Drop Sands vs Ropes vs Holes!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drop Sands
Guide stick figures through colored holes to board trains and ensure safe transport. Plan your moves strategically to avoid game over if holders fill up before trains depart. Enjoy a fun and simple puzzle experience.
- Guide stickmen through colored holes
- Board stickmen onto trains
- Strategic move planning
- Avoid holder overflow
- Simple puzzle experience
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Step into a colorful world of satisfying sand puzzles! Drag the holes, collect matching sand, and send it to the targets. Each level brings a new little challenge with clever paths, tricky obstacles, and hidden surprises. Plan your moves, match the colors, and watch the sand flow in the most satisfying way. Easy to play, fun to master, and full of colorful puzzle moments, Drop Sands is a great choice for quick breaks, relaxing sessions, and anyone who loves smooth, satisfying gameplay.
Ropes vs Holes!
Control a growing hole to swallow ropes in an arena. Digest increasingly larger ropes to clear levels and expand your hole. Enjoy simple joystick controls and a satisfying progression.
- Joystick touch controls
- Swallow and digest ropes
- Grow your hole
- Clear all levels
- Simple gameplay
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Rules: - Use joystick touch controls to move your hole around - Slowly approach the ropes lying down in the arena - Let the ropes fall inside the hole! - Digest all the ropes - Grow your hole - Digest bigger ropes - Clear all the levels - Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drop Sands at 5.0 against Ropes vs Holes!'s 1.3. Drop Sands also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 3). Ropes vs Holes!'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Drop Sands holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively.
Drop Sands ships an update every 5 months, Ropes vs Holes! every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Drop Sands | Ropes vs Holes! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 1.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Muammer Uslu | Serenico Labs |
Customer experience
Drop Sands
Ropes vs Holes!
In-app purchases
Drop Sands
No in-app purchases
Ropes vs Holes!
No in-app purchases
