Sand & Sky vs Pixel Creator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sand & Sky
Experiment with physics and materials in a creative sandbox. Drop, mix, and ignite various elements to discover surprising interactions and build unique creations. Enjoy a zen-like experience with realistic simulations and a variety of tools.
- Realistic fluid simulation
- Gravity manipulation
- Wind tool
- Adjustable brush and speed
- Undo and clear functions
- Material interaction guide
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Sand & Sky is an endlessly satisfying particle physics sandbox — drop materials, watch them interact, and discover what happens when science meets creativity. Pour water and watch it fill every corner. Drop lava onto ice and forge obsidian. Ignite gunpowder and set off chain explosions. Build walls, draw mazes, and experiment unique materials that each behave according to their own rules. REACTIONS & COMBINATIONS Every material interacts with others in surprising ways. Water meets lava and creates stone. Lightning strikes sand and fuses it into glass. Acid dissolves almost everything. Discover all the reactions in the built-in Reactions guide. FEATURES · Realistic fluid simulation — liquids fill containers and accumulate naturally · Flip gravity in any direction — up, down, left, or right · Wind tool to push particles across the screen · Adjustable brush size and simulation speed · Undo button and sandbox clear · Unique sounds for every material Whether you're building elaborate contraptions, running experiments, or simply watching particles fall — Sand & Sky is the perfect zen sandbox to lose yourself in.
Pixel Creator
Explore a 2D physics sandbox with over 430 elements, including liquids, life, and machines. Create living ecosystems, trigger chain reactions, and unlock hundreds of recipes. Play fully offline with no ads or data collection.
- 430+ elements and 14 categories
- Realistic physics engine
- Living ecosystems and chain reactions
- Pre-made scenes
- Discovery Codex with recipes
- Offline play
- Goals and challenges
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Pixel Creator is a 2D pixel physics sandbox. Drop sand, water, lava, plants, animals and 430+ elements onto the canvas and watch them flow, burn, freeze, grow and react. - 430 elements across 14 categories — terrain, liquids, life, powders, energy, nuclear, weapons, machines and more - Real physics: gravity, density, temperature, pressure, fire and chain reactions - Living ecosystems: food chains, pollination, decomposition — and a human-form zombie outbreak you can fight with fire or a vaccine - Ready-made scenes: forest pond, coral reef, village, rainy wetland, zombie street - Discovery Codex: place elements and trigger reactions to unlock them — hundreds of recipes to find - Goals & challenges to chase - Heat / state views, save slots, undo, sound and haptics - Fully offline. No account, no ads, no data collection — everything runs on your device Free to play. A one-time "Full Version" unlock opens every element, scene and challenge.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sand & Sky at none against Pixel Creator's 1. Sand & Sky also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Pixel Creator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Pixel Creator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sand & Sky asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sand & Sky against 5.0 for Pixel Creator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Sand & Sky ships an update every 5 weeks, Pixel Creator every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Sand & Sky | Pixel Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nicholas Bianchino | 云飞 张 |
In-app purchases
Sand & Sky
No in-app purchases
Pixel Creator
- Full Version$1.99







