Sand Loop vs Nurikabe Infinite!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sand Loop
Engage in a relaxing puzzle game where you guide buckets to collect colored sand. Watch as the sand flows with realistic physics to reveal beautiful artwork. Enjoy a calming escape with intuitive controls and hundreds of handcrafted levels.
- Sand collection puzzle gameplay
- Realistic sand physics
- Hundreds of handcrafted levels
- Intuitive tap controls
- Visually satisfying sand flow
- Hidden artwork reveals
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Sand Loop is a relaxing sand sort puzzle: a finished sand artwork is sitting in front of you, and your job is to collect every grain of it. Guide the buckets along the conveyor, pour each color into the one that matches, and let real sand physics do the rest. Take the whole picture apart, color by color, until the board is clear. Relax and unwind after a long day, or take one level at a time on the go. How to play: - Tap to release a bucket and send it down the conveyor - Each color of sand gets poured into the bucket that matches - Work through the artwork until every grain is collected - Place your buckets strategically to solve the puzzle - Clear the board and enjoy the payoff Easy to pick up, genuinely tricky by level 100! Why you'll love it: The sweet spot between a brain teaser and a stress-relief game. Simple taps, beautiful results, steady progress, sand physics and ASMR-style sounds that make every level worth watching. Game features: - A sand sort puzzle built on a loop: timing matters, not just matching - Real sand physics: every grain pours, piles and settles - Hundreds of handcrafted levels, with more in every update - Fresh obstacles and twists that keep changing how you solve - A different sand artwork to take apart in every level - Soft ASMR-style sand sounds and a calm, colorful art style - Free to play, with no countdown timer on any level - Limited-time events to take part in when you feel competitive It never settles into one trick. Just as you get comfortable, a level changes the rules on you - a new obstacle, a new way the sand behaves, a new reason the order you pour in suddenly matters. There is a fresh twist every couple of weeks, so the game you are playing in a month is not the one you downloaded. Hundreds of levels in, it is still finding ways to surprise you. Take a moment for yourself. Let the sand flow. Download Sand Loop for free and start sorting.
Nurikabe Infinite!
Engage your mind with a vast collection of Nurikabe puzzles. This app offers thousands of challenges across various difficulty levels, with helpful hints to guide your progress and improve your skills.
- Thousands of Nurikabe puzzles
- Varying difficulty levels
- Human-readable hints
- No advertisements
- Learn and improve skills
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A simple Nurikabe app with thousands of puzzles of varying difficulties, and opportunities to learn and improve! - No Ads - Thousands of puzzles of varying difficulty - Human-readable hints
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nurikabe Infinite! at 100% against Sand Loop's 17%. Nurikabe Infinite! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Sand Loop's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (22K vs 3). On device support 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
Sand Loop is free to download; Nurikabe Infinite! costs $1.99 up front. Sand Loop sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Nurikabe Infinite! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nurikabe Infinite! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sand Loop has 22K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Sand Loop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nurikabe Infinite!'s.
Sand Loop ships an update fortnightly, Nurikabe Infinite! every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sand Loop | Nurikabe Infinite! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (22K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #97 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 393 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | IAN ALEXANDER CROFT GRAHAM MARTINEZ |
Customer experience
Sand Loop
Nurikabe Infinite!
In-app purchases
Sand Loop
- Coin Pack 1$1.99
- Happy Hour$3.99
- Special Offer$4.99
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- Sand Loop Offer$5.99
- Coin Pack 2$7.99
- Sand Loop Offer$9.99
- Sandy Essentials$9.99
- Sandy Pass$9.99
- Coin Pack 3$14.99
- Sandy Gift$19.99
Nurikabe Infinite!
No in-app purchases
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