# Monkey Drum — user reviews > 63 indexed App Store user reviews of Monkey Drum by Flippfly, LLC, rated 4.40/5 from 116 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/monkey-drum/id483225765/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/monkey-drum/id483225765.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 80 · 4★ 16 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of Monkey Drum? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Fun and entertaining for kids - 🐵 Adorable monkey character - 🎶 Great for rhythm and melody creation - 💡 Encourages creativity and exploration - 🌟 Good for cause and effect learning - 👨‍🏫 Useful for music education - 🆓 Generous free version - 🚀 Fast response from developer - 💖 Loved by users of all ages **Cons** - ⏳ Long load/intro time - 🔄 Needs frequent updates - 📉 Unplayable on newer OS versions - 🤔 Some users find it boring - 🐒 Disturbing animal design (no legs) **Commonly reported bugs** - Screen goes black after filling hearts/coins - Game sounds can be heard but screen is black - App not letting phone go into sleep mode - No sound reported - Repeated glitches **Most requested features** - Update Monkey Drum - Update for latest iOS - More instruments - Button to record - Clear all / start new song option - Fix xylophone (backwards notes) - Add legs to animals - Dark mode option ## Newest reviews (12 of 63) ### 5/5 — Excelente app. *2015-02-16, version 1.2.2* Excelente y pura diversión . La recomiendo. Los niños se divierten y da la opción de recompensar el tiempo jugado pues los niños acceden a los múltiples instrumentos y personajes. ### 5/5 — Good game *2015-01-05* It is a fun game but they could use so more instruments and a button to record 🙈 ### 5/5 — Amazing *2014-06-19* OMG! It's so cute I love it!😄😉 ### 5/5 — Monkey Drum *2013-11-08* The best rhythm and melodic game. So much fun, my kids love it. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2013-09-21* I love this app! Makes teaching/echoing rhythms fun :) ### 5/5 — Great app for any age! *2013-08-08* This app is really fun! ### 5/5 — Best App Ever For Babies!! *2013-07-24* My baby has been addicted to this app since he was six months old. It has helped me distract him at crucial times, the last of which was getting his blood drawn. We've been saving up points to get stuff, but I'm just going to buy the deluxe version because the developers deserve the money. ### 5/5 — Kiddiegamer *2013-06-11, version 1.2.2* Fun! Fun! Fun! It is great app. ### 5/5 — Free version is amazing but I will paid for the Deluxe *2012-12-02* I downloaded this app to entertain my seven month old. She is amazed by the different instruments and sounds you can make with it. This free one is amazing and the fact that it doesn't have any ads is great. I will be buying the deluxe version very soon in order to unlock some more cool features. ### 5/5 — So awesome!! *2012-11-13* I am a music teacher and downloaded a bunch of educational apps to see which I could utilize. My boyfriend and I sat down and went over each one, deleting the ones which weren't up to snuff. We got to Monkey Drum and probably spent about 20 minutes playing with it ourselves!! It's like a drum machine for kids...and I love it! It's not the most musically educational app, but makes the kids want to play music and explore different avenues. Super cute and great interface...I love it! ### 5/5 — Best app ever! *2012-08-28* I work with kids with special needs, and every one of them loves this app! I often use it as a reward since it is fun, but they are still working on skills like waiting and turn taking. I love seeing their faces when they realize the monkey is playing what they did! And one the other day started clapping along with the monkey. I love it!!! ### 5/5 — Fun *2012-08-05* Very nice and funny game and interesting not only for children, I think so. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No sound *2013-03-21* Deleted NO sound ### 2/5 — No sound *2013-02-12* The sound didn't work for me. Seems like a cute app, but I had to delete. ### 3/5 — Cute, but repeated glitches *2015-11-06* Cute. 10 month old loves it, but after heart fills and coins given, screen goes black. Game sounds can be heard and coin icon remains in upper left corner, but unable to return to game. Must close and reopen. Otherwise adorable game and engaging for little ones. ### 3/5 — Awsome! *2012-06-26, version 1.2.2* Great app! I'm 11, and me and my 6 year old brother love playing this app! But one of the anoyying things is that once you fill in the squares while your making the song ( like on the slide with a heart) after your done with the song you have to erease all the squares. I know all that I'm saying sounds confusing, but if you get the app (which I encourage you to do) you'll understand. ### 3/5 — Monkey drum *2012-05-08, version 1.2.1* Umm...well it's a good pass time, and there's nothing wrong with it but, it's sorta boring a little bit but nothing wrong. ### 4/5 — PLS UPDATE!!! *2026-05-05* I’m rating it a 4 because I just need the developer to update immediately!!!! I absolutely was obsessed with this game as a kid and seeing it now saying that it’s unplayable cuz it hasn’t updated yet makes me sad. So please do us all a favour and update this game when u can, cuz many of us needs to relive our childhood Please and thank you ### 4/5 — I LOVED IT but... *2020-12-24* I would play this game every day but now the game needs to be updated or else I can’t play it. Please can you update monkey drum? ### 4/5 — Monkey drum! 🤗🐵 *2018-05-07* I would give this app 5 out of 5 because you can make good rhythms and melodies with this app. But I gave it a 4 because it needs updating and now I can’t use it anymore. 😔😞🙁😢 ### 4/5 — Okay *2014-11-19, version 1.2.2* It's okay ### 4/5 — Pour enfant *2013-01-13* Sympathique pour ma fille de 5 ans. Petit apprentissage des perçu ludique. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best game I’ve ever played can you update monkey drum please thank you *2024-11-04* Daniel ### 5/5 — Free up monkey drum *2024-10-26* Free ### 5/5 — update *2024-07-10* please update monkey drum ### 5/5 — miss u monkey drum *2023-05-22* i love monkey drum so much its my favorite app i miss monkey drum ### 5/5 — Nothing *2020-06-03* Nothing ### 5/5 — Please *2020-04-09* I absolutely love this game can you please update it to latest iOS ### 5/5 — Loved when I was a kid :3 *2019-08-18* Please updat for iOS 11!! I really want to play this game again!! :( otherwise, loved this app as a kid! :3 ### 5/5 — Terrific! please update! *2018-03-04* versatile, cute graphics and good learning. choice of percussion or melody is great. songs are familiar, lots of options, and that monkey is adorable. PLEASE UPDATE FOR IOS11! ### 5/5 — I love monkey drum *2017-03-08* MONKEY DRUM IS LIFE ### 5/5 — Thanks for the best app! *2016-01-22* I have to say as a 96 year old man who his slowly losing his hearing loss if not mind that I love this app and it teaches me the importance of questioning the government and my sexuality. I think that I now what to get into romantic relationship with a monkey, however the United prohibits this, so alas I am moving to Uganda. Thank for teaching me this, I am on a new spiritual level. I love you mom where my medication. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*