Comparison

Earth Editor vs Sandbox Zombies

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • World creation sandbox
  • Gravity field simulation
  • Place sand, water, seeds, lava
  • Creative planetary design
  • Element interaction
Features
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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!

About

Sandbox Zombies

Engage in chaotic battle simulations by creating custom levels with diverse units and a vast arsenal. Pit humans against monsters like vampires, werewolves, and ninjas, or combine their abilities for unique combat scenarios. Enjoy a regularly updated, ad-free experience with an optional one-time purchase for the full version.

Highlights
  • Custom level creation
  • Diverse unit types (humans, monsters, supernatural)
  • Hybrid unit abilities
  • Wide arsenal of weapons
  • Silly and unique weapon options
  • Regular updates
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Sandbox Zombies is an action level editor. With zombies in it. Carefully set up your own elaborate scenarios, or just revel in causing chaos. With no innate goal, Sandbox Zombies trusts you to find fun in creativity and mischief. No ads and no internet required. Sandbox Systems: - Factions: Humans can fight humans too! There are 12 factions and you can edit who fights who. - Territory: Many units will try to claim territory for their faction, and this funnels units towards where the action is. - Modifiers: Units can be given a wide variety of modifiers such Invisibility, Armor, Vampirism, and much more. Many modifiers can be combined. - Spawners: Keep units respawning forever. So the battle can be endless while you just sit back and watch. - Electric Grid: Connect power sources (such as sensors and solar panels) to powered terrain (such as turrets, doors, spawners, lures, capture points, and more) to turn them on, or even make a certain faction control them. - Ground Mess: Bullet casings, scorch marks from explosions, and (depending on your settings) blood and guts from the injured will gradually paint the floor. You can wipe it clean by hand. - Day/Night Cycle: A Sun and Moon orbit the level separately, and can affect some units and terrain. - Offline Level Sharing: The entire sandbox data can be encoded into text for easy no-internet-required cross-platform sharing. - Controller Support: Optionally plug in a controller to take over any number of units and turrets at once and control them in the style of a twin stick shooter. Hand the controller to a friend and that's asymmetric local multiplayer. Support for multiple controllers is planned. Sandbox Content: - Normal Weapons: Shotguns, Rocket Launchers, Uzis, Miniguns, Smgs, Assault Rifles, Snipers, Revolvers, Flamethrowers, Swords - Silly Weapons too: Teleporter Guns, Paintball Guns, Frost Thrower, Zombification-Injector Guns, Braimwormifiers - Units: Humans, Ghouls, Mummies, Skeletons, Witches, Demons, Angels, Ninjas, Ghosts. And most of those can also be either Werewolves or Vampires on top of that! And zombified on top of that! - Terrain: Turrets, Crates, Explosive Crates, Sandbags, Barbed Wire, Mud, Fog, Doors, Lures, Sensors, Capture Points, Solar Panels - Units can be given extra modifiers: Metal Armor, Wings, Invincibility, Invisibility, Regeneration, Being On Fire, Being Frozen, Locust Breath, Emergency Teleport, Divinity, Brainworms, Vampirism, Lycanthropy, Zombification - And much more! There's just a one-time purchase for extra content, but the basic game is free so jump in and start causing chaos!

Screenshots

Earth Editor3 screens
Sandbox Zombies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Earth Editor at none against Sandbox Zombies's 2. Sandbox Zombies's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Sandbox Zombies sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Earth Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Earth Editor against 4.3 for Sandbox Zombies. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 923 and 325 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Earth Editor's written reviews are positive against 84% of Sandbox Zombies's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Earth Editor ships an update every 4 months, Sandbox Zombies every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Earth Editor versus Sandbox Zombies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarth EditorSandbox Zombies
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (923 ratings)4.3 (325 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews83.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings923 — better325
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB46 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDAN-BALLMOSS RED LLC

Customer experience

Earth Editor

All ratings919 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral7.2%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews259 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral11.6%
Negative9.7%

Sandbox Zombies

All ratings324 ratings
Positive81.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews237 reviews
Positive83.5%
Neutral8.4%
Negative8.0%

User reviews

Earth Editor

From 923 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Satisfying and fun
  • 👍 No ads feature
  • 👍 Relaxing and addictive
  • 👍 Interesting physics and elements

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
  • 🔍 Limited elements and features
  • 🔍 Dot/pixel limit
  • 💸 Ads can be intrusive

Sandbox Zombies

From 325 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun sandbox experience
  • 👍 Variety of units and weapons
  • 💡 Potential for great updates
  • 👍 Good value for premium version

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
  • 🔇 Lack of sound effects
  • 🔒 Premium features locked behind paywall

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

Sandbox Zombies

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes when playing for extended periods
  • Inability to restore premium purchases after reinstallation
  • Spawner and control issues when reaching entity limit

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more weapons and units
  • Implement unit control and customization
  • Increase map size and entity limit
  • Introduce destructible terrain and buildings
  • Add sound effects and background music
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  • Implement save/load functionality
  • Add vehicles and transportation options

In-app purchases

None

Earth Editor

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Sandbox Zombies

One-time2
  • Sandbox Zombies Unlocked$4.99
  • Sandbox Zombies Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Earth Editor free?
Earth Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sandbox Zombies free?
Sandbox Zombies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Earth Editor or Sandbox Zombies?
Sandbox Zombies is rated higher. Earth Editor averages 4.3 out of 5 from 923 ratings, while Sandbox Zombies averages 4.3 from 325 ratings.
Do Earth Editor or Sandbox Zombies have ads?
Earth Editor shows ads; Sandbox Zombies does not.
Which is updated more often, Earth Editor or Sandbox Zombies?
Earth Editor ships an update every 4 months, and Sandbox Zombies every 11 days. Most recently, Earth Editor was updated on October 21, 2026 and Sandbox Zombies on October 20, 2026.

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