Monster Coloring Book vs Smasher Mix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monster Coloring Book
Unleash your creativity with a digital coloring book filled with unique monsters. Explore a vast collection of creatures, decorate them with stickers and patterns, and share your masterpieces. Enjoy a mess-free and fun artistic experience for all ages.
- 175 unique monsters to color
- Stickers for decoration
- Customizable patterns
- Touch & fill or finger painting
- Email creations to friends
- Print creations
- Save to device
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Monster Coloring Book is like fingerpainting without the mess! Everyone loves to break out the paints, markers and crayons for an intense coloring session but sometimes it's just too much work or there is not enough space or...you get the idea. With Monster Coloring Book you get all the fun at the touch of your fingers. Clean up is simple and the coloring is just as fun. FEATURES There are over a hundred monsters to color, stickers to decorate them and patterns to make them unique. With so many monsters to color and so many different ways to do it, this app will chase boredom away for hours. • 175 Monsters to color • Stickers to accessorize your monsters • Patterns to make your monsters unique • Touch & fill OR paint with your fingers, whichever you like! • Email your monsters to your friends • Print your monster to Airprint enabled printers • Save photos to your device photo library All app content is now unlocked. MUSIC Introduce your kids to classical music pieces by several composers. • Rachmaninov • Bach • Beethoven • Brahms TESTIMONIALS: "Monster Coloring Book is so adorable that I had a hard time putting it down....definitely an app to have on your iPad for kids of all ages. *****" - TUAW "...a time machine for kids of all ages around the world." - beginnercco.com "Monsters and coloring are pretty much the definition of fun if you ask me. Great to distract the kiddos on your next road trip, I know my nephews would dig this. Nice illustration work, lot’s of fun colors and tools as well…" - circuitbreaks.com "...a super cute new iPhone/iPad app for kids (and some of us grownups). Love this." - Twitter fan "Forget the kids! This is an amazing creative outlet for all of us! There are hundreds of monsters to colour and decorate with options like patterns, backgrounds and stickers. You will never be bored again…" - albertineandodette.wordpress.com "An amazing and cute iOS coloring game." - Best10apps.com "I've bought a TON of coloring apps since getting my ipad 2 back in May. But, this one is the best one I've found so far! " - Parent review in App Store Still not convinced? Here are some of the accolades Monster Coloring Book has received: ***TUAW.com App of the Day*** ***Named What's Hot by Apple*** ***Top 10 Educational Game in the US*** ***#1 iPad Educational Game in the UK*** ***FWA Mobile of the Day Award*** A perfect rainy day app for artists, monster-lovers, and kids of all ages.
Smasher Mix
Engage in a colorful and addictive arcade game where you must swiftly smash all bugs, avoiding the black ones. Earn points by smashing more bugs, but be careful not to miss too many or touch the forbidden black bug to avoid game over.
- Smash colorful bugs
- Avoid black bugs
- Score points by smashing
- Miss limit
- Addictive gameplay
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Smasher is a funny, colorful and addicting game for everyone. Players should smash all bugs besides black one, miss less and don't miss out red one ! Game overs when player touch black one or miss 3 times . Smashing more bugs player will have more points.
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Verdict
Monster Coloring Book and Smasher Mix both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 76% of Monster Coloring Book's written reviews are positive against 40% of Smasher Mix's. Monster Coloring Book also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Smasher Mix sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Monster Coloring Book asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Monster Coloring Book against 4.4 for Smasher Mix. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 47 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Monster Coloring Book's written reviews are positive against 40% of Smasher Mix's.
Monster Coloring Book ships an update every 6 weeks, Smasher Mix every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Monster Coloring Book | Smasher Mix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (39 ratings) — better | 4.4 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews — better | 39.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39 | 47 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 208 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Playtend Apps LLP | SGAMES LLC |
Customer experience
Monster Coloring Book
Smasher Mix
Bugs and requests
Monster Coloring Book
Reported bugs
12 issues- Crashes frequently
- App keeps shutting down mid-coloring
- Cannot switch from fill mode to brush mode
- Crash problem in brush-selecting mode
- Performance is poor on iPad 1
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- Delay between coloring and tapping
- Interface buttons get in the way
- UI too much in the foreground
- Impossible to color small details accurately on iPhone
- Purchased monsters not appearing
- App freezes and quits when painting more than one color
- Small elements of the interface too small on iPhone
Requested features
15 requests- Add an eraser tool
- Implement zoom functionality (pinch to zoom)
- Add more colors, especially brighter ones
- Add more patterns
- Add more monsters and categories
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- Continuous cover flow preview selection
- Undo option
- Allow listening to iTunes playlists
- Add an 'advanced' mode for freehand coloring
- Sticker opacity and blend mode
- Email as a postcard/birthday card
- Improve UI for better navigation
- Larger tabs for fingers
- Make stickers customizable (speech bubble)
- Redesign user interface to be more like Adobe Ideas
Smasher Mix
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Monster Coloring Book
No in-app purchases
Smasher Mix
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Baby Mode$8.99
Questions
Is Monster Coloring Book free?
Is Smasher Mix free?
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