Sandy Snakes vs SNAKE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sandy Snakes
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Drag your snakes, drain the sand, and clear the board! Trays packed with colored sand fill the grid, and hungry snakes are coiled between them. Drag a snake by any part of its body, thread it through the gaps, and bring its head to sand of its own color — it swallows the grains on contact. Every route you pick decides whether the board empties or clogs. What's inside: Grid puzzle with real space pressure: Every cell matters. Snakes are solid to each other, so the room you leave yourself is the puzzle. Drag, thread, slurp: Grab any segment and pull. The whole snake follows your finger, head first, through gaps barely wide enough. Sand that falls: Empty a column and the sand above it pours down. What was out of reach a second ago is suddenly right under your head. Match your colors: Each snake only eats its own color, and only carries enough hunger for its share. Waste it and the board can't be cleared.Beat the clock: The timer is always running. Plan fast, drag faster. Explore new worlds: Clear stages, unlock new layouts, and face boards that get tighter with every level. Easy to learn, tough to master: One finger, one rule — then find out how much puzzle fits in a single grid. Think you can find the path that empties the whole board?
SNAKE
Navigate a glowing player through an arena, collecting cores while avoiding your own past movements that reappear as obstacles. This fast-paced arcade game challenges you to plan your routes carefully to survive longer and achieve new high scores.
- Collect cores
- Avoid afterimage obstacles
- Fast-paced arcade gameplay
- One-finger controls
- Solo Survival mode
- Quick tutorial
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Your past movement comes back as the danger. SNAKE: AfterImage is a fast, one-finger arcade game where every route you take can become an obstacle. Guide your glowing player around the arena, collect cores, and watch your previous paths return as moving afterimages. The longer you survive, the more carefully you have to plan your next move. Learn the rules in a quick tutorial, chase a new best score in Solo Survival, and jump straight back in when a run ends. Simple to pick up. Harder to outmaneuver yourself.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sandy Snakes at none against SNAKE's 6. Sandy Snakes also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). SNAKE's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price and 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
Both are free to download. SNAKE sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Sandy Snakes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sandy Snakes ships an update every 2 weeks, SNAKE every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sandy Snakes | SNAKE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (34 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brew Games | Quick Technologies LLC |
In-app purchases
Sandy Snakes
No in-app purchases
SNAKE
- 5 Second Chances$0.99
- 1,000 Orbs$0.99
- 3,500 Orbs$1.99
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- 8,888 Orbs$2.99
- 20,000 orbs$5.99
- 77,777 Orbs$14.99









