Liquid Apptoy vs Powder Toy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Liquid Apptoy
Experience a fluid simulation game where you can manipulate water. Add colors, transform it into clouds, or even ice. This interactive experience offers a unique way to play with virtual liquids.
- Fluid simulation gameplay
- Water manipulation
- Add colors to water
- Transform water into clouds
- Transform water into ice
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This game is the 15th iPhone game for the Web Game Site "DAN-BALL". This fluid simulation game allows you to play with water. Enjoy adding some colors or transform water into clouds or ice.
Powder Toy
Explore a 2D physics sandbox where you can build, create, and interact with nearly 100 different elements. Simulate complex systems, from atomic power plants to custom CPUs, by combining various materials, liquids, gases, and electronic components.
- 2D physics simulation
- Nearly 100 elements
- Build complex machines
- Simulate air pressure and heat
- Create realistic terrains
- Electronic components
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I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH CREATORS OF THE ORIGINAL THE POWDER TOY The game is based on The Powder Toy opensource project, which is available for free on your Mac or PC, complete GPL 3-covered source code of the port, as well as binaries are available for free on CannonballStudio@GitHub iPad port of the most popular 2D physics sandbox is out! Build, create, play, draw, interact with almost 100 different elements, and do whatever you want using your fingertips! Have you ever wanted to blow something up? Or maybe you always dreamt of operating an atomic power plant? Do you have a will to develop your own CPU? Powder Toy lets you to do all of these, and even more! Powder Toy is a physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances! The game provides you with various building materials, liquids, gases and electronic components which can be used to construct complex machines, guns, bombs, realistic terrains and almost anything else.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Liquid Apptoy at Free against Powder Toy's $1.99. Liquid Apptoy also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 40%) and rating (4.5 vs 3.0). Powder Toy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). On 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
Liquid Apptoy is free to download; Powder Toy costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Liquid Apptoy holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Powder Toy has 373 ratings behind it against 66, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Liquid Apptoy's written reviews are positive against 40% of Powder Toy's.
Liquid Apptoy ships an update every 8 months, Powder Toy every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liquid Apptoy | Powder Toy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (66 ratings) — better | 3.0 (373 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.5% of reviews — better | 40.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 66 | 373 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 5.1.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Marcin Chojnacki |
Customer experience
Liquid Apptoy
Powder Toy
Bugs and requests
Liquid Apptoy
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes when adding wallpaper
- Lava floats unexpectedly
- Lava doesn't move
- Game crashes when doing certain actions
- Glitch prevents element usage
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- Pixelated duck appears
Requested features
12 requests- More realistic water
- Add more elements/liquids
- Add sound effects
- Add new objects (spinner, planets)
- Add a layout button for UI
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- Add ability to save worlds
- Add more things to do
- Add a paid ad-free version
- Add a star-making feature
- Add meteorites and falling objects
- Add a stick figure game
- Add more duck types
Powder Toy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Liquid Apptoy
No in-app purchases
Powder Toy
No in-app purchases
