Comparison

Volcano Eruption Simulator vs Grainfall

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

Head to head
About

Volcano Eruption Simulator

Features
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This simulator app allows you to meditatively watch a fascinating volcanic eruption - just touch the volcano and the elements come to life. Fire, lava and smoke create a realistic effect, giving you the feeling of being at the foot of a volcano. A volcanic eruption is a powerful natural phenomenon in which magma, gases and ash are ejected from the Earth's interior to the surface. Control the eruptions, wind and lava sounds, change the time of day and watch the elements come to life. Have a good game! How to play: - Choose one of 6 locations from the main menu - Enjoy a realistic simulation of eruptions - Control the sounds of gurgling lava, wind noise, thick smoke and other effects with the buttons at the bottom of the screen Attention: The application is created for entertainment purposes only and does not cause any harm!

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Grainfall

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Grainfall is a falling sand toy. Pick a material, drag across the screen, and watch it react with whatever is already there. Sand piles up and slides back down. Dig a hole and water will find it. Oil floats on top of water, and oil burns. Plants drink from standing water and creep toward it. Fire spreads, leaves ash behind, and boils water into steam that drifts up, cools off, and comes back down as rain. There is no score and nothing to unlock by playing. What you get is twelve materials that all react to each other, and the fun is working out how. Build a glass tank and fill it with acid, since glass is the one thing acid cannot chew through. Pour lava into water and it sets into stone. Light one end of a gunpowder trail and follow it along. Hit record at any point and Grainfall turns what happened into a video, with sound built from the same events you just watched. Save a world and it keeps a picture of itself in your list. Send one to a friend as a small file and it opens straight into their copy. FREE • Sand, water, oil, plant, fire and wall • The full simulation, running at 60fps • Record and export video, with a small watermark in the corner • Your world saves itself and is waiting when you come back PRO - One time purchase • Six more materials: acid, glass, lava, ice, gunpowder, fireworks • Video export with the watermark gone • Save as many worlds as you want, name them, load them back • Send worlds to friends as .grain files • Four color themes • Tilt gravity, so leaning your phone pours everything sideways A FEW THINGS WORTH TRYING • Float oil on water and drop in a single flame • Fill a glass tank with acid • Pour lava into the sea and watch the steam come off it • Light a gunpowder trail at one end • Set off enough fireworks that the falling sparks catch your plants Every material makes its own sound. No account, no ads, nothing collected, and it all works offline.

Screenshots

Volcano Eruption Simulator4 screens
Grainfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Volcano Eruption Simulator at none against Grainfall's 1. Grainfall's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Grainfall sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Volcano Eruption Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Volcano Eruption Simulator versus Grainfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVolcano Eruption SimulatorGrainfall
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB23 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperYaroslav NovytskyiJohn Haas

In-app purchases

None

Volcano Eruption Simulator

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Grainfall

One-time1
  • Grainfall Pro$0.99

Questions

Is Volcano Eruption Simulator free?
Volcano Eruption Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grainfall free?
Grainfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Volcano Eruption Simulator or Grainfall have ads?
Volcano Eruption Simulator shows ads; Grainfall does not.

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