Comparison

Play vs Melon Smash!

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

Head to head
About

Play

Create your own open-world game, design landscapes, and build characters. Engage in shooting battles with your custom allies and enemies. Assemble a dream team from various inspirations and conquer the sandbox world.

Highlights
  • Open-world game creation
  • Craft allies and enemies
  • Unlimited shooting battles
  • Customizable landscapes
  • Variety of weapons
  • Assemble dream teams
Features
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"Welcome to Play-box Adventure, where the open world is your canvas and victory is at your fingertips: create your own destiny and collaborate with your own creations to unleash unlimited shooting excitement. HOW TO PLAY: - Enter the open-world environment and start crafting your own game - Create allies and enemies with unique attributes and appearances - Engage in unlimited shooting battles, strategizing with your crafted team GAME FEATURE: - Craft your own landscapes, design structures, and shape the environment to suit your strategic goals - Different maps for difference experiences - Varieties of weapons for you to enjoy the exhilaration of ultimate shooting - From internet sensations to pop culture icons for you to assemble a dream team Play-box Adventure invites you to a world where imagination meets action. Craft, shoot, and conquer in a game that defies conventions. Are you ready to shape your destiny and reign supreme in the sandbox? Join the adventure now!"

About

Melon Smash!

Engage in a creative sandbox experience where you can build anything imaginable, from houses to entire cities. Explore diverse environments, customize your hero, and enjoy endless adventures with no set goals.

Highlights
  • Unlimited building possibilities
  • Hero customization
  • Vast explorable world
  • No set game goals
  • Variety of environments
  • Creative freedom
Features
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Melon Smash is an exciting sandbox game that offers players unlimited possibilities for creativity, construction, and management. This game is a real world where you can be anyone and do anything, immersing yourself in an atmosphere of freedom and endless adventures. In Melon Smash, you can build and create whatever you can imagine. The game offers a variety of building elements, materials, and design tools. You will be able to make your house, castle, or even an entire city. Each component of this sandbox game adds uniqueness to your creation. The sandbox genre encourages your creativity, allowing you to experiment with shapes and colors. In this exciting sandbox, you can control your hero, choosing from a variety of skins and external settings. This allows you to create a unique character that will reflect your personality. A flexible customization system provides variety and allows each player to stand out in the sandbox world. Your hero will become not only a builder, but also an explorer, ready for new adventures. The game offers a vast sandbox world full of unique locations, each with its own atmosphere and style. Explore dense forests, picturesque mountains, desert areas, and cities. Each sandbox location is full of hidden details and opportunities waiting for you to discover them. This adds an element of exploration and discovery to the gameplay. One of the key features of Melon Smash is the lack of a clear goal or end of the game. This creates a unique sense of freedom, allowing players to enjoy the process without restrictions in this sandbox. You can build, explore, fight, or relax in your sandbox world. Every time you enter the game, new adventures and ideas await you to implement. Please read our Privacy policy: https://policy.psvgamestudio.com/privacy_policy_appstore_lyudmila.html and Terms of use: https://policy.psvgamestudio.com/terms_of_use_appstore_lyudmila.html

Screenshots

Play4 screens
Melon Smash!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Play at none against Melon Smash!'s 10. Play also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Melon Smash!'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (12K vs 114). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Melon Smash! sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 7 days. Play asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Melon Smash! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Melon Smash! has 12K ratings behind it against 114, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Play's written reviews are positive against 36% of Melon Smash!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Play ships an update weekly, Melon Smash! monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Play versus Melon Smash!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlayMelon Smash!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (114 ratings)4.7 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better36.1% of reviews
Number of ratings11412K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size755 MB438 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperUmair ManzoorLiudmyla Petryshyn

Customer experience

Play

All ratings113 ratings
Positive78.8%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.2%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%

Melon Smash!

All ratings11,674 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive36.1%
Neutral14.5%
Negative49.4%

Bugs and requests

Play

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Melon Smash!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Lost progress and saved data
  • Compatibility issues on some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Reduce ads or offer ad-free version
  • Improve stability and fix bugs
  • Add more unique features and content

In-app purchases

None

Play

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Melon Smash!

Subscriptions2
  • Event Pass3 Days trial$14.997 Days
  • Characters Pass3 Days trial$24.997 Days
One-time8
  • Escape from Prison$4.99
  • Chef Location$4.99
  • Melon Scientist$5.99
Show 5 more
  • No Ads Forever$5.99
  • Clock Boss$5.99
  • Event Cyborg Boss$9.99
  • Event Solar Boss$9.99
  • Yellow Rooms$9.99

Questions

Is Play free?
Play is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Melon Smash! free?
Melon Smash! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Play or Melon Smash!?
Melon Smash! is rated higher. Play averages 4.3 out of 5 from 114 ratings, while Melon Smash! averages 4.7 from 12K ratings.
Do Play or Melon Smash! have ads?
Melon Smash! shows ads; Play does not.
Which is updated more often, Play or Melon Smash!?
Play ships an update weekly, and Melon Smash! monthly. Most recently, Play was updated on October 30, 2026 and Melon Smash! on November 10, 2026.

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