Monkey Math School Sunshine vs Tower Math®
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Tower Math®
Practice arithmetic through an engaging 3D tower defense game. Solve math problems to build magic towers, free captured numbers, and earn special powers. Track progress and earn medals with multiple player profiles.
- Arithmetic practice (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
- Tower defense gameplay
- 3D graphics
- Multiple player profiles
- Medal system for level completion
- Special power-ups
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- Editor's Choice Award! - Children's Technology Review Tower Math® makes practicing arithmetic fun! Free the numbers with your magic towers in this action packed, 3D game! The numbers have been turned into monsters by an evil wizard! As you add, subtract, multiply and divide, you build towers with magic powers that can free the numbers. You can also use your math skills to earn special powers like the Freeze Ray and Magic Rain. You earn a bronze, silver or gold medal for every successfully completed level. Your game progress and medals are all saved under your player profile. Up to 5 player profiles can be created. HAVE FUN WHILE PRACTICING MATH: ▸ Addition ▸ Subtraction ▸ Multiplication ▸ Division FEATURES: ▸ A full-featured tower defense game ▸ Beautiful 3D graphics ▸ 20 unique scenes ▸ Create up to five player profiles ▸ Earn medals for each level ▸ Fun sound effects and music ▸ iPhone 5 and iPad Retina Display support ▸ Works on both iPhone and iPad - a universal app Tower Math® is an educational app for all ages that's actually FUN to play. Try it now! PRIVACY DISCLOSURE Tower Math®: - Does not contain 3rd party ads. - Does not contain in-app purchases. - Does not contain integration with social networks. - Does not use 3rd party analytics / data collection tools. - Does include links to apps by Dan Russell-Pinson in the iTunes App Store (via Performance Horizon). For more information on our privacy policy please visit: http://dan-russell-pinson.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Monkey Math School Sunshine at 90% against Tower Math®'s 74%. Monkey Math School Sunshine also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.1). Tower Math®'s advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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 Math School Sunshine costs $1.99 and Tower Math® $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Monkey Math School Sunshine holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 44 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Monkey Math School Sunshine's written reviews are positive against 74% of Tower Math®'s.
Monkey Math School Sunshine ships an update every 4 months, Tower Math® every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monkey Math School Sunshine | Tower Math® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (57 ratings) — better | 4.1 (44 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.3% of reviews — better | 73.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 44 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 252 MB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | THUP Games | Freecloud Design, Inc. |
Customer experience
Monkey Math School Sunshine
Tower Math®
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
Tower Math®
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Monkey Math School Sunshine
No in-app purchases
Tower Math®
No in-app purchases
Questions
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