Comparison

Earth Sandbox vs Falling Matter

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

Head to head
About

Earth Sandbox

Explore the dynamic evolution of a planet by altering its core systems like climate and gravity. Trigger natural events and observe real-time population and ecosystem trends. This experimental simulation game offers unique outcomes with every interaction.

Highlights
  • Earth-focused environmental simulation
  • Interconnected climate and planetary systems
  • Dynamic natural events
  • Real-time population and ecosystem trends
  • Interactive experimentation tools
  • Clean visuals and intuitive controls
Features
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Earth Sandbox is an experimental simulation game centered on Earth itself. Instead of following a fixed story or objective, the game invites you to explore how a planet reacts when its core systems are changed. Climate, gravity, oceans, and atmosphere interact dynamically, creating unique outcomes every time you experiment. You can adjust environmental conditions, trigger natural events, or push the planet into extreme states. Rising temperatures may reshape ecosystems, shifting gravity alters planetary balance, and sudden disasters can permanently change the world you observe. Natural events such as meteor impacts, earthquakes, volcanic activity, and global climate shifts are part of the simulation. Each event influences the planet differently depending on existing conditions, encouraging experimentation rather than repetition. The simulation is driven by interconnected systems inspired by scientific principles. Population trends, environmental stability, and planetary conditions evolve in real time, allowing you to observe long-term consequences of your actions. Features: • Earth-focused environmental simulation • Interconnected climate and planetary systems • Dynamic natural events and long-term world changes • Real-time population and ecosystem trends • Interactive tools designed for experimentation • Clean visuals with intuitive controls How will your choices shape the future of this Earth? Icon by orvipixel from www.flaticon.com Icon by Freepik from www.flaticon.com Icon by Solid Icon Co from www.flaticon.com Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay Sound Effect by Universfield from Pixabay Sound Effect by Kalvin C from Pixabay Sound Effect by Jeremay Jimenez from Pixabay Music by Grand_Project from Pixabay Music by Music Unlimited from Pixabay Sound Effect by Matthew Vakalyuk from Pixabay Sound Effect by freesound_community from Pixabay

About

Falling Matter

Features
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Falling Matter is a pixel physics sandbox where every grain matters. Pour sand, flood it with water, drop lava on top, and watch the world react. REAL PHYSICS, REAL HEAT • Every pixel has a temperature. Heat spreads fast through metal and slowly through wood and air. • Water boils and freezes, ice melts, lava cools into obsidian, sand melts into glass. • Liquids settle into layers by weight: gasoline floats on oil, oil on water, mercury sinks below everything. • Turn on Heat view to see your world through a thermal camera. 60+ MATERIALS AND TOOLS Powders, liquids, gases, metals, explosives, plants and people. Mix acid with metal to make hydrogen, cool red-hot steel in water, burn wood into glowing charcoal, or let thermite eat through a steel plate. TILT TO POUR Turn on phone tilt gravity, and everything falls toward the lower edge of your phone, just like sand in a jar. BUILD, SAVE, SHARE • Four save slots with previews. • Share a crisp picture of your creation. • Rotate your phone any time; your world comes with you. AND MORE • 13 trophies to discover. • Tips that explain each material (turn them off any time). • Vibration feedback for explosions and lightning. • Works completely offline. No account, no ads, no data collected.

Screenshots

Earth Sandbox4 screens
Falling Matter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Earth Sandbox at none against Falling Matter's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Falling Matter sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Earth Sandbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Earth Sandbox versus Falling Matter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarth SandboxFalling Matter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size367 MB35 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHeechang KimJaylen Byrd

In-app purchases

None

Earth Sandbox

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Falling Matter

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Unlock All Matter$2.99
  • Everything Bundle$3.99

Questions

Is Earth Sandbox free?
Earth Sandbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Falling Matter free?
Falling Matter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Earth Sandbox or Falling Matter have ads?
Both Earth Sandbox and Falling Matter show ads.

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