Comparison

Animate Me 3D vs Monster Merge!

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

Head to head
About

Animate Me 3D

Create and animate 3D cartoon characters with intuitive controls. Record your voice to bring characters to life and explore storytelling through animation. Share your creations with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Animate 3D cartoon characters
  • Record voice for character animation
  • Intuitive puppeteer-like controls
  • Share animations with friends
  • Dynamic lighting setups
  • Kid-friendly creative tool
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Move and Animate cartoon characters in 3D any way you want! In this kid-friendly, super-creative kids app, you get to move and animate characters in real 3D space so you can explore narrative, character, plot, voice projection, expression and unleash your creative skills. If you ever wanted to animate characters like they do in movies, then this app is for you. Manipulate controls on cartoon characters like a puppeteer in order to get great performances. Record your voice and use it as a guide to make your characters talk and emote. Once you are happy with the way the animation looks, don’t forget to share them with your friends! - Record your voice and use it to animate your characters. - 9 amazing 3D cartoon characters and 3 props. - Dynamic lighting setups:Day,Night and Evening. - Share the videos you make with friends and family. - Tons of content in videos for users to learn. Animate Me 3D is an evolution of Appy Monkey's best-selling app Animate Me:Kids with new characters, a real 3D environment and new ways to share.Based on feedback from kids and parents over the last two years, we have created an app that allows kids a fantastic introduction to the world of 3D Animation.

About

Monster Merge!

Collect and merge adorable monsters to create powerful allies for your quest. Upgrade your creatures by combining them to unlock new abilities and progress through an exciting adventure.

Highlights
  • Monster collection
  • Monster merging and upgrading
  • Adventure gameplay
  • Cute monster designs
  • Simple controls
Features
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Welcome to a world full of awesome monsters! Team up with them to help you in your adventure! Merge your monsters to upgrade them!

Screenshots

Animate Me 3D4 screens
Monster Merge!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Monster Merge! at Free against Animate Me 3D's $9.99. Monster Merge! also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 84 months). Animate Me 3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Monster Merge! is free to download; Animate Me 3D costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Monster Merge! holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monster Merge! has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Animate Me 3D's written reviews are positive against 100% of Monster Merge!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animate Me 3D ships an update every 84 months, Monster Merge! every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Animate Me 3D versus Monster Merge!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimate Me 3DMonster Merge!
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.3 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings424 — better
Update frequencyEvery 84 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB262 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArjun GupteYso Corp

Customer experience

Animate Me 3D

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Monster Merge!

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Animate Me 3D

No in-app purchases

None

Monster Merge!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animate Me 3D free?
Animate Me 3D costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monster Merge! free?
Monster Merge! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Animate Me 3D or Monster Merge!?
Monster Merge! is rated higher. Animate Me 3D averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Monster Merge! averages 4.3 from 24 ratings.
Do Animate Me 3D or Monster Merge! have ads?
Monster Merge! shows ads; Animate Me 3D does not.
Which is updated more often, Animate Me 3D or Monster Merge!?
Animate Me 3D ships an update every 84 months, and Monster Merge! every 3 months. Most recently, Animate Me 3D was updated on October 24, 2026 and Monster Merge! on October 24, 2026.

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