Unser Sandmännchen vs PEZ Play
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unser Sandmännchen
Explore a vibrant world with the Sandman, engaging in creative role-play, interactive games, and a media library of videos and audio stories. Record and share your adventures, or enjoy daily bedtime stories and mini-games. This app encourages imagination and learning through play.
- Creative role-playing world
- Record and share videos
- Media library with videos and audio
- Daily bedtime stories
- Mini-games (puzzle, memo)
- Interactive vehicles and animals
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Go on a discovery tour with the sandman through a colorful world full of surprises. Ride with great cars and trains. Fly with the Sandman helicopter or the rocket. Play with cute animals. Dress up with funny hats and glasses and mix cool magic potions. The creative game world In the game world you are allowed to mix everything up, because with the "clean up button" (in the settings) you can clean up the world again and again. Everything you play here you can record (video button in the upper right corner of the game world), save and send as a video. With its numerous objects, this "digital doll's house" is perfect for creative role-playing games. By the way, there is no mask obligation here, but if you want you can put one on the sandman and his friends. The media library In the media library with video and audio section you will find a lot of videos and audio stories of the Sandman and his friends. You can watch the daily bedtime stories of the sandman for seven days. Of course also with subtitles and signatures. You have to activate the sign in the "Settings". You can also download all videos and audio stories to your device. The Good Night Ritual Always from 18.00 o'clock on you can watch the daily Sandman sequence in the app and let yourself be brought to sleep safe and sound .... The good night button takes you directly from the front page to the current episode. Mini games Puzzle with beautiful sandman motives in different levels of difficulty Memo game with the sandman and his friends Pittiplatsch, Schnatterinchen and Moppi HIGHLIGHTS OF THE APP - Meet the Sandman and his friends - Discover a huge world with them - Switch between day and night mode - Travel in different vehicles - Take care of animals and plants - Bake a cake - Mix cool potions - Games on a playground - Fell trees and use the wood to make a fire - Disguise yourself - Harvest vegetables and cook a delicious dish - Change the wheels of all cars - Media library with video and audio content - Good night ritual: With one click to the current episode - mini games: Puzzle - Minigame: Memo - Discover couples CHILDREN LEARN: - Fantasy role playing games - Telling your own stories - Experiment - Interaction with others - Understanding the world - cosmopolitanism
PEZ Play
Explore a collection of over 20 free games and activities featuring beloved characters. Engage in puzzles, mini-games, and creative challenges. Take fun photos with characters and even use an augmented reality feature to place them in your world.
- 23+ free games and activities
- Puzzles and mini-games
- Augmented reality character placement
- Character selfie feature
- Difficulty filtering
- Save favorite games
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Welcome to PEZ Play, the PEZ games app. You have 23 great activities and games to choose from – from challenging puzzles to fast-paced mini-games. The entire app is free of charge! Take selfies with your favourite PEZ characters or place them in the real world! And don’t forget to brush your teeth twice a day with your very own PEZ Brush Buddy! Find games you like by filtering according to level of difficulty. Or scroll down to the bottom and take a look at all the activities to choose from. You can now also save the games you enjoy most as favourites to find them even faster – just tap on the heart under the game. The games are varied and suitable for children. There’s something here for everyone: proving your skills, training your memory, letting your creativity soar, quenching your thirst for action, or simply having fun! Bot Escape: Help the PEZ robot collect lightning bolts so that its battery doesn’t run out. Fashion Island: Have your PEZ character try on different clothes and take a picture of the two of you together. Stardust Stage: The game is for all you avid singers out there – create your own melody! Brain Training: Get the little PEZ figure to pick pieces of fruit with specific numbers. Candy Island: Feed the PEZ figure with candies matching in colour – but time is of the essence! Hyper Racer: Fly with a spaceship through different game worlds, avoid obstacles and collect PEZ candies. Memory Match: The PEZ figures up north also like to play memory. Join in! Adventure Island: Summon up those memory cells and repeat the sequence shown to you on screen. Jungle Island: Get your little PEZ figure to jump at the right time for it to hang itself onto the swinging chain. Builder’s Island: Stack the PEZ candies on top of each other and build the highest tower. Gyro Boxers: Knock away falling meteorites with your boxing gloves and collect points. Space Showers: Catch falling meteorites with your special spacecraft. Tribal Tribulations: Throw large stones through the rings: the smaller the ring, the more points you get. Surf School: Help the PEZ figure cross the sea, avoid obstacles and collect points. Deep Sea Divers: Go treasure hunting in the water – the deeper you go, the more precious the treasures. Parachuters: Parachute jumping is loads of fun, but it can be dangerous. Help your PEZ figure to land safely. Pogo Planet: Let your PEZ figure compete with the inhabitants of a foreign planet and see who jumps to the treasure first. Panic Puzzlers: At the beginning you see a colourful picture. It disappears and reappears cut into pieces. Can you manage to piece up the puzzle again? Ball Rollers: Your PEZ figure balances on a disc with a ball. Help it to dodge falling meteorites and to collect PEZ candies. Funfair Island: Change your face with the PEZ flavours and take a fun picture. Painters: Help out the creative artist and draw what he tells you to on the screen. Play Island: Help the PEZ figure to jump over the rope and collect points. You’ll find more information at www.pez-play.com. Fun with PEZ can be a part of real life! Use your device’s camera to place the PEZ figures next to you, take a selfie and share it with your friends! This app may contain: - Links to social media platforms that are intended for those over 13 years of age. - This app may require an Internet connection due to which standard network operator charges for data transfer can apply. After the initial download, data transfer charges may apply for downloading additional content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Unser Sandmännchen at 4.6 against PEZ Play's 3.7. Unser Sandmännchen also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 56%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). 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.
Unser Sandmännchen holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Unser Sandmännchen's written reviews are positive against 56% of PEZ Play's.
Unser Sandmännchen ships an update monthly, PEZ Play every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unser Sandmännchen | PEZ Play |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (40 ratings) — better | 3.7 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.1% of reviews — better | 56.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 325 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg | PEZ International GmbH |
Customer experience
Unser Sandmännchen
PEZ Play
In-app purchases
Unser Sandmännchen
No in-app purchases
PEZ Play
No in-app purchases
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