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.
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.
- Realistic physics simulation
- Tank track and suspension movement
- Variety of historical tanks
- Observation and enjoyment focus
- No combat gameplay
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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
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3 | Armor Sandbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (282 ratings) — better | 4.6 (109 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 282 — better | 109 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #86 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 538 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Eiji Shimada | Vitor Japiassu |
Customer experience
Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3
Armor Sandbox
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
Tank Physics Mobile Vol.3
- Remove Time Limit$2.49
Armor Sandbox
- Sci-Fi Expansion$2.99
- Armor Sandbox Complete$8.99
- Everything: Complete + Sci-Fi$9.99
Questions
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