Comparison

Earth Editor vs Water Box

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

Water Box

Explore realistic fluid dynamics and ragdoll physics in this sandbox playground. Sink ships, experiment with various liquids, and unleash destruction with a wide array of tools and elements. Build and test your creations in a detailed simulation environment.

Highlights
  • Realistic water and powder simulation
  • Ragdoll people playground experiments
  • Ship sinking and floating simulator
  • Gore and destruction simulator
  • Alchemy, fire, and chemical reactions
  • Build and share creations
Features
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Ragdoll playground meets a floating sandbox in this physics-based simulation! This water physics sandbox lets you experiment with realistic fluid behavior, sink ships by using bomb explosions, and enjoy a ragdoll people playground built to simulate destruction. Features: Water Simulation & Powder Sandboxel - Simulate liquids like lava, petrol, oil, nitro, viruses, fireworks, and more – each with unique behaviors. - Enjoy a beautiful underwater sandbox game with up to 200,000 water particles. Ragdoll People Playground - Discover the many unpredictable outcomes of ragdoll experiments! - Use virus liquids to infect them or make them go crazy with chemicals. - Realistic gore ragdoll playground: they can walk, drown, burn, or react to your experiments. Ship Sinking Simulator & Floating Sandbox - Build ships from scratch or choose from pre-built ones like cargo ships, submarines, and even the Titanic. - Test their strength against waves, bombs, storms, or tsunamis. - Watch ships float, sink, burn, or explode in realistic fashion. - The inbuilt ship sinking simulator is very sophisticated - Includes 50+ pre-built experiments and machines to explore. - Build and test your own ships, vehicles, titanic clones, tanks rockets and share them in the online workshop. - Construct using different materials like wood, rubber or stone. Gore & Destruction Simulator - Use explosives like nukes, grenades, and rockets to smash anything. - Unleash god-powers like airstrikes, tsunamis, or firestorms. - Choose among an arsenal of weapons to wreak havoc against your subjects! Alchemy, Fire & Physics Sandbox - Experiment with different elements - like lava with nitro, or fire with petrol and watch how they react with water, like freezing or evaporating - Realistic temperature, fire, and chemical reactions. - Set things on fire and watch it spread; extinguish it with water or freeze it into ice. - All materials react uniquely – from flammable boats to explosive ragdolls. - A deep and detailed destruction simulator game. - the game includes many cool firework effects. Now have fun and relax while playing in this underwater powder game: build complex boats, machines or simulate chain reactions in this sandboxel. Players say this game has everything you would expect from an mobile algodoo alternative. Have ideas or issues? Send me an email! Note: A strong phone is recommended for the best experience. Download the sandbox game now, build something wild, and let the chaos begin! By Gaming-Apps.com (2025)

Screenshots

Earth Editor3 screens
Water Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Water Box at 4.8 against Earth Editor's 4.3. Water Box also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (93% vs 79%). Earth Editor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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. Water Box sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Earth Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Water Box holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 919 and 1.6K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Earth Editor's written reviews are positive against 93% of Water Box's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Earth Editor ships an update every 4 months, Water Box every 9 days. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Earth Editor versus Water Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarth EditorWater Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (919 ratings)4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews92.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9191.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 9 days — better
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 MB101 MB
Age rating4+9+
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%

Water Box

All ratings1,624 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews572 reviews
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.4%

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

Water Box

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good game
  • 👍 Awesome game
  • 👍 Fun and good game
  • 👍 Great game
  • 👍 Satisfying and fun

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 💡 Increase water capacity

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

Water Box

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Crashes frequently

Requested features

1 request
  • Make ships sink like in Floating Sandbox

In-app purchases

None

Earth Editor

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Water Box

One-time5
  • Increase max water by 10000$2.99
  • Creative Package 50% Discount$4.99
  • Increase max water by 20000$4.99
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  • Creative Package$9.99
  • Increase max water by 50000$9.99

Questions

Is Earth Editor free?
Earth Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Water Box free?
Water Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Earth Editor or Water Box?
Water Box is rated higher. Earth Editor averages 4.3 out of 5 from 919 ratings, while Water Box averages 4.8 from 1.6K ratings.
Do Earth Editor or Water Box have ads?
Both Earth Editor and Water Box show ads.
Which is updated more often, Earth Editor or Water Box?
Earth Editor ships an update every 4 months, and Water Box every 9 days. Most recently, Earth Editor was updated on September 22, 2026 and Water Box on September 22, 2026.

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