Comparison

Sandy's Great Escape vs 8

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

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About

Sandy's Great Escape

A unique puzzle game where you push boxes and shells to solve challenges, utilizing a rewind mechanic. Unlock over 40 crab skins and discover fun facts about crabs as you progress through 100 levels across four themed worlds.

Highlights
  • Box-pushing puzzle mechanics
  • Rewind feature
  • 100 levels across 4 worlds
  • Crab customization with 40+ skins
  • Unlockable crab facts
  • Hidden achievements
Features
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A crabby twist on the sokoban (box-pushing) genre, where you use deaths to create shells and solve puzzles. Scuttle through challenging levels with a forgiving rewind mechanic. TONS OF UNIQUE PUZZLE MECHANICS. Each of the four themed worlds adds unique mechanics to the field, giving even the most crabby player hours of entertainment with 100 levels in their claws. Push boxes and shells across ice, in water, into holes, over conveyors, gates, buttons, and more! CUSTOMIZE YOUR CRAB. Perfect levels and earn crab coins to get skins at the crab gumball machine - get over 40 unique skins for your crab! Find hidden achievement and secret skins throughout the game! Certain crab skins have unique sound effects and particles! CRAB FACTS. Learn ALL ABOUT CRABS with unlockable crab facts!

About

8

A retro arcade game where you play as a bartender serving impatient customers. Match ingredients quickly to earn tips and unlock new recipes. Features pixel art and 8-bit animations with increasing difficulty.

Highlights
  • Serve classic cocktails
  • Retro pixel art style
  • Increasing difficulty
  • High score tracking
  • Portrait mode gameplay
  • Unlockable recipes
Features
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Step behind the bar and shake up some classics — if you're fast enough. 8-Bit Bartender is a retro pixel-art arcade game where you play as a bartender serving a packed bar full of impatient customers. Match the right ingredients before their patience runs out, rack up tips, and level up to face harder drinks and bigger tippers. HOW TO PLAY • A customer walks in and places an order • Select the correct ingredients from your bar • Serve before the patience meter hits zero • Earn tips — speed and accuracy pay off • Level up every 5 drinks to unlock harder recipes CUSTOMER TYPES • Regular — easygoing, fair tips • Tourist — patient but a light tipper • Businessperson — no time to waste, huge tips • Party Guest — quick and generous • Expert — demands perfection, tips like it FEATURES • 50+ classic cocktail recipes to learn and master • Pixel art characters and 8-bit style animations • Increasing pressure as difficulty ramps up • High score tracking across sessions • Portrait mode — perfect for one-handed play • No random ads. No energy bars. Download free and play through the first 5 levels. Unlock the full bar with an Unlimited subscription.

Screenshots

Sandy's Great Escape4 screens
84 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 8 at Free against Sandy's Great Escape's $4.99. Sandy's Great Escape's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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

8 is free to download; Sandy's Great Escape costs $4.99 up front. 8 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sandy's Great Escape asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sandy's Great Escape holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandy's Great Escape has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sandy's Great Escape ships an update daily, 8 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sandy's Great Escape versus 8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSandy's Great Escape8
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB44 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperZane RauMalcolm Paulino

In-app purchases

None

Sandy's Great Escape

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

8

One-time1
  • Unlimited Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is Sandy's Great Escape free?
Sandy's Great Escape costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 8 free?
8 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sandy's Great Escape or 8?
Sandy's Great Escape is rated higher. Sandy's Great Escape averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while 8 averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sandy's Great Escape or 8 have ads?
Neither Sandy's Great Escape nor 8 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sandy's Great Escape or 8?
Sandy's Great Escape ships an update daily, and 8 every 2 days. Most recently, Sandy's Great Escape was updated on October 24, 2026 and 8 on October 28, 2026.

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