Monkey Maze vs Take The King!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monkey Maze
Navigate challenging mazes by strategically pushing crates to reach the banana. Enjoy a classic puzzle experience with a unique twist, designed to stimulate your brain. Unlock achievements and improve your score by replaying levels.
- Sokoban-style puzzle gameplay
- Strategic crate pushing
- Increasingly challenging mazes
- Unlockable awards and achievements
- Score improvement and star ratings
- Customizable music options
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Monkey Maze is a classic Sokoban-style maze and puzzle game with a fun twist designed to get your brain moving. Help Monkey reach his banana by strategically pushing crates into the correct positions while navigating increasingly challenging mazes. Simply tap a square to tell Monkey where to go, and he’ll find the path. Once all crates are in place, grab the banana and move on to the next level. Complete all levels in the adventure to earn an award you can share with friends. Replay levels to improve your score, increase your star rating, and unlock more Game Center achievements. Monkey Maze includes multiple background music tracks to keep you motivated, or play your own music and enjoy the rhythm of Monkey’s footsteps. Download Monkey Maze today and give it a try. Free to play and enjoy!
Take The King!
A unique puzzle game that reimagines chess rules on a crumbling battlefield. Guide the King through dozens of challenges and restore balance to the kingdom by solving intellectual puzzles.
- Reimagined chess rules
- Unique chessboard mechanics
- Dozens of puzzles
- Quest for the King
- Secondary objectives for bonuses
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The august chessboard crumbles. The millennia-old battlefield, foundation of all laws, has been desecrated. Is the era of symmetrical confrontations over? How to govern a crumbling kingdom? How to restore the balance of all things? First victim of this cataclysm, will the brave King be able to survive in his quest for great harmony? Concept Take the King! is a puzzle game based on the rules of chess, reimagined to offer original intellectual challenges. While your pieces move normally, the chessboard is anything but standard, and you have a variety of goals. * Help the King on his great quest. * Try to solve dozens of puzzles the game offers you. * Complete secondary objectives to unlock bonuses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Monkey Maze at Free against Take The King!'s $3.99. Take The King!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 39 months). On review sentiment and ads 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
Monkey Maze is free to download; Take The King! costs $3.99 up front. Monkey Maze sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Take The King! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Monkey Maze ships an update every 39 months, Take The King! every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monkey Maze | Take The King! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blaine Leckett | TyGAMES |
Customer experience
Monkey Maze
Take The King!
In-app purchases
Monkey Maze
- Set of 5 Extra Lives$0.99
- Kids Adventure Add-On$1.99
- Set of 3 Solution Credits$2.99
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- Deluxe Upgrade$5.99
- Premium Upgrade$9.99
- The Ultimate Upgrade$24.99
Take The King!
No in-app purchases
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