Monster Box vs MinuteMonsters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monster Box
Engage in strategic battles against waves of monsters. Upgrade your stickman characters with gold and jewels to enhance their power and defeat increasingly formidable foes. Enjoy a simple yet engaging combat experience.
- Monster battles
- Stickman upgrades
- Gold and jewel currency
- Strategic combat
- Monster evolution
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Monster overflowing and Battle of Stickman! Stickman after upgrade in gold and jewel, please earnestly defeat a lot of monsters. By upgrade the monster, enjoy fight against powerful monsters.
MinuteMonsters
Embark on a time-killing role-playing adventure. This game invites you to take on the role of a lucifer.jr, offering a unique and engaging experience.
- Role-playing adventure
- Time-killing gameplay
- Unique character role
- Engaging experience
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From the creator of MinuteFrontier comes the hotly anticipated MinuteMonsters! Please become a lucifer.jr this time!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MinuteMonsters at 5.0 against Monster Box's 4.5. MinuteMonsters also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). Monster Box's advantage is ratings volume (212 vs 34). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MinuteMonsters holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monster Box has 212 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Monster Box's written reviews are positive against 95% of MinuteMonsters's.
Monster Box ships an update every 3 months, MinuteMonsters every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monster Box | MinuteMonsters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (212 ratings) | 5.0 (34 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews | 95.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Mitsuhiro Okada |
Customer experience
Monster Box
MinuteMonsters
Bugs and requests
Monster Box
Reported bugs
6 issues- Stick figures drift to the right when revived repeatedly
- Game crashes for no apparent reason
- Certain medals are unobtainable (Ohagi medal)
- iPhone X notch cuts off progress bar
- Game data loss when too many monsters spawn
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- Occasional freezing on newer high-definition phones
Requested features
15 requests- More character classes (especially from Stick Ranger)
- Landscape/horizontal mode support
- Zoom feature to see action better
- Cloud save and cross-device progress transfer
- Sandbox mode with infinite monsters
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- More monsters and enemy variety
- Reset progress button
- Backup/save functionality
- Steam port
- Terrain and environment elements
- More upgrade options
- Idle mode that doesn't end at monster cap
- Ad-free premium version
- Larger UI scaling option
- Landscape orientation support
MinuteMonsters
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Monster Box
No in-app purchases
MinuteMonsters
No in-app purchases
Questions
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