Comparison

Castle Builder vs Kinetic Sand Fun

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

Head to head
About

Castle Builder

Design and construct intricate castles, keeps, and temples using a variety of building blocks and materials. Destroy your creations with fun physics-based tools or admire those built by others. Save your designs locally or online and share them with friends.

Highlights
  • Construct castles, keeps, and temples
  • Variety of building materials (bricks, tiles, marble)
  • Physics-based destruction (catapults, magic)
  • Save creations locally or online
  • Share screenshots on social media
  • Browse and admire other users' castles
Features
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Castle Builder let you construct castles, keeps and temples. You can bring down your castles with catapult stones, magic levitations and transmogrifying fun, you can even fire the cow'tapult and moo the castle down! Featuring standard blocks, arches and half-arches, triangles. cylinders and spheres. Four different kinds of bricks, four kinds of roof tiles, and four kinds of marble. Flags and people to give it that finished look. Castles can be saved locally on your device or on the Internet, and you can share screenshots of your creations on Facebook. You can look at other peoples castles by searching for them or just randomly get a castle to admire. Your castles will have the special toy builder look you are used to getting from Ettin Entertainment line of builder games.

About

Kinetic Sand Fun

Engage your senses with this ASMR game that lets you shape and cut kinetic sand. Designed for relaxation and stress relief, it offers satisfying gameplay with a sense of achievement.

Highlights
  • Shape, cut, and design kinetic sand
  • Over 50 satisfying levels
  • Stress relief and anxiety reduction
  • Relaxing ASMR sounds
  • Sense of achievement with each level
  • Multiple kinetic sand designs
Features
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What is Kinetic Sand? Kinetic Sand looks like regular sand but is available in different colors and can be twisted and molded into any shape. With kinetic sand, you can pull it, shape it, mold it, to create incredible sand art. About this game Kinetic Sand Fun – Satisfying sand cutting ASMR game is aimed for a relaxing and satisfying feel. Nudge your senses to relieve stress and calm your anxiety while having a feeling of achievement at each level. How it works- Shape it, Cut it, and design it! Benefits of ASMR: • Effective sleep. • Stress and anxiety relief. • Form for meditation. • Form for relaxation. • Improves your ability to focus. Game Features: -Over 50 satisfying levels of gameplay. - Highly engaging levels with a sense of achievement. - Stress Reliever. - Relaxing ASMR sounds. - Different designs of kinetic sand. Enjoy the crunch of kinetic sand.

Screenshots

Castle Builder3 screens
Kinetic Sand Fun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kinetic Sand Fun at 100% against Castle Builder's 38%. Kinetic Sand Fun also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Castle Builder's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (79 vs 15). On price 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. Castle Builder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kinetic Sand Fun asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kinetic Sand Fun holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Castle Builder has 79 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Castle Builder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kinetic Sand Fun's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Castle Builder versus Kinetic Sand Fun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCastle BuilderKinetic Sand Fun
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (79 ratings)4.7 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings79 — better15
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS3.1.3 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB225 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEttin Entertainment I/STechNext Solutions Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Castle Builder

All ratings80 ratings
Positive67.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive38.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative57.1%

Kinetic Sand Fun

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Castle Builder

One-time1
  • Upgrade Castle Builder$2.99
None

Kinetic Sand Fun

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Castle Builder free?
Castle Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kinetic Sand Fun free?
Kinetic Sand Fun is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Castle Builder or Kinetic Sand Fun?
Kinetic Sand Fun is rated higher. Castle Builder averages 3.7 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Kinetic Sand Fun averages 4.7 from 15 ratings.
Do Castle Builder or Kinetic Sand Fun have ads?
Kinetic Sand Fun shows ads; Castle Builder does not.

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