Comparison

Monkey Math School Sunshine vs SpriteBox Coding

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

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About

Monkey Math School Sunshine

This app offers a playful beach-themed world for children aged 3-6 to build fundamental math skills through interactive games. It features 9 engaging activities that teach counting, addition, subtraction, patterns, and more, with adaptive difficulty and a rewarding aquarium collection system.

Highlights
  • 9 interactive math games
  • Teaches sequencing, patterning, counting, adding, subtracting
  • Adaptive difficulty levels
  • Uninterrupted and unlimited play
  • Interactive aquarium rewards
  • Number tracing and shape identification
Features
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From the creators of the top selling Preschool App “Monkey Preschool Lunchbox”! Join your child’s favorite monkey in math games and activities in a playfully designed beach-themed world. Monkey Math School Sunshine allows your child to build fundamental math skills while they are endlessly entertained. Your child will count, add and sort their way through engaging games with uninterrupted play. For ages 3 to 6. Praise for Monkey Preschool Games: "5/5 Stars" SmartAppsForKids.com "5/5 Stars" KidsEducationalApps.com “One of the first apps I’d get for a toddler.” BestKidsApps.com MONKEY MATH SCHOOL SUNSHINE FEATURES *9 interactive games that teach kids about sequencing, patterning, counting, adding and subtracting. *With very little interface, your child presses one button to immediately launch into uninterrupted play. *Uses Knack Technology to instinctively adjust the challenge levels to each individual player. *Irresistibly cute monkey guides the child through game play with animated celebrations for correct answers and gentle redirection for incorrect ones. *Kids collect prizes to fill their very own INTERACTIVE AQUARIUM. *Uninterrupted and unlimited play: game continues as long as the player desires. KIDS LEARN WHILE THEY PLAY: *ADD IT UP and TAKE IT AWAY Use your addition and subtraction skills to solve math problems. Trusty crab assistants supply multiple-choice options. *PATTERNS Monkey has a problem: Objects keep popping out of his bucket, creating a pattern - but one piece is missing! Help Monkey by completing the pattern with the choices provided. *SHAPES Is it an octagon? Or maybe a hexagon? Count each side of these shapes and help Monkey figure it out. *SEQUENCES Monkey has a group of numbers in the right order, but some are missing. Help him complete the sequence with the correct numbers. *LESS/MORE Monkey loves to blow bubbles, when he does, groups of shells, fish or turtles are inside each bubble! Use your expertise to figure out which bubble has either the most or least objects inside. *BIGGER/SMALLER Which bubble has the bigger number? Which bubble has the smaller one? Help Monkey figure it out by popping the correct bubble. *CONNECT THE DOTS Baby Turtle is stuck on the beach and she needs your help to get to the sea! Connect the dots to show her the way. *WRITE IT UP! Help Monkey learn his numbers by tracing them in the sand. *BUBBLE POP Monkey is running out of time! Pop all the bubbles that have either the right number or the right amount of objects inside before the time runs out! * Contact THUP! * Have some comments on our apps? We'd love to hear it! Want to find out what we're doing next? Come visit us: Email us: support@thup.com Like us: http://www.facebook.com/THUPgames Follow us: http://twitter.com/THUPGames

About

SpriteBox Coding

Embark on a coding adventure game that teaches programming from icon-based commands to real Swift syntax. Explore worlds, solve puzzles, and collect items while learning essential coding concepts. Designed for an engaging and progressive learning experience.

Highlights
  • Learn coding from scratch
  • Icon coding to Swift syntax
  • Adventure game format
  • Solve puzzles and collect items
  • Covers sequencing, loops, procedures
  • 70 puzzles and 500 stars
Features
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SpriteBox Coding is a full-blown adventure game that gets you coding. Learn to code from scratch, starting with icon coding and then slowly advancing to using real Swift syntax. Embark on a journey to find the pieces of your broken rocket. You'll explore different worlds, meet new characters, solve puzzles and unlock cool outfits. SpriteBox Coding covers the following programming concepts: * Sequencing * Parameters * Loops (and Nested Loops) * Procedures * Basic Swift Syntax Comes with 70 puzzles to solve and 500 stars to collect. Are you up to the challenge? Programming: Danny Yaroslavski Art and Design: E.M. Engel Story Animation: James Pearmain Music and SFX: Eduardo Zolhof

Screenshots

Monkey Math School Sunshine4 screens
SpriteBox Coding4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SpriteBox Coding at every 2 weeks against Monkey Math School Sunshine's every 4 months. SpriteBox Coding also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). Monkey Math School Sunshine's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

Monkey Math School Sunshine costs $1.99 and SpriteBox Coding $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpriteBox Coding holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 23 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Monkey Math School Sunshine's written reviews are positive against 86% of SpriteBox Coding's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monkey Math School Sunshine ships an update every 4 months, SpriteBox Coding every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Monkey Math School Sunshine versus SpriteBox Coding: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonkey Math School SunshineSpriteBox Coding
Price$1.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.3 (57 ratings)4.5 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.3% of reviews — better86.4% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#197 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08 — better
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB162 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHUP GamesSpriteBox LLC

Customer experience

Monkey Math School Sunshine

All ratings57 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.5%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive90.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.6%

SpriteBox Coding

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

Monkey Math School Sunshine

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Voice directions cutting out
  • Number bubble counting issues
  • Inconsistent touch responsiveness

Requested features

4 requests
  • More advanced math concepts
  • Ability to disable certain game modes
  • Option to save progress across multiple users
  • Expanded aquarium or multiple aquariums

SpriteBox Coding

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Monkey Math School Sunshine

No in-app purchases

None

SpriteBox Coding

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monkey Math School Sunshine free?
Monkey Math School Sunshine costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpriteBox Coding free?
SpriteBox Coding costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Monkey Math School Sunshine or SpriteBox Coding?
SpriteBox Coding is rated higher. Monkey Math School Sunshine averages 4.3 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while SpriteBox Coding averages 4.5 from 23 ratings.
Do Monkey Math School Sunshine or SpriteBox Coding have ads?
Neither Monkey Math School Sunshine nor SpriteBox Coding shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monkey Math School Sunshine or SpriteBox Coding?
Monkey Math School Sunshine ships an update every 4 months, and SpriteBox Coding every 2 weeks. Most recently, Monkey Math School Sunshine was updated on October 2, 2026 and SpriteBox Coding on October 1, 2026.

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