Comparison

Moonlight Game Streaming vs Thumb & Pylon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Moonlight Game Streaming

Stream your PC games and applications to your iOS device over your local network. Control them with your touchscreen or a compatible gamepad. Supports high resolutions and frame rates for a smooth gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Stream PC games and apps
  • Use touchscreen or gamepad
  • Up to 4K 120 FPS with HDR
  • Supports MFi, PS4/5, Xbox controllers
  • Bluetooth keyboard and mouse support
  • Wake-on-LAN support
Features
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Stream games and other apps from your gaming PC on your local network with Moonlight. Use your touchscreen or an iOS-compatible gamepad to play your PC games on your iOS device. If you have an NVIDIA GPU in your gaming PC, you can install NVIDIA GeForce Experience (GFE) on your compatible PC, enable GameStream in GFE's SHIELD settings page, and you're ready to stream. If you would like to host using LizardByte Sunshine, which works on all GPUs, simply install Sunshine on your PC, perform first-time setup, and you're ready to stream. Features: • Open-source and completely free • Up to 4K 120 FPS with HDR • Stream games purchased from any game store • Bluetooth keyboard and mouse support • Support for MFi, PS4/5, and Xbox Bluetooth controllers • Wake-on-LAN to wake your PC for streaming • Local co-op with up to 4 connected controllers Other Requirements: • 5 GHz WiFi is highly recommended • A physical gamepad is recommended for faster paced games If you have any trouble, click our support link for help or look for the help links within Moonlight. This app is open-source. The code can be found here: https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-ios All trademarks cited here are the property of their respective owners.

About

Thumb & Pylon

Features
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Your thumb is the power supply. Tap the core to make charge. Spend the charge on towers. Then keep tapping, because the towers drink it — and every tap that pays for a gun is a tap that is not scoring you points. That is the whole game: working out, wave after wave, what you can afford to stop doing. 34 LEVELS, FOUR ACTS Each one built around a single new idea, and each one asking you to survive it before moving on. The first teaches you to tap. The last assumes you remember everything since. NINE TOWERS, AND NONE OF THEM ARE UPGRADES OF EACH OTHER An Arc Node takes one target at a time. A Thermal Vent catches a whole pack at once. Some towers never fire at all — they sit among the others and make them faster, or cheaper to run. Where you put a tower matters more than how many you own. DAEMONS THAT PAY THEIR WAY Buy something that makes charge for you and your thumb gets a rest — or gets to score instead. Knowing when to stop tapping and start automating is half of it. BOSSES THAT DO NOT DIE POLITELY Ten hazards arrive on the backs of things built to break a line that was working. You will rebuild more than once. CLIMB THE BOARDS A leaderboard for every level, and one for your total across all of them. You see the top twenty and exactly where you stand — even if that is a long way down. PLAY ANYWHERE No connection needed. Underground, mid-flight, anywhere at all. Your scores catch up when you do. NO ADS. NO PURCHASES. NO SIGN-UP. Just the game.

Screenshots

Moonlight Game Streaming3 screens
Thumb & Pylon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Moonlight Game Streaming at 4 against Thumb & Pylon's 2. Moonlight Game Streaming also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Moonlight Game Streaming versus Thumb & Pylon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonlight Game StreamingThumb & Pylon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (671 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings671 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiego WaxembergFrunkfriends

Bugs and requests

Moonlight Game Streaming

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Handshake errors when connecting remotely
  • Audio quality issues with Bluetooth devices
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
  • Inability to save game progress or settings

Requested features

5 requests
  • Customizable on-screen controls
  • Support for external displays and resolutions
  • Bluetooth mouse and keyboard support
  • Gyroscope and vibration integration
  • Multitouch gesture support

Thumb & Pylon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Moonlight Game Streaming

No in-app purchases

None

Thumb & Pylon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moonlight Game Streaming free?
Moonlight Game Streaming is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thumb & Pylon free?
Thumb & Pylon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Moonlight Game Streaming or Thumb & Pylon have ads?
Neither Moonlight Game Streaming nor Thumb & Pylon shows ads.

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