Comparison

Unser Sandmännchen vs HomeSim

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

HomeSim

Enhance your flight simulation experience by using your mobile device as a touchscreen interface for X-Plane 12. Control essential functions like autopilot, radio management, and flight instruments, freeing up your main display and simplifying complex operations.

Highlights
  • Touchscreen control for X-Plane 12
  • RMU, AFCS, and PFD interfaces
  • Landing gear, flaps, and brake controls
  • Basic engine instrument display
  • View management for main display
  • Flight plan data entry simplification
  • Multi-device support
Features
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HomeSim is a touchscreen interface for use with X-Plane12 Flight Simulator! HomeSim provides a way of using an iPad, iPhone, or both to control most of the functions that would normally require the use of a keyboard and mouse, custom button assignments, or dedicated hardware to control. HomeSim includes: An RMU (Radio Management Unit), An AFCS (Automatic Flight Control Sysytem, or autopilot), A PFD (Primary Flight Display), Landing Gear, Flaps, and Parking Brake controls, Basic Engine Instruments, A VIEW management window for changing the main display of the X-Plane, and an interface to simplify data entry for flight plans on G1000 equipped aircraft. All of the controls use the typical gestures of a touchscreen to make changing frequencies, identifiers, autopilot modes, and navigation displays much quicker, allowing you the ability to practice procedures, like instrument approaches, while devoting little thought to how to properly set things up - the controls generally mimic the devices in real planes, while adding functionality that will increase your situational awareness. More than one iOS device can be connected to X-Plane at a time so that you can have different devices act as dedicated hardware. Free your main visual from the internal cockpit view by using your iOS device for the Flight Instruments, Navigation, and Engine Instruments. Practice using autopilot functions that you are unfamiliar with, and get aquainted with more sophisticated airplanes without having to look around the cockpit for the new controls. Using controls that will work with any aircraft (as long as the aircraft has an autopilot and radios) will free you from thinking about the differences between aircraft, and start to find more similarities - making you a better pilot. Enjoy flying X-Plane more by paying less attention to how to operate the simulation, and more attention to operating your flight! Kingswell Productions, and HomeSim are not affiliated with Laminar Research (the makers of X-Plane).

Screenshots

Unser Sandmännchen4 screens
HomeSim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Unser Sandmännchen at Free against HomeSim's $19.99. Unser Sandmännchen also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 33%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). HomeSim's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Unser Sandmännchen is free to download; HomeSim costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HomeSim holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unser Sandmännchen has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Unser Sandmännchen's written reviews are positive against 33% of HomeSim's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unser Sandmännchen ships an update monthly, HomeSim every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Unser Sandmännchen versus HomeSim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnser SandmännchenHomeSim
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating4.6 (40 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.1% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings40 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size325 MB5 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRundfunk Berlin-BrandenburgKingswell Productions

Customer experience

Unser Sandmännchen

All ratings40 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral12.5%
Negative9.4%

HomeSim

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Unser Sandmännchen

No in-app purchases

None

HomeSim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Unser Sandmännchen free?
Unser Sandmännchen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HomeSim free?
HomeSim costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Unser Sandmännchen or HomeSim?
HomeSim is rated higher. Unser Sandmännchen averages 4.6 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while HomeSim averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Unser Sandmännchen or HomeSim have ads?
Neither Unser Sandmännchen nor HomeSim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unser Sandmännchen or HomeSim?
Unser Sandmännchen ships an update monthly, and HomeSim every 7 months. Most recently, Unser Sandmännchen was updated on September 23, 2026 and HomeSim on September 21, 2026.

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