Comparison

Fishdom vs Sand Balls

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

Head to head
About

Fishdom

Dive into an underwater world with this match-3 puzzle game. Design and decorate unique aquariums, collect adorable fish, and compete with friends in exciting events. Enjoy thousands of levels and explore a vibrant aquatic universe.

Highlights
  • Original match-3 gameplay
  • Thousands of captivating levels
  • Aquarium decoration and customization
  • Collect adorable fish and pets
  • Exciting in-game events and expeditions
  • Multiplayer competitions and team play
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Dive into the fantastic world of Fishdom! You're in for an ocean of exciting levels, scores of adorable fish and pets, and a sea of captivating events! Explore incredible underwater adventures! Unlock aquariums and decorate them to your taste, creating perfect homes for cute fish and their friends. Game Features: ● Original gameplay: beat match-3 levels to create the perfect home for your fish! ● Thousands of captivating levels with powerful boosters! ● Loads of beautiful decorations and unlimited creative freedom: what the aquariums look like is entirely up to you! ● Exciting events: embark on expeditions, collect keys in season adventures, and get awesome rewards like power-ups, boosters, unlimited lives, pets, and aquarium decorations! ● Have fun together: compete against other players, team up, and win fantastic prizes! Play with your Facebook friends, or make new friends in the game community! Fishdom is free to play, but some in-game elements (including randomized items) can be purchased for real money. If you don't want to take advantage of this option, simply turn it off in your device's "Restrictions" menu. A Wi-Fi or internet connection is not required to play. *An internet connection is required to access competitions and additional features. Do you like Fishdom? Follow us! Facebook: facebook.com/Fishdom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fishdom_mobile/ Need to report an issue or ask a question? Contact Player Support through the game by going to Settings > Help and Support. If you can't access the game, use the web chat by clicking the chat icon in the lower right corner of our website: https://playrix.helpshift.com/hc/a/4-fishdom/ Privacy Policy: https://playrix.com/privacy/index.html Terms of Use: https://playrix.com/terms/index.html

About

Sand Balls

Dig and collect colorful sand balls by navigating intricate paths and overcoming obstacles. Use strategy to fill a truck and transport them to build and upgrade a beautiful island. Enjoy hundreds of levels for relaxation and brain-teasing fun.

Highlights
  • Dig and collect colorful sand balls
  • Navigate complex paths and obstacles
  • Fill trucks and transport balls
  • Build and upgrade a beautiful island
  • Hundreds of challenging levels
  • Collect golden keys for surprises
Features
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►Catch a ball! Turn right, now a little to the left, and right again, than free up more space so the ball can move, and finally… Yes! Catch it! Make sure you're careful and really pay attention—this is no simple football or volleyball. It's still a game, but with a sand ball! Have you ever seen anything like it before? Even though it's made of sand, it's not yellow like you'd expect. Guess what color a sand ball can be? Orange, green, pink, purple, blue, and many other vibrant colors of the rainbow and beyond! Your imagination will truly take flight! ►Why do you need to collect these sand balls? The first reason is "just for fun", and it's completely true. Why not? Everyone deserves to relax after the a hectic pace of a work day, and this game knows how to help with that! Simple actions, а fresh and cool design, a wide variety of tasks - this game has hundreds of levels so you can have lots of fun in your spare time. The second reason is for strategy. The app features a tricky puzzle where you have to think carefully to beat the level: put colorful balls into the truck and transfer them to a wonderful island located in the middle of nowhere. What's the point? Now we come to the third reason. The game is well-organized in terms of plot. This means that while you play, you will be provided with challenging goals and inspiring missions like repairing buildings and advancing the overall infrastructure of the beautiful island. To sum up, collecting the balls is a good way to relax after a long day and improve your logical thinking at the same time. Press the button and download! ► A bubble of additional interest is gained through • Golden keys. They open boxes with different surprises or even money inside. • Sticks and other obstacles in the way. This is no walk in the park! • A secret weapon that can destroy all balls. (You can restart the level.) • Long and varied routes. They look like a real puzzle. What road will you choose? Try to avoid getting lost! • A special white bubble. It turns into…..you'll find out on your own. ► Make sure that you discover all the WOW effects…and hurry up! Your first truck is coming! Don't miss your chance to build an island! P.S. or maybe not just one incredible island, but several… Subscription Terms: VIP Week Access offers a weekly subscription, you will have a 3-days FREE trial period, after this period you will be charged $5.99/week. After buying this subscription, you will unlock following features: exclusive VIP building, free gems every day, no ads, VIP ball effects. This is an Auto-renewable subscription. The payment is charged to your account after confirmation. The subscription is renewed unless you turn it off 24 hours before the period ends. Your account will be charged for renewal as well. End of trial and subscription renewal: • The payment is charged to your account after a confirmation of purchase. • The subscription is renewed unless you turn it off 24 hour before the end of the current period. • The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period at the cost of the weekly subscription. • The user may manage the subscription and auto-renewal have to be turned off by going to the user’s account settings after purchase in the Store. • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Canceling a trial or a subscription: • If you want to cancel a subscription during its free trial, you have to cancel it through your account in the Store. This must be done at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period to avoid being charged. For more information, please visit https://support.apple.com/HT207865 for more information If there is questions contact us info@saygames.by Privacy Policy : https://say.games/privacy-policy/sandballs Terms of use : https://say.games/terms-of-use/sandballs

Screenshots

Fishdom4 screens
Sand Balls4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Fishdom at none against Sand Balls's shown. Fishdom also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and chart position (#11 vs unranked). Sand Balls's advantage is review sentiment (42% vs 33%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Fishdom sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Sand Balls sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. 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 — 4.6 for Fishdom against 4.6 for Sand Balls. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2M and 286K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Fishdom's written reviews are positive against 42% of Sand Balls's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fishdom ships an update every 2 weeks, Sand Balls every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Fishdom versus Sand Balls: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFishdomSand Balls
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.2M ratings) — better4.6 (286K ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews41.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2M — better286K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#11 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size292 MB289 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPlayrixSayGames LTD

Customer experience

Fishdom

All ratings1,151,656 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews2,966 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral10.2%
Negative56.5%

Sand Balls

All ratings284,460 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral5.7%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews703 reviews
Positive41.5%
Neutral14.4%
Negative44.1%

User reviews

Fishdom

From 1.2M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Variety of fish and aquarium customization
  • 🕹️ Engaging and challenging gameplay
  • 🕰️ No ads disrupting gameplay
  • 🤝 Ability to join teams and help each other

Room to improve

  • 💰 Game becomes increasingly pay-to-win at higher levels
  • 🤖 Unhelpful customer support bot
  • 🤯 Levels designed to force in-app purchases
  • 🎢 Inconsistent difficulty spikes and level manipulation
  • 🕰️ Restrictive time limits on rewards and boosters

Sand Balls

From 286K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Relaxing and calming gameplay
  • 👍 Satisfying physics and visuals
  • 💡 Interesting sand city building feature

Room to improve

  • 🙄 Excessive and intrusive ads
  • 🤔 Repetitive and unvaried levels
  • 💰 Expensive VIP subscription
  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs

Bugs and requests

Fishdom

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Boosters not working as intended
  • Levels becoming unwinnable due to glitches
  • Disappearing aquariums and lost progress

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to replay previous levels for coins
  • Ability to choose when to use earned boosters
  • More transparent and fair progression system
  • Improved customer support responsiveness

Sand Balls

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Balls getting stuck in impossible positions
  • Game freezing or crashing
  • Issues with claiming rewards and unlocking new content

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to replay past levels
  • More challenging and varied levels
  • Improved progression and rewards system
  • Better ad implementation or ad-free option

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Fishdom

One-time9
  • A few Diamonds!$0.99
  • A few Diamonds$0.99
  • Wonderous Collection$1.99
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  • A few Diamonds$1.99
  • Diamond Fishy Bank$2.99
  • Handful of Diamonds2 variants$4.99
  • Marvelous Collection$5.99
  • Hatchling's Cache$6.99
  • Crab's Finds$15.99
10 purchases

Sand Balls

Subscriptions2
  • VIP Week3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • VIP Month3 Days trial$19.991 Month
One-time8
  • 3 Hints$0.99
  • 25 Gems$0.99
  • Unique Ball bundle$0.99
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  • 10 Hints$1.99
  • No Ads$2.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • 25 Hints$4.99
  • Basic bundle$6.99

Questions

Is Fishdom free?
Fishdom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sand Balls free?
Sand Balls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fishdom or Sand Balls?
Fishdom is rated higher. Fishdom averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.2M ratings, while Sand Balls averages 4.6 from 286K ratings.
Do Fishdom or Sand Balls have ads?
Sand Balls shows ads; Fishdom does not.
Which is updated more often, Fishdom or Sand Balls?
Fishdom ships an update every 2 weeks, and Sand Balls every 2 months. Most recently, Fishdom was updated on November 12, 2026 and Sand Balls on November 12, 2026.

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