Row Row vs Slime Labs 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Row Row
Race down tropical rivers and white waters in various boats. Master paddling to climb leaderboards across 20 challenging levels with unique themes and unlockable watercraft. Play with friends and learn from others' replays.
- Intuitive controls
- Multiplayer with friends
- 20 challenging levels
- Multiple boat types
- Global leaderboards
- View other players' replays
- iCloud backups
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Tropical rivers and steamy white waters await! Paddle down streams as fast you can with your favorite boat! Become the Master Paddler and beat everyone in the leaderboards in each level! — Very intuitive controls! — Add friends and play together! — 20 challenging levels with quirks! — Beautiful jungle, winter and volcanic themes! — 10 kayaks, canoes and floaters to choose from! — Compete on global leaderboards! — See others' replays for tips and tricks! — iCloud backups so you won't lose progress! The stunts in the game are performed by professional virtual characters and we do not recommend attempting them in real life! Be sure to follow Part Time Monkey on Facebook and Twitter to get updates on updates and new games: https://www.facebook.com/parttimemonkey https://twitter.com/parttimemonkey
Slime Labs 2
Embark on a physics-based platforming adventure as a malleable blob of ooze. Navigate treacherous labs filled with traps and enemies, utilizing your sticky tongue and unique abilities to overcome challenges and collect hidden data-disks.
- Physics-based platforming
- Squish, stretch, and shrink mechanics
- Sticky tongue attack
- Collect data-disks
- Slime customizations
- New biomes
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Slime Labs sequel is here! Explore a laboratory full of traps and critters lurking in the dark. Slime Labs 2 is a physics based platformer where you control a blob of green ooze that can squish, stretch, shrink, and attack enemies using its sticky tongue. Collect all the data-disks hidden in the levels and perfect all the stage. Features: • Super fun slime-physics • Addicting gameplay • New game mechanics • Slime customizations • New biomes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Row Row at none against Slime Labs 2's shown. Row Row also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 119). Slime Labs 2's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 33%). On price, rating, 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. Row Row sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Slime Labs 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Row Row against 4.3 for Slime Labs 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Row Row has 3.8K ratings behind it against 119, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Row Row's written reviews are positive against 57% of Slime Labs 2's.
Row Row ships an update every 2 weeks, Slime Labs 2 every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Row Row | Slime Labs 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3.8K ratings) — better | 4.3 (119 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 56.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 119 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Part Time Monkey Oy | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Row Row
Slime Labs 2
User reviews
Row Row
From 3.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good game
- 👍 Fun and exciting
- 👍 Cute and fun
- 👍 Satisfying controls and gameplay
- 👍 Great graphics and design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🤯 Frustrating controls and mechanics
- 🤔 Counterintuitive kayak controls
Slime Labs 2
From 119 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging and fun gameplay mechanics
- 🎨 Good graphics and art style
- 📱 Accessible mobile platform
- 🏆 Challenging and difficult levels
- 🎯 Well-designed level progression
Room to improve
- 🐌 Significant lag and performance issues
- 🔥 Device overheating problems
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- ⚙️ Poor optimization on newer devices
- 🎮 Inconsistent jump mechanics
Bugs and requests
Row Row
Reported bugs
4 issues- Levels getting stuck or not progressing
- Inconsistent or reversed control inputs
- Graphical issues and camera problems
- Ads not removed even after purchase
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and content
- Ability to customize boats and characters
- Multiplayer and leaderboard features
- Option to invert or adjust controls
- Reduce frequency and length of ads
Slime Labs 2
Reported bugs
6 issues- Game lags on high-end devices (iPhone 13 Pro Max)
- FPS drops during gameplay
- Jump button unresponsive at times
- Physics inconsistencies with ice mechanics
- Game crashes and freezes
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- Control lag affecting gameplay precision
Requested features
7 requests- Remove or reduce advertisements
- Add more checkpoints in levels
- Improve game difficulty balance
- Add language localization options
- Optimize performance for better FPS
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- Improve control responsiveness
- Adjust final level difficulty
In-app purchases
Row Row
- Remove Ads$1.99
Slime Labs 2
- Premium$1.99
