Sandbox Doodle

Sandbox Doodle app icon — calm sand-art iOS app by Maxware Studios

Sandbox Doodle — Calm Sand Art

A sand-drawing canvas, a set of calming mindfulness activities, and a few quick beach mini-games — wrapped in beach sounds and the steady sound of waves. A calm place to spend five minutes whenever you need it.

Free on iPhone and iPad · iOS


Sandbox Doodle iOS app — drawing in realistic sand with your finger on iPhone

Draw in the Sand

  • Doodle with your finger on a realistic sand canvas
  • Shake your device to send a wave across the beach and wipe it clean
  • Drop in shells, toys, fish, and other beach finds
  • Tap a stamp and watch a doodle draw itself
  • Pick from a library of beach ambience — waves, gulls, distant surf
  • ASMR sand sounds react to your touch
  • Save your doodle to Photos or share it

Calm & Mindfulness

Sandbox Doodle iOS app — guided breathing exercise with a pufferfish

Breathe with a Pufferfish

Follow him in and out for a guided breathing exercise.

Sandbox Doodle iOS app — blow into a conch shell and hear its call

Blow into a Conch Shell

Hear the call and watch the beach scatter.

Sandbox Doodle iOS app — calming sunset scene for bedtime wind-down

Sit with a Sunset

A slow wind-down with the sound of the tide — made for bedtime.


Beach Mini-Games

Sandbox Doodle iOS app — Guess the Doodle mini-game

Guess the Doodle

A doodle draws itself — guess what is being drawn.

Sandbox Doodle iOS app — What Washed Away memory mini-game

What Washed Away?

A wave takes one object — remember which.

Sandbox Doodle iOS app — Wave Rush beach mini-game

Wave Rush

Grab everything you can before the wave rolls in.


Made for the small, quiet pockets of your day — the waiting rooms, the coffee breaks, and the minutes before sleep.