Sand Jam! vs Color Lock 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sand Jam!
Command stickmen to fill tiles with pixels and reveal a pixel art masterpiece. Strategically place your stickmen to stash areas and complete increasingly complex levels. Unlock stunning designs as you progress.
- Command stickmen to fire projectiles
- Fill tiles with required pixels
- Reveal pixel art masterpieces
- Strategically place stickmen
- Unlock pixel art designs
- Progress through complex levels
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Command stickmen to fire pixel projectiles and bring your canvas to life! Fill tiles with the required pixels to reveal the next part of the masterpiece. Strategically place stickmen to stash area and complete each level. Every tile has its unique color palette and pixel requirements. Unlock stunning pixel art designs as you progress through increasingly complex levels. Easy to start, endlessly creative, and perfect for puzzle and pixel art enthusiasts!
Color Lock 3D
A brain-teasing puzzle game where you match keys to colored boxes to unlock a vault. Strategically open boxes within a limited space to test your color-matching skills and logic.
- Brain-teasing puzzles
- Color matching mechanics
- Strategic box opening
- Limited space challenges
- Vibrant visual design
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"Color Lock" is an ultra-casual, brain-teasing puzzle game. The vault's door is secured by numerous locks of different colors. To proceed, you must find the keys placed inside corresponding colored boxes, all stacked together. Within a limited space, strategically open the boxes to unlock the door. Test your color-matching skills and logical thinking in this engaging and vibrant challenge.
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Verdict
Sand Jam! and Color Lock 3D both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Color Lock 3D's written reviews are positive against 20% of Sand Jam!'s. Sand Jam!'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (837 vs 150). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Sand Jam! sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Color Lock 3D sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Color Lock 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sand Jam! has 837 ratings behind it against 150, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Sand Jam!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Color Lock 3D's.
Sand Jam! ships an update fortnightly, Color Lock 3D every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Sand Jam! | Color Lock 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (837 ratings) | 4.8 (150 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 837 — better | 150 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 447 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | Solid Games |
Customer experience
Sand Jam!
Color Lock 3D
Bugs and requests
Sand Jam!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Level 255 is broken, not enough blocks to complete the level
- Levels become unwinnable due to missing blocks
- Incorrect block colors appearing in levels
Requested features
2 requests- Update to fix level 255 and other broken levels
- More content and levels
Color Lock 3D
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sand Jam!
- Coin Pack 1$1.99
- Refill Pack$4.99
- No Ads$7.99
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- Coin Pack 2$7.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
- No Ads Bundle$14.99
- Coin Pack 3$14.99
- Small Bundle$19.99
- Coin Pack 4$29.99
- Medium Bundle$29.99
- Large Bundle$39.99
- Coin Pack 5$49.99
- Coin Pack 6$99.99
Color Lock 3D
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Ad Ticket1$0.99
- Enjoy Pack$2.99
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- Ad Ticket2$3.99
- Ad Ticket3$9.99
