Shaft Run vs Glowmonkey2k
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shaft Run
Navigate procedurally generated levels by jumping and dodging obstacles. Utilize unique power-ups and unlock different suits with special abilities to overcome challenges in this engaging platformer.
- Procedurally generated levels
- Obstacle dodging
- Unique power-ups
- Unlockable suits with abilities
- Over 80 levels
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Can you take on the shaft? Jump your way through randomly generated levels while dodging obstacles and using unique power-ups to your advantage. Shaft Run features: • More than 80 procedurally generated levels • Multiple suits with different abilities • 3 unique power-ups
Glowmonkey2k
Embark on an adventure as a special agent in 1998 to defeat a mysterious enemy threatening the world. Explore lore from desktop games, utilize a variety of unique weapons, and adapt your strategy as enemies mutate and grow stronger.
- Unique weapon variety
- Mutating enemies
- Strategic combat
- Dark web exploration
- Stickman virus lore
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This is glowmonkey's origin story. The year is 1998. A mysterious enemy threatens to end the world by the year 2000. The enemy is hiding and building an army in multiple servers on the dark web. It mutates and grows stronger as it travels through the internet. Only the best, and coolest special agent can save the world. Go on an adventure to defeat the enemy and discover its secrets! Fans who have played the Choose Your Weapon games on desktop will enjoy the lore behind the stickman virus. Like those older games, this one is filled with a variety of fun weapons. Each weapon eliminates the stickmen in a unique way. However, many stickmen are immune to certain weapons, so watch out! Choose your weapon based on the enemies you encounter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Glowmonkey2k at 100% against Shaft Run's 0%. Glowmonkey2k also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). Shaft Run's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Shaft Run sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Glowmonkey2k sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shaft Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glowmonkey2k has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Shaft Run's written reviews are positive against 100% of Glowmonkey2k's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shaft Run ships an update every 2 months, Glowmonkey2k every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shaft Run | Glowmonkey2k |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 656 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Dominik Ringler | Glowmonkey |
Customer experience
Shaft Run
Glowmonkey2k
In-app purchases
Shaft Run
- Diamonds +2$0.39
- Diamonds +10$0.69
- Remove Ads$0.99
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- Diamonds +1000$0.99
- Diamonds +20$1.49
- Diamonds +30$1.99
- Diamonds +50$2.99
- Diamonds +100$3.99
- Diamonds +500$4.99
- Diamonds +1000$5.99
Glowmonkey2k
- Remove Ads$2.99
