Comparison

My Monkey! vs Stick Nodes

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

Head to head
About

My Monkey!

Interact with a virtual monkey on your device. Throw, stretch, and feed your monkey, play catch, and customize its appearance with photos and colors. Enjoy a playful companion with gravity-based interactions.

Highlights
  • Throw and drag monkey
  • Multitouch stretching
  • Feed monkey with fruit
  • Play catch with a ball
  • Tilt for gravity effects
  • Customizable name and color
  • Custom photo backgrounds
Features
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a virtual, interactive monkey for your iPhone™ or iPod touch® • throw your monkey around by touching and dragging • use multitouch to stretch your monkey • drag and throw fruit to feed your monkey • play catch with a ball • tilt your iphone to affect the gravity • give it any name and colour you want • use any photo for a custom background image for your monkey to play on based on the popular virtual pet monkey widget from bunnyherolabs.com this version is ad-supported. Background photo credit: Matthew Bowden - digitallyrefreshing.com

About

Stick Nodes

Create custom stickfigure animations with a user-friendly interface. Import images, add sound effects, and export your creations as GIFs or MP4 videos. Join a vibrant community for inspiration and shared resources.

Highlights
  • Stickfigure animation creation
  • Image import for animation
  • Automatic frame-tweening
  • Camera pan, zoom, and rotate
  • Movieclips for reusable objects
  • Sound effects and filters
  • GIF and MP4 export
Features
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Stick Nodes is a powerful stickman animator app created with mobile devices in mind! Inspired from the popular Pivot stickfigure animator, Stick Nodes allows users to create their own stickfigure-based movies and even export them as animated GIFs and MP4 videos! It is one of the most popular animation apps among young animators! ■ Features ■ ◆ Import and animate images as well! ◆ Automatic customizeable frame-tweening, make your animations smoother! ◆ A simple camera to pan/zoom/rotate around the scene, similar to the "v-cam" in Flash. ◆ Movieclips allow you to create and reuse/loop animation objects within your projects. ◆ A variety of shapes, color/scale on a per-segment basis, gradients - create any "stickfigure" you can imagine! ◆ Textfields allow for easy text and speech in your animations. ◆ Add all kinds of sounds effects to make your animations epic. ◆ Apply different filters to your stickfigures - transparency, blur, glow, and more. ◆ Join stickfigures together to easily simulate holding/wearing objects. ◆ A large community full of all kinds of interesting people and other animators. ◆ Over 30,000+ stickfigures (and counting) to download from the website. ◆ Export to GIF (or MP4 for Pro) to share your animation online. ◆ Compatibility with pre-3.0 Pivot stickfigure files. ◆ Save/open/share your projects, stickfigures, and movieclips. ◆ And all the other typical animation stuff - undo/redo, onion-skin, background images, and more! * Please note, sounds, filters, and MP4-export are Pro-only features ■ Lanuages ■ ◆ English ◆ Español ◆ Français ◆ Japanese ◆ Filipino ◆ Português ◆ Russian ◆ Türkçe Stick Nodes has a thriving community where animators have a good time, help each other out, show off their work, and even create stickfigures for others to use! There are thousands of stickfigures (and more added daily!) over at the main website https://sticknodes.com/stickfigures/ As of one of the latest updates, Stick Nodes is also a Minecraft™ animator as it allows you to easily import Minecraft™ skins and animate them instantly! Search for "stick nodes" on YouTube to see just a few of the thousands of animations users have made with this stickfigure animation app! If you're looking for an animation creator or an animation maker app, this is it! ■ Stay Updated ■ New updates have been never-ending for Stick Nodes since it's original 2014 release. Keep up-to-date with the latest news and updates about your favorite stick figure animation app and join in with the community! ◆ Website: https://sticknodes.com ◆ Facebook: http://facebook.com/sticknodes ◆ Reddit: http://reddit.com/r/sticknodes ◆ Twitter: http://twitter.com/FTLRalph ◆ Youtube: http://youtube.com/FTLRalph Stick Nodes is *the best* simple animation app available on the iOS market! It's a great tool for learning animation, even in a school setting for students or newbies. At the same time, Stick Nodes is robust enough and powerful enough for even the most skilled animator to really showcase their skills! Thank you for trying out Stick Nodes! Leave any questions/comments below or on the main Stick Nodes website! Common questions are already answered on the FAQ page here https://sticknodes.com/faqs/

Screenshots

My Monkey!3 screens
Stick Nodes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stick Nodes at every 2 weeks against My Monkey!'s every 8 months. Stick Nodes also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 20) and review sentiment (84% vs 71%). My Monkey!'s advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for My Monkey! against 4.6 for Stick Nodes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stick Nodes has 15K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of My Monkey!'s written reviews are positive against 84% of Stick Nodes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Monkey! ships an update every 8 months, Stick Nodes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
My Monkey! versus Stick Nodes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Monkey!Stick Nodes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (20 ratings) — better4.6 (15K ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews84.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2015K — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbunnyhero labsForTheLoss Games, Inc

Customer experience

My Monkey!

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews154 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.8%
Negative20.8%

Stick Nodes

All ratings14,519 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews1,359 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral5.2%
Negative10.4%

User reviews

My Monkey!

From 20 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐵 Cute and fun monkey
  • 👍 Ability to customize monkey (color, name, background)
  • 🎉 Simple and entertaining

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Limited functionality (only feeding, playing ball)
  • 💤 Gets boring after a while
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches

Stick Nodes

From 15K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🎨 Great for beginners
  • 💡 Customizable stick figures
  • 🎥 Smooth animations

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 🐛 Lag issues
  • 🐛 Bugs with importing/downloading
  • 🐛 Glitches with certain features
  • 💰 Pro version paywall

Bugs and requests

My Monkey!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes after recent update
  • Monkey disappearing or not loading properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • More interactive features (monkey movement, mini-games)
  • Ability to have multiple monkeys
  • Additional customization options (accessories, environments)

Stick Nodes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when downloading stickfigure packs
  • Saving/loading issues with animations
  • Nodes/limbs getting stuck or glitching
  • Unexpected behavior with certain actions

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add tutorial/instructions
  • Improve save/export options
  • Implement account system
  • Expand free version features
  • Add drawing/shading tools
Show 2 more
  • Improve performance on older devices
  • Implement background music support

In-app purchases

None

My Monkey!

No in-app purchases

None

Stick Nodes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Monkey! free?
My Monkey! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stick Nodes free?
Stick Nodes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Monkey! or Stick Nodes?
My Monkey! is rated higher. My Monkey! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Stick Nodes averages 4.6 from 15K ratings.
Do My Monkey! or Stick Nodes have ads?
Neither My Monkey! nor Stick Nodes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Monkey! or Stick Nodes?
My Monkey! ships an update every 8 months, and Stick Nodes every 2 weeks. Most recently, My Monkey! was updated on July 4, 2026 and Stick Nodes on September 28, 2026.

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