# Sandpainting: Zen Sand Art

> The play of light and color

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6797394433](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6797394433)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6797394433`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kaolin Fire
- **Category:** Entertainment
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-21
- **First published:** 2026-08-21
- **Size:** 56 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sandpainting-zen-sand-art/id6797394433)
- **Website:** [https://erif.org/sandpainting/](https://erif.org/sandpainting/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://erif.org/sandpainting/#privacy](https://erif.org/sandpainting/#privacy)

## Description

Push sand around with a fingertip and watch ridges catch the light. Set the hour and swing the sun; the shadows follow. A small quiet place that lives in your pocket.

Sandpainting is a small, quiet drawing toy: a tray of sand and a sun you can move.

Drag a finger and the sand parts under it — slow strokes carve fine lines, fast strokes sweep wide. Real-time light rakes across everything you draw: ridges catch the sun, grooves fall into shadow. Set the hour and swing the sun where you like — midday overhead, warm at sunset, pale at moonlight — and the shadows swing with it.

There is no score, no timer, and nothing to finish. Draw something, move the light across it, shake it flat, begin again.

• Sand that behaves — strokes carve real relief, steep edges slump like dry sand, a shake settles everything back toward smooth
• A sky you set — it opens near the hour you're actually in, then the time and direction dials put the sun exactly where you want it
• Ten ways for sand to look — from plain sand to water pooling in what you dug, ink on paper, a putting green you mow with your finger, an aurora, and light on a pool floor. Sand and Flood come with the app; the other eight are one unlock — and you can try any of them right in the tray before deciding
• Draw from a photo — bring in any picture and its depth becomes relief you can carve into (Portrait-mode depth used when available; everything runs on-device)
• Tilt and shake move the sand, not the light — unlock the hand and sand drifts downhill as you tilt, and levels when you shake; locked, which is the default, your drawing holds still
• Share — save a picture of your drawing, or send it on

Free, with one small optional unlock. No accounts. No ads. No subscriptions. Just sand.

## Rankings

- #1,546,691 — Overall

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6797394433)