Sandpiper - Cozy Beach Arcade
Grab shells, beat the wave
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Read the tide, dash for the shell, race the wave back. A hand-painted beach arcade. No ads, no subscription, works offline. Pay once, keep every tide.
The wave slides back. You run out onto the wet sand, snatch a shell, and pull back a breath before the water rushes in. Wait too long and the sea takes you.
That is the whole game. One thumb, one beach, the kind of easy you lose an afternoon to.
Sandpiper is a hand-painted beach arcade about timing and nerve. The waves are not random. The same beach plays the same way every time, so when the water catches you it was your call, never bad luck. That one honest rule is what makes "one more run" so hard to walk away from.
How it feels
You are a small bird on a wide beach. Read the tide. Pick your moment. Dash for the shell glinting on the wet sand and get back before the foam closes over the spot you stood. Bank the easy ones and live, or hold your nerve for the far shell and feel your pulse climb.
And you are not alone out there. A rival sandpiper wants your shells. Gulls dive. An octopus inks the shallows. Crabs, jellies, a turtle, and a pelican all share your strip of sand.
Free, and it stays free
- Classic mode. No timer, no ads, no catch.
- The Daily Tide. One beach the whole world plays that day, worked out from the date on your phone. No account, no internet. Play it on a plane.
- A Wonder Tide to just wander.
One unlock, yours for good
Sandpiper Forever is the only thing to buy. No subscription. No coins. No second ask, ever. It opens up:
- Storm Tides, bigger swells where every shell counts double.
- Night Tide, the beach after dark where only the treasures catch the light.
- Zen, a soft beach with no way to lose.
- Five hand-painted plumages to wear: Sanderling, Plover, Oystercatcher, Dunlin, and Ghost Crab.
- The Tide-Log, a warm heatmap of every place the sea has caught you.
Pay once. Keep it forever.
Made to feel good in the hand
One thumb, held in portrait, right for a bus seat or a slow queue. Every bird, wave, and grain of sand is painted by hand. Quiet enough to wind down with, tense enough to lean into.
Yours and no one else's
The game runs fully offline. It reaches the internet once, to handle your purchase, and never again. No account. No sign-up. No email. No ads. No tracking. Nothing about you is sold. Your runs stay on your phone.
Still wondering
Is it really free? Yes. Classic, the Daily Tide, and the Wonder Tide cost nothing and never show an ad.
What does the unlock open? Storm Tides, Night Tide, Zen, five plumages, and the Tide-Log. One payment, kept for good.
Is there a subscription? No. You buy it once and never again. No currency to top up either.
Does it need the internet? No. The whole game runs offline. The internet is touched once, for the purchase.
So go on. The wave is out. Grab the shell. Just beat the water back.
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Sandpiper Forever is here. One payment unlocks every tide, plumage and creature. No subscription, ever.
The developer, Jan Piotrzkowski, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Jan Piotrzkowski
- Size
- 34.4 MB
- Category
- Casual
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Sandpiper Forever $3.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Jan Piotrzkowski
