Comparison

Sand Drop vs Avoduko

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

Head to head
About

Sand Drop

Engage in a relaxing puzzle experience by swiping colorful sand to complete tasks. This game offers satisfying controls and bright visuals, with levels that gradually increase in challenge. It's perfect for quick, engaging play sessions.

Highlights
  • Swipe colorful sand
  • Complete puzzle tasks
  • Simple and relaxing gameplay
  • Bright, satisfying visuals
  • Challenging levels
  • Quick play sessions
Features
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Sand Drop: Color Sort Puzzle turns pixel art into a satisfying sand puzzle. Every level is a colorful picture made of sand. Tap a color to release it, or drag your finger to carve a path through the image. The loose sand pours down a funnel onto a moving loop, then flows into color-coded buckets below. Each bucket shows how many grains it still needs. Fill it with the matching color and it clears, making room for the next one. Watch the loop's fill meter: if too much sand piles up, you run out of space. Choose which colors to drop and when, and keep the sand moving. WHY PLAY SAND DROP • Satisfying physics: watch every grain pour, slide and drain • Relaxing ASMR feel: calm visuals and smooth, simple controls • Brain and logic challenge: plan the order, match each color, clear the board • Pixel art pictures: a new image to sort in every level • Easy one-finger play: a relaxing puzzle game for adults and casual players Love sorting games, water sort puzzles or pouring games? Sand Drop gives the color sorting genre a fresh, sandy twist.

About

Avoduko

A pure logic puzzle game where you deduce the placement of avocados on a grid. Solve over 1,000 levels with increasing difficulty, featuring daily challenges and unique avocado characters. Play offline and hone your deduction skills.

Highlights
  • Over 1,000 logic puzzles
  • Daily challenge with rewards
  • 14 unique avocado characters
  • Streak system with shield protection
  • Hints and answer tokens
  • Offline play
Features
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APP DESCRIPTION Place one avocado in every colored plot, every row, and every column. Every puzzle has exactly one solution. You find it through logic alone. Avoduko is a pure logic puzzle game. No numbers. No guessing. No luck. Pure deduction. HOW IT WORKS The rules take ten seconds to learn. One avocado per colored plot. One avocado per row. One avocado per column. No two avocados touch, not even diagonally. Single tap to eliminate a cell. Double tap to place your avocado. PURE DEDUCTION. ZERO GUESSING. Every puzzle is solvable by logic alone. If you find yourself guessing, look again. There is always a move you have not seen yet. Finding it is the whole point. 1,000+ LEVELS Start with 5x5 grids. Progress through increasingly complex puzzles up to 11x11. Every 10th level is a Hard Level challenge, a deliberate test of your deduction skills. The difficulty grows with you. DAILY CHALLENGE A new hard puzzle drops every day at midnight. The same puzzle for every player in the world. Beat the clock. Build your daily streak. Miss a day and your streak resets. Every completed daily challenge earns you a mystery reward. Hints, answers, or a rare answer token that reveals one correct placement. HINTS AND ANSWERS Stuck? A hint places a strategic X in a cell logic says is wrong. An answer reveals one correct placement without giving away the rest. Both help you learn. FEATURES 1,000+ logic puzzles with difficulty scaling Daily challenge, one hard puzzle every day 14 unique avocado characters Streak system with shield protection Hints and answer tokens as earned rewards Auto-mark conflicts, optional visual assistance Haptic feedback Play offline, anytime Progressive difficulty from beginner to expert PERFECT FOR Players who love Sudoku, Queens, nonograms, or any puzzle where guessing feels wrong. Avoduko rewards patience, observation, and logical thinking. Two minutes on your commute or two hours at home. Avoduko works either way. Every move has a reason. Find it. WHATS NEW Welcome to Avoduko. This is the first version of the game. Place one avocado per colored plot, row, and column. No two avocados touch, not even diagonally. Included in this launch: 1,000+ logic puzzles across 5x5 to 11x11 grids Daily challenge with countdown timer and rewards 14 unique avocado characters Streak system with shield protection Hints and answer tokens Tutorial for new players More levels, characters, and features added regularly. If you enjoy Avoduko, please leave a rating. It helps other puzzle players find the game. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sand Drop4 screens
Avoduko4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Avoduko at 100% against Sand Drop's 45%. Avoduko also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). Sand Drop's advantage is ratings volume (560 vs 7) and chart position (#93 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sand Drop sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Avoduko sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Avoduko holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sand Drop has 560 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Sand Drop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Avoduko's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sand Drop ships an update every 10 days, Avoduko every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Sand Drop versus Avoduko: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSand DropAvoduko
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (560 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings560 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#93 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size462 MB36 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLion Studios PlusBrandon Workman

Customer experience

Sand Drop

All ratings514 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive45.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative35.0%

Avoduko

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Sand Drop

One-time10
  • Oasis Treat$0.99
  • Mirage Return$0.99
  • 1000 Coins$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Piggy bank$2.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Piggy Bank$4.99
  • No Ads$7.99
  • 5000 Coins$7.99
  • Battle Pass$9.99
  • 10000 Coins$14.99
5 purchases

Avoduko

Subscriptions2
  • Avoduko Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Avoduko Pro - Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • 10 Hints$0.99
  • 5 Answers$1.99
  • Remove Ads Forever$6.99

Questions

Is Sand Drop free?
Sand Drop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Avoduko free?
Avoduko is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sand Drop or Avoduko?
Avoduko is rated higher. Sand Drop averages 4.8 out of 5 from 560 ratings, while Avoduko averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Sand Drop or Avoduko have ads?
Both Sand Drop and Avoduko show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sand Drop or Avoduko?
Sand Drop ships an update every 10 days, and Avoduko every 5 days. Most recently, Sand Drop was updated on October 31, 2026 and Avoduko on October 31, 2026.

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