POINPY vs Moonlight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
POINPY
Bounce upwards, dodging enemies and collecting fruit to feed a hungry beast. Unlock new abilities and modes as you climb higher in this vertical action game. Explore randomly generated areas and master one-handed controls.
- Intuitive one-handed controls
- Bounce and flip mechanics
- Collect fruit for beast's juice
- Dodge adorable baddies
- Unlockable puzzle and endless modes
- Randomly generated areas
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Bounce up, dodge adorable baddies and feed the blue beast that's hot on your heels. A vertical climber from the creator of the award-winning Downwell. Keep going higher and higher because new and more challenging areas await. Earn and unlock abilities that will help you jump into your next run with a better shot at reaching the end. FEATURES Juice 'em up: Use intuitive, one-handed controls to bounce, flip around and grab fruit for the beast's juice. Climb & collect: Evade creatures lurking in randomly generated areas. Collect special abilities like the octobub, which sucks in fruit, and the handy snail clock, which stops time while you ready your next jump. Plus many others! Open new modes: Find a not-so-well-hidden area to unlock the tricky puzzle mode. Complete Poinpy to unlock an endless mode.
Moonlight
Stream PC games to your mobile devices with enhanced features like a virtual keyboard and gamepad-to-mouse input. Requires a gamepad and PC-side streaming software for hosting.
- Open-source and free
- Stream games from any store
- Up to 4K 120 FPS streaming
- Virtual keyboard and gamepad-to-mouse input
- Bluetooth controller support
- Local co-op with multiple controllers
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Important! GAMEPAD IS REQUIRED to use this app properly! An alternative Moonlight client app which brings some life quality updates like virtual keyboard and gamepad->mouse input, which can help replying in chats, running games outside of Steam or Steam itself. To be able to host your games you will need to install LizardByte Sunshine, which works on all GPUs, simply install Sunshine on your PC, perform first-time setup, and you're ready to stream. Features: • Open-source and completely free • Up to 4K 120 FPS • Stream games purchased from any game store • Bluetooth keyboard and mouse support • Support for MFi, PS4/5, and Xbox Bluetooth controllers • Local co-op with up to 4 connected controllers Other Requirements: • 5 GHz WiFi is highly recommended • A physical gamepad is required If you have any trouble, click our support link for help or look for the help links within Moonlight. This app is open-source. The code can be found here: https://github.com/XITRIX/Moonlight-Switch All trademarks cited here are the property of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: POINPY at Free against Moonlight's $0.99. POINPY also leads on ratings volume (153 vs 3). Moonlight's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (4 vs 2). On rating, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
POINPY is free to download; Moonlight costs $0.99 up front. POINPY sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Moonlight asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for POINPY against 5.0 for Moonlight. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POINPY has 153 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
POINPY ships an update every 2 weeks, Moonlight every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | POINPY | Moonlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (153 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 218 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devolver | Daniil Vinogradov |
Customer experience
POINPY
Moonlight
In-app purchases
POINPY
- Standard Tip$1.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
- Super Generous Tip!$9.99
Moonlight
No in-app purchases









