free version of Doodle Nuke, more powerups and doodles to come. - Strategize or Swipe!
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
A 2D physics sandbox where you can build worlds, create custom characters, and experiment with over 100 elements including weapons and explosives. Mutilate fruit, cause natural disasters, and enjoy realistic physics in this offline simulation.
- 2D physics sandbox
- Create custom characters
- Over 100 elements for destruction
- Realistic blood simulation
- Build vehicles and machinery
- Natural disaster simulation
- Offline gameplay
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Pure Gore is a 2D physics action sandbox & people playground simulation, where you can build your own world. You can create or use pre-built vehicles, machinery, rockets, bombs and most importantly mutilate melons (fruit) with one of the over 100 elements. You see... there is no border for creativity. The simulation is perfect for adults, who want to release emotions and love experimenting with physics. Satisfied with the world or item you built? Submit it. It may get added to community maps section. You get coins for playing the game, everything can be unlocked with coins. ## Features ## # PURE GORE: - Tear things by connecting them with a rope joint to a launching rocket or car, - smash melons with heavy blocks or melee weapons - shredder tomato's inside of a grinder, - crush and torture onions with pistons - or shoot lemons with an AK-47! - or have fun with ragdolls # RAGDOLLS / STICKMANS: You have the possibility to create your stickman by connecting different body parts to each other! You could create a doll with multiple heads and legs, everything is possible! # WEAPONS & EXPLOSIVES: Pure gore offers over 20 weapons/explosives, like nukes, AK-47´s, bazookas, lasers, grenades, knifes, spears, implosions bombs, black hole bomb´s... Every weapon has a different shoot behaviour and can be used to mutilate things. # BLOOD SIMULATION: The game is not just a people playground its also a blood simulation! You can let ragdoll´s bleed! That means if they get hurt they will start to bleed. JOINTS: Joints or Connectors can be used to build complex vehicles, buildings or machinery. You could build for example a grinder on wheels or ships, tanks... The game offers different joints like ropes, pistons, bolts, motors... # MORE FEATURES: - Tools: useful utilities, like detonators, erasers, gravity changers... - Nature: build Terrains, create natural disasters (tsunami, tornado, meteors, wind, earthquake...), - highly configurable: many sandbox elements can be customized (change color, adjust timers and more) - Physically objects like building materials, thrusters, black holes, balloons, glue, wheels, decoration... - offline game. No internet connection needed - great and realistic „Box2D“ physics - save the whole sandbox or just creations If you have any suggestions or problems, then join my discord or write me an email. Strong phones are are suggested to run the action sandbox smoothly! Now download the offline game, build some cool stuff and have fun in Pure Gore by Gaming-Apps.com (2022)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) at 4.6 against Doodle Nuke's 3.4. Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) also leads on ratings volume (983 vs 5). Doodle Nuke's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Doodle Nuke asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) has 983 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Doodle Nuke's written reviews are positive against 83% of Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Doodle Nuke ships an update every 10 days, Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doodle Nuke | Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (983 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 83.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 983 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Iain Maguire | Lukas Oertel |
Customer experience
Doodle Nuke
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
Bugs and requests
Doodle Nuke
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
Reported bugs
3 issues- Water maps causing screen to fade to black
- Saved progress being lost due to glitches
- Difficulty in spawning and controlling characters
Requested features
4 requests- Add more character types and customization options
- Improve the water and liquid physics
- Increase the limit of objects that can be placed
- Implement a red blood option
In-app purchases
Doodle Nuke
No in-app purchases
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)
- 250 Coins$0.99
- 500 Coins$1.99
- 1000 Coins$2.99
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- 2000 Coins$3.99
- 5000 Coins$7.99
Questions
Is Doodle Nuke free?
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Which has better reviews, Doodle Nuke or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)?
Do Doodle Nuke or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) have ads?
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