Comparison

Sand Art Magic vs Sand Bottles

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

Head to head
About

Sand Art Magic

Create captivating sand animations with this addictive game. It enhances emotional stability, fine motor skills, and logic while relieving stress. Suitable for all ages, you can draw solo or with friends and share your creations online.

Highlights
  • Sand animation creation
  • Enhances emotional stability
  • Improves fine motor skills
  • Develops logic and memory
  • Stress relief
  • Multiplayer drawing
  • Social sharing
Features
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"Sand Magic" - an app for creating sand animation. It’s totally addictive game that enhance emotional stability & fine motor skills. Steeled memory & logic, relieves stress. And also - it’s just a lot of fun! "Sand Magic" - developed for a wide audience, intuitive & easy to use so that makes it suitable for both, kids & adults! You can draw something on your own or with your friends. Share your artworks in social networks. With "Sand Magic" - sand animation will always be with you! Find yourself a new world! A world full of new emotions, tons of fun & wide smiles! Find yourself a "Sand Magic"! The application used the music from the song "My cheerful ringing ball" musical project "3.142", by Michael Peskov.

About

Sand Bottles

Fill bottles with colored sand to create beautiful designs. Offers both predefined levels and a sandbox mode for endless creativity. Master skilled control with intuitive tilt and drag mechanics.

Highlights
  • Fill bottles with colored sand
  • Predefined levels
  • Sandbox mode
  • Tilt and drag controls
  • Create beautiful designs
Features
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Sands is an easy to play fun game, fill the bottles with colored sand to create beautiful looking result. You can play predefined levels or you can play sandbox mode and see infinite combinations. Tilt and drag to achieve skilled control over the sand nozzle. Try it - its easy simple and fun.

Screenshots

Sand Art Magic4 screens
Sand Bottles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sand Art Magic at 81% against Sand Bottles's 0%. Sand Art Magic also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). Sand Bottles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sand Art Magic sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Sand Bottles asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sand Art Magic holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Sand Art Magic's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sand Bottles's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sand Art Magic ships an update every 4 weeks, Sand Bottles every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sand Art Magic versus Sand Bottles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSand Art MagicSand Bottles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB114 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSergey BolshaninAlon Shama

Customer experience

Sand Art Magic

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral3.2%
Negative16.1%

Sand Bottles

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sand Art Magic

One-time2
  • Remove advertisements$0.99
  • Buy full version$1.99
None

Sand Bottles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sand Art Magic free?
Sand Art Magic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sand Bottles free?
Sand Bottles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sand Art Magic or Sand Bottles?
Sand Art Magic is rated higher. Sand Art Magic averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Sand Bottles averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Sand Art Magic or Sand Bottles have ads?
Both Sand Art Magic and Sand Bottles show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sand Art Magic or Sand Bottles?
Sand Art Magic ships an update every 4 weeks, and Sand Bottles every 5 days. Most recently, Sand Art Magic was updated on October 23, 2026 and Sand Bottles on October 21, 2026.

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