Thisissand was a casual app developed by Beige Elephant. It was removed from Google Play Mar 10, 2025 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Thisissand had been downloaded 1.2 million times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Thisissand was rated 4.05 out of 5 stars, based on 9.9 thousand ratings.
App Information
Thisissand was free to download. The APK download size was 18.10 MB. The last available version was 2.3.50. The last update was on October 29, 2017.
Technical Requirements
Thisissand required Android 4.0+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play June 2014.
Description
NOTE: This is an older version of the app. The new version is available at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beigeelephant.thisissand
Thisissand is a creative playground for making and sharing pictures out of sand:
• Get surprised by the random beauty of layered sand • Relax and relieve stress and anxiety with falling sand therapy • Sign up to share your pieces with others and become a part of the community
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• Free to download and free to play (offers an in-app purchase) • Does not display ads • Sign-up to build your own profile (optional) • Purchase the Toolkit for special features (optional)
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Thisissand was created in 2008 as a website. It was a school project of a few art students, and to a surprise for the creators it attracted lots of visitors for years to come. In 2012 Thisissand was developed into an app and is still run by one of the original creators.
Thisissand offers different kinds of tools for choosing the sand color. Originally, only the essential Color Palette tool was available. For the app, we have developed a few special kinds of tools which are available as the Toolkit in-app purchase. Just like on the website, the special tools are not at all necessary to enjoy the app, but we're happy for your support if you're willing to try them out.
We're very thankful for all our users who have been able to support by purchasing, Thisissand would not exist without you!
COLOR PALETTE: Use Color Palette to choose specific colors from a vast swatch of colors. You may choose a solid color, or multiple colors to variate between. Use the intensity slider to adjust how fast the colors change. You may also use the randomize button to get surprising color combos.
COLOR SHIFTER: Color Shifter continuously changes the sand color subtly or dramatically depending on the intensity slider adjustment. Color Shifter often produces rainbow like hues. To set the initial Color Shifter color, choose a color with Color Palette and then select the Color Shifter tool.
COLOR PICKER: With Color Picker, you may pick the sand color from around you using your device camera. It takes a little practice to point your camera and draw at the same time, but in return you get truly unique colors. Try adjusting the color change intensity low in the beginning to keep things under control!
PHOTO SAND: Want to try making a sand version of one of your photos? Photo Sand picks the sand color directly from the photo you've chosen from your camera roll. Try it out and learn the tricks to make abstract and/or photorealistic representations!
MY COLORS: Save your favorite colors in My Colors and access them quickly by long pressing the color button on the sand canvas. Try saving colors from around with Color Picker!
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We highly value your feedback and questions. Ideas and feature requests for example are warmly welcome, even though with our scarce resources we're unfortunately not able to fulfil them very quickly. So please do send us email if you're having trouble with the app or if you have anything else to share with us, thank you! :)
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★★★★★
Used to play on desktop, love it. Extra features worth it IMO. Would love options like amount of sand/multiple sand sources, wind, gravity, friction, canvas shapes like an hourglass, and definitely more interaction. You should be able to follow people whose sand art you like, as well as give and receive comments on art pieces or profiles. This is the kind of app where I don't mind small payments for additional features if it gives you the option to be more creative.
★★★★★
I've been using this app for 4–5 years. I love it. Very relaxing. Helps me stay calm. The "game play" is easy to learn, then just let your imagination "flow" like the sand. It's just like the old fashion sand art using real sand. I'd like to see layers added, but that is my only criticism. Try it, you will like ut. Especially if you want help with stress or anxiety.
★★☆☆☆
I just paid for the full Toolkit, but it hasn't given me access to anything. Which frankly is extremely disappointing and left me feeling ripped off. I'd appreciate getting my money back or full access, as I paid for.
★★☆☆☆
Five stars really good if you double tap on the screen you will have an autofill and I thought there was a ghost haunting my phone ghosts are funny uwu (ÆÜGH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS WITH PAINT ME TO DO THAT UWU)
★★☆☆☆
I recently got a new device and the app has refused to restore my purchased upgrades. Inspire of my repeatedly contacting the developer nothing has been done. I live this app and have used it for years. But the inability to transfer my upgrades to a new device has me very upset. Along with the lack of response to this problem by the developer.
★★☆☆☆
It has been several months and I have still not been able to restore my purchases. Not has anyone contacted me. All of my attempts to contact the developer directly have also failed.
Technologies used by Thisissand
Thisissand is requesting 10 permissions and is using 5 libraries.
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