Comparison

Cat Restaurant! vs Monopong

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

Head to head
About

Cat Restaurant!

Manage a charming restaurant for feline customers, serving a variety of dishes and interacting with unique cat personalities. Progress through 100 stages of gameplay, with new content planned for future updates.

Highlights
  • Serve 100 different dishes
  • Interact with 100 cat customers
  • Progress through 100 stages
  • Robot-chef management
  • Cat customer interviews
  • Regular updates planned
Features
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whirr- whirr - This place where only cold machine sounds are heard just a tacky, sloppy conveyor belt… But from the moment you appeared and started the robot-chefs, it became a party for lovely cats! Like Paradise!! Don't ask or ask, meet the honest interviews below~! MUNGU CAT : Oh..! This is a great restaurant. I come here every day and eat. PinkBoom : My lucky color is pink, but why is there no pink food here? Doctor.Song : Wash your hands often and eat water and fruits. Don't forget to exercise. If you're curious whether this review is true or not, CAT BAR! Connect and meet the interviewed cats in person! 100 dishes and 100 types of cat customers! And the best game with 100 stages to be updated!! Everything you want is right here! Play Cat Bar for free, for life!

About

Monopong

Experience a minimalist arcade game where you control a single paddle to bounce a ball. Compete with players worldwide on global leaderboards and unlock achievements as you test your reflexes.

Highlights
  • Minimalist arcade gameplay
  • Single-player experience
  • Global leaderboards
  • In-game achievements
  • Reaction time testing
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Monopong is a minimalist arcade game a bit like that one with the ball and the paddles, but just for you. Test your reactions with global leaderboards, and achievements throughout the game.

Screenshots

Cat Restaurant!4 screens
Monopong4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cat Restaurant! at every 5 days against Monopong's every 6 weeks. Cat Restaurant! also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Cat Restaurant! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Monopong sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Cat Restaurant! against 4.8 for Monopong. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 35 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Cat Restaurant!'s written reviews are positive against 91% of Monopong's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat Restaurant! ships an update every 5 days, Monopong every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cat Restaurant! versus Monopong: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCat Restaurant!Monopong
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (47 ratings)4.8 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.2% of reviews — better91.3% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better35
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAhn Kyoung-sangJoel Collins

Customer experience

Cat Restaurant!

All ratings48 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.9%

Monopong

All ratings32 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.8%

Bugs and requests

Cat Restaurant!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Monopong

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Achievement button partially off-screen on iPhone 8
  • Game lags and is not original (reported in Russian)

Requested features

9 requests
  • Portrait mode / one-handed play
  • Ball customization / skins
  • More achievements
  • Different leaderboard types
  • Option to disable vibration
Show 4 more
  • Option to change sound/visual effects
  • Music in the game
  • Option to keep white and not speed up
  • Settings menu

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cat Restaurant!

One-time4
  • Buy Diamonds 30$0.99
  • Starer Pack$0.99
  • Buy Diamonds 100$1.99
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  • Buy Diamonds 500$3.99
1 purchases

Monopong

One-time1
  • Unlock Style Skip$0.99

Questions

Is Cat Restaurant! free?
Cat Restaurant! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Monopong free?
Monopong is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cat Restaurant! or Monopong?
Monopong is rated higher. Cat Restaurant! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Monopong averages 4.8 from 35 ratings.
Do Cat Restaurant! or Monopong have ads?
Neither Cat Restaurant! nor Monopong shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cat Restaurant! or Monopong?
Cat Restaurant! ships an update every 5 days, and Monopong every 6 weeks. Most recently, Cat Restaurant! was updated on November 3, 2026 and Monopong on November 3, 2026.

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