Comparison

Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 vs Armor Sandbox

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

Head to head
About

Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3

Explore realistic tank track and suspension movements powered by advanced physics simulation. This application is for observation and enjoyment, not combat, featuring a variety of historical armored vehicles.

Highlights
  • Realistic physics simulation
  • Tank track and suspension movement
  • Variety of historical tanks
  • Observation and enjoyment focus
  • No combat gameplay
Features
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The 3rd volume of "Tank Physics Mobile" is here! (Note.) This is Not a battle game. This application allows you to enjoy watching tank suspensions and tracks in action. Please enjoy the realistic movement powered by physics simulation. [Operable Tanks] Tiger 2 Jagdtiger Panzer 3 StuG 3 Maus Karl Gerät IS-2 ISU-152 T-35 CV33 (L3/33) Type 74 MBT

About

Armor Sandbox

Explore realistic 2D physics simulations of destruction and ballistics. Experiment with over 110 materials, 70 projectiles, and 90 targets, including detailed vehicle cutaways. Create and share your own designs with a vibrant community.

Highlights
  • Realistic 2D physics engine
  • Material property simulation
  • Ballistics and destruction effects
  • Extensive material and projectile library
  • Detailed vehicle cutaways
  • Customizable target and projectile creation
  • Circuitry and electrical simulation
Currently charting
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Armor Sandbox is a 2D physics sandbox and ballistics simulator. Pick something to shoot, pick something to shoot at, and watch what actually happens: armor penetration, ricochets, spalling, fire and explosions, all from real physics. Nothing here is a canned animation. Every armor plate, every projectile and every fragment is made of particles that carry real material properties: density, strength, toughness, melting point, heat capacity. Deformation, fracture, spalling, heat, fire and detonation all come from those numbers. Swap the steel for glass and it shatters instead of denting, because glass is brittle, not because somebody drew a shatter effect. NEW: THE SCI-FI EXPANSION Black holes, antimatter, lasers and the end of the universe, running on the same physics as everything else. 15 new materials, from a black hole generator, antimatter and lasers to strange matter, a force field, hyper-acid, a fusion core, a false vacuum and neutronium. Paint them into any target or projectile. The built-in sci-fi scenes are free to watch. The expansion is an optional one-time in-app purchase and works without the full version. TANK ARMOR PENETRATION Fire an APFSDS dart at a Leopard 2, a HEAT round at a T-72 with reactive armor, or a rifle bullet at a steel plate, and the ballistics decide the result: how deep it goes, whether it ricochets, and what the spall does inside the tank. WHAT IS IN IT • 110+ materials: steels, aluminium alloys, tungsten, uranium, ceramics and glass, concrete and stone, wood, rubber, water, fuel, explosives, nuclear materials and working electrical parts • 70 projectiles: pistol and rifle bullets, APFSDS long rods, shaped charges, HESH, railgun slugs and three detailed missiles • 90+ targets: armor plates, layered armor, deep blocks, ballistic gelatin, bunkers and circuits • 36 tank and vehicle cutaways: T-34-85, Tiger I, Panther, Sherman, IS-2, T-55, M103, T-72 with and without reactive armor, M1A2 Abrams, Leopard 2A6, Challenger 2, BMP-1, M113 and more, plus cars, trucks, a bus, a tractor, a fighter jet and attack helicopters, each with its real armor, ammunition, fuel and engine inside • 60+ ready-made experiments, from a ricochet to a chain of nuclear explosions MAKE YOUR OWN Paint projectiles and targets pixel by pixel, choosing the material of every pixel. Mirror, outline, replace, snap to a grid. Save them to your library and share a design with a friend, or with the community Workshop, as a single small file. WIRE IT UP Batteries, capacitors, switches, sensors and delay lines. Current goes only where you drew a path. HEAR IT, RECORD IT Impacts, explosions, fire and projectiles flying past all sound like the material and the speed. Record your shots as video and share them. NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS, NO TRACKING There are no ads and no account. Nothing you build leaves your device unless you export it yourself. FREE, AND FULL Watching is free. Every built-in experiment runs in full, explosives, nuclear devices, circuits and the sci-fi scenes included, and so does every vehicle and every material a preset uses. The full version is for making things: painting with energetic, nuclear and electrical materials, editing the properties of every material, a library without the five-per-kind limit, exporting your designs, and the Extreme and Maximum quality levels. One payment, no subscription. The Sci-Fi Expansion is sold separately, and the Everything bundle includes the full version and the expansion. Available in English, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Chinese. Armor Sandbox is a physics simulation made for curiosity. Everything happens to particles in a 2D cross-section, and nothing in it is a guide to building anything real.

Screenshots

Tank Physics Mobile Vol.34 screens
Armor Sandbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Armor Sandbox at none against Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3's shown. Armor Sandbox also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly) and chart position (#86 vs unranked). Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Armor Sandbox sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 against 4.6 for Armor Sandbox. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 282 and 109 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3's written reviews are positive against 88% of Armor Sandbox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 ships an update monthly, Armor Sandbox daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 versus Armor Sandbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTank Physics Mobile Vol.3Armor Sandbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (282 ratings) — better4.6 (109 ratings)
Positive reviews95.0% of reviews — better87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings282 — better109
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#86 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size538 MB14 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperEiji ShimadaVitor Japiassu

Customer experience

Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3

All ratings263 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral0.8%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews202 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.0%

Armor Sandbox

All ratings109 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative7.5%

Bugs and requests

Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Gun barrels merging with large objects
  • Maus paint job issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more modern tanks (Abrams, Leopard, etc.)
  • Implement multiplayer mode
  • Introduce more diverse maps (forest, urban, etc.)
  • Add smoke grenade functionality
  • Implement destructible environments and moving targets

Armor Sandbox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3

One-time1
  • Remove Time Limit$2.49
3 purchases

Armor Sandbox

One-time3
  • Sci-Fi Expansion$2.99
  • Armor Sandbox Complete$8.99
  • Everything: Complete + Sci-Fi$9.99

Questions

Is Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 free?
Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Armor Sandbox free?
Armor Sandbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 or Armor Sandbox?
Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 is rated higher. Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 282 ratings, while Armor Sandbox averages 4.6 from 109 ratings.
Do Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 or Armor Sandbox have ads?
Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 shows ads; Armor Sandbox does not.
Which is updated more often, Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 or Armor Sandbox?
Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 ships an update monthly, and Armor Sandbox daily. Most recently, Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 was updated on November 3, 2026 and Armor Sandbox on November 8, 2026.

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