Comparison

Sandbox Draw vs Oscilluma

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

Head to head
About

Sandbox Draw

Features
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Sandbox Draw turns your iPhone into a tray of soft, sunlit sand. Drag a finger and the surface carves into a real groove with a shadow along its low edge — not a painted-on line. Press harder for a deeper groove. Press hard enough and the device responds with continuous haptic feedback that tracks your stroke. Dig deep enough and a colorful pattern bleeds through from underneath, different every session. Tap the refresh button to smooth the sand flat and start over with a brand-new color world below. Tap the share button at any moment to save or send your drawing. Features - Real-time pressure-sensitive sand drawing, 120 Hz on ProMotion devices - Haptic feedback on the hardest presses - A surprise of color revealed at the bottom of every deep groove - One-tap refresh, one-tap share to Photos, Messages, AirDrop, and more - No accounts, no ads, no data collection A small, quiet app. Draw, smooth, draw again.

About

Oscilluma

Features
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Turn your screen into living art. Drift through glowing tunnels, flowing glass, unfolding forms and cosmic landscapes. Oscilluma creates its visuals in real time on your device, bringing color and movement to quiet evenings, creative spaces and time with friends. Open a visual world, find a look you love and let it move. No account or phone pairing is required. START FREE Explore Vortex with four included looks. Preview Pro worlds before deciding to unlock more. ONE PURCHASE, MORE WORLDS Oscilluma Pro is an optional one-time purchase that unlocks all 21 visual worlds and 126 authored looks: 20 more worlds and 122 more looks beyond the free collection. No subscription or ads. Each world has its own visual character. Looks are carefully chosen variations within those worlds, rather than separate effects. MADE FOR YOUR SCREEN On iPhone and iPad, explore the world and look library with a live canvas. Pro lets you adjust Palette, Motion, Energy and Detail for your selected look. On Apple TV, browse with the Siri Remote, choose a world and hide the controls for full-screen art. Select a palette to apply it; moving focus between palette cards keeps your current colors. Pro includes 17 curated color palettes alongside each world's default. Turn on Autoplay to move through the worlds available to you. On Apple Vision Pro, explore and tune the art in a spatial window. Pro also lets you save and recall your own Rooms. Oscilluma runs as an app you open. It does not replace the Apple TV system screen saver. The visuals move independently; music and sound response are not included.

Screenshots

Sandbox Draw3 screens
Oscilluma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sandbox Draw at none against Oscilluma's 1. Sandbox Draw also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Oscilluma's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Oscilluma sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sandbox Draw asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Sandbox Draw versus Oscilluma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSandbox DrawOscilluma
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDox2A Labs LLCPETALUMAPALMER LLC

In-app purchases

None

Sandbox Draw

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Oscilluma

One-time1
  • Oscilluma Pro — Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is Sandbox Draw free?
Sandbox Draw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oscilluma free?
Oscilluma is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sandbox Draw or Oscilluma have ads?
Neither Sandbox Draw nor Oscilluma shows ads.

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