Earth Editor vs Pixel Cave 2018
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Earth Editor
Create your own world by placing various elements like sand, water, and lava on a gravity field. This simulation game allows for boundless creativity in designing unique planetary landscapes. Explore the possibilities of a sandbox environment where you are the architect of your own planet.
- World creation sandbox
- Gravity field simulation
- Place sand, water, seeds, lava
- Creative planetary design
- Element interaction
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This game is the 21st iOS game for the Web game site "DAN-BALL". A simulation game that creates the Earth using various dots on the field of gravity. There are various dots of sand, water, seeds, lava, and more. Be creative. It's up to you!
Pixel Cave 2018
Experience a retro-style flight simulator through a pixelated cave. Enjoy real-time synthesized music and simple one-touch controls for an immersive retro gaming experience.
- Retro pixel graphics and effects
- Real-time synthesized music
- One-touch control
- Flight simulation gameplay
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Retro-style simulator of flight through the pixel cave. Features: * pixel graphics and effects; * real-time synthesized music (using SunVox); * one touch control (just touch the screen to take off).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixel Cave 2018 at 5.0 against Earth Editor's 4.3. Pixel Cave 2018 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Earth Editor's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (919 vs 6). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pixel Cave 2018 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Earth Editor has 919 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Earth Editor's written reviews are positive against 75% of Pixel Cave 2018's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Earth Editor ships an update every 4 months, Pixel Cave 2018 every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Earth Editor | Pixel Cave 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (919 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 919 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 27 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Alexander Zolotov |
Customer experience
Earth Editor
Pixel Cave 2018
Bugs and requests
Earth Editor
Reported bugs
3 issues- Black holes causing glitches
- Ice not freezing water properly
- Cloned elements not behaving as expected
Requested features
8 requests- More elements and materials to experiment with
- Ability to save multiple worlds
- Zoom and camera controls
- Realistic physics and behaviors (e.g. sand sinking in water)
- Ability to create life, animals, or civilizations
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- Supernova and star effects
- Atmosphere and weather systems
- Ability to move immobile objects
Pixel Cave 2018
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Earth Editor
No in-app purchases
Pixel Cave 2018
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Earth Editor free?
Is Pixel Cave 2018 free?
Which has better reviews, Earth Editor or Pixel Cave 2018?
Do Earth Editor or Pixel Cave 2018 have ads?
Which is updated more often, Earth Editor or Pixel Cave 2018?
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