Comparison

Earth Editor vs Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

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

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

A 2D physics sandbox where you can build worlds, create custom characters, and experiment with over 100 elements including weapons and explosives. Mutilate fruit, cause natural disasters, and enjoy realistic physics in this offline simulation.

Highlights
  • 2D physics sandbox
  • Create custom characters
  • Over 100 elements for destruction
  • Realistic blood simulation
  • Build vehicles and machinery
  • Natural disaster simulation
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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Pure Gore is a 2D physics action sandbox & people playground simulation, where you can build your own world. You can create or use pre-built vehicles, machinery, rockets, bombs and most importantly mutilate melons (fruit) with one of the over 100 elements. You see... there is no border for creativity. The simulation is perfect for adults, who want to release emotions and love experimenting with physics. Satisfied with the world or item you built? Submit it. It may get added to community maps section. You get coins for playing the game, everything can be unlocked with coins. ## Features ## # PURE GORE: - Tear things by connecting them with a rope joint to a launching rocket or car, - smash melons with heavy blocks or melee weapons - shredder tomato's inside of a grinder, - crush and torture onions with pistons - or shoot lemons with an AK-47! - or have fun with ragdolls # RAGDOLLS / STICKMANS: You have the possibility to create your stickman by connecting different body parts to each other! You could create a doll with multiple heads and legs, everything is possible! # WEAPONS & EXPLOSIVES: Pure gore offers over 20 weapons/explosives, like nukes, AK-47´s, bazookas, lasers, grenades, knifes, spears, implosions bombs, black hole bomb´s... Every weapon has a different shoot behaviour and can be used to mutilate things. # BLOOD SIMULATION: The game is not just a people playground its also a blood simulation! You can let ragdoll´s bleed! That means if they get hurt they will start to bleed. JOINTS: Joints or Connectors can be used to build complex vehicles, buildings or machinery. You could build for example a grinder on wheels or ships, tanks... The game offers different joints like ropes, pistons, bolts, motors... # MORE FEATURES: - Tools: useful utilities, like detonators, erasers, gravity changers... - Nature: build Terrains, create natural disasters (tsunami, tornado, meteors, wind, earthquake...), - highly configurable: many sandbox elements can be customized (change color, adjust timers and more) - Physically objects like building materials, thrusters, black holes, balloons, glue, wheels, decoration... - offline game. No internet connection needed - great and realistic „Box2D“ physics - save the whole sandbox or just creations If you have any suggestions or problems, then join my discord or write me an email. Strong phones are are suggested to run the action sandbox smoothly! Now download the offline game, build some cool stuff and have fun in Pure Gore by Gaming-Apps.com (2022)

Screenshots

Earth Editor3 screens
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Earth Editor at none against Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)'s 5. Earth Editor also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)'s advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Earth Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 919 and 969 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Earth Editor's written reviews are positive against 83% of Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Earth Editor ships an update every 4 months, Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Earth Editor versus Pure Gore (Physics sandbox): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarth EditorPure Gore (Physics sandbox)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (919 ratings)4.6 (969 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews82.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings919969 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB55 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDAN-BALLLukas Oertel

Customer experience

Earth Editor

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

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

All ratings969 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews196 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative11.2%

User reviews

Earth Editor

From 919 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

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

From 969 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and creative game
  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay and physics
  • 💡 Wide variety of maps and features
  • 🎨 Good graphics and visuals

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
  • 💰 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
  • 🔒 Limited character customization and control
  • 🎨 Green blood instead of red

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

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Water maps causing screen to fade to black
  • Saved progress being lost due to glitches
  • Difficulty in spawning and controlling characters

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more character types and customization options
  • Improve the water and liquid physics
  • Increase the limit of objects that can be placed
  • Implement a red blood option

In-app purchases

None

Earth Editor

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)

One-time5
  • 250 Coins$0.99
  • 500 Coins$1.99
  • 1000 Coins$2.99
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  • 2000 Coins$3.99
  • 5000 Coins$7.99

Questions

Is Earth Editor free?
Earth Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) free?
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Earth Editor or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)?
Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) is rated higher. Earth Editor averages 4.3 out of 5 from 919 ratings, while Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) averages 4.6 from 969 ratings.
Do Earth Editor or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) have ads?
Both Earth Editor and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) show ads.
Which is updated more often, Earth Editor or Pure Gore (Physics sandbox)?
Earth Editor ships an update every 4 months, and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) every 7 months. Most recently, Earth Editor was updated on September 22, 2026 and Pure Gore (Physics sandbox) on September 23, 2026.

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