“pay to play. maybe just call levels 1-49 your "free trial" because if you make it there and haven't saved up your coins to be able to get the power up tools you just cant finish it without paying real money to get the coins for them. now…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 821 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.4 ★53,693 ratings
1M+Downloads
12+Age rating
340 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Discover Sand Loop, a uniquely relaxing puzzle experience where you collect the sand from the beautiful sand art which is very satisfying to watch and play. Guide moving buckets along a conveyor belt, collect sand by color, and watch as each level comes to life in a smooth cascade of motion. Every grain falls with realistic physics, creating a mesmerizing and satisfying visual journey.
Whether you’re looking to unwind after a long day or enjoy a simple yet engaging puzzle, Sand Loop delivers a calming escape with every tap.
How to Play:
- Tap to release and guide buckets along the conveyor - Collect the right color sand in the right place - Fill each section to gradually reveal the hidden artwork - Adapt to new obstacles and level layouts as you progress - Complete the picture and enjoy the satisfying finish
Easy to learn, but increasingly engaging as new challenges appear!…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 1.12.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.12.0, updated 2026-09-09.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 1.14.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.14.0, updated 2026-10-01.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Raised by 52 distinct reviewers — 10.3% of the 503 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 16 distinct reviewers (5.0% of 318 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Well, here we have another play-between-ads app. The good news? The levels are usually longer than the ads. They say that ads keep the game free. The truth is that the game is full of ads because they don't have the imagination to create…”
“too many ads and I'm pretty sure level 170 is actually near impossible without spending money... still stuck on it, so I don't even know if it's possible to beat. I do know it's the first level I've ever not been able to complete and I…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.12.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.