Wind Up Robots vs Kungfu Ragdoll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wind Up Robots
Defend a boy's dreamscape from nightmares by strategically deploying unique robot defenders. Upgrade your robots, utilize powerful super weapons, and battle a variety of creepy enemies across numerous levels in this engaging base defense game.
- Unique robot defenders
- Creepy enemy variety
- 28 challenging levels
- Dynamic upgrade system
- Powerful super weapons
- Robot personalization
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Critics are LOVING Wind Up Robots! * Named 'Gaming App of The Day' on Kotaku * Featured here four times and counting! * Nominated "Game of The Week" on TouchArcade From giant B-Movie robots, iron giants and beeping droids, robots captivate our hearts. Part imaginary friend part tin man they fill our dreams. For Zach though they stand between peaceful slumber and the nightmares that have haunted him since his birth. Enter the world of Wind Up Robots where the battlefield is the dreamscape of a boy with a powerful destiny. "It’s downright fun and engaging, and it certainly doesn’t lack in the challenge department." "...a base defense game with a fantastic story, loads of polish, an awesome upgrade system, and great gameplay. " "Soma Games has done an incredibly good job." "Wind Up Robots is remarkably deep." Recent Enhancements: * Much improved controls * Better level balancing * Integrated range indicators. Features: * 7 totally unique robots defenders including sniper, healer and SAM launcher. * 12 increasingly creepy enemies to blow back to the darkness. * 28 levels from kids play to legendary brawls! * Dynamic upgrade system to make powerful robots even stringer, faster, more devastating to those dastardly creatures. * Powerful super weapons to back you up when robots slip. * Special costumes to personalize your robots and get ready for the upcoming Wind Up Theatre... Help keep the monsters at bay. Explore Zachs world in a fully 3 dimensional world. Choose your robots to battle an onslaught of monsters from cow spawning alien ships to Beaver toothed t-rexes. Don't miss out! Wind Up Robots will delight and wonder kids both young and old. Wind Up Robots is only compatible with iOS 5 devices.
Kungfu Ragdoll
Engage in epic battles and defeat all opponents in this action-packed fighting game. Choose your preferred combat style and unleash devastating attacks with spectacular visual effects.
- Epic fighting gameplay
- Choose fighting styles
- Unleash true power
- Amazing visual effects
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You always dreamed of a game where you could fight and beat every one? Kungfu Ragdoll was made for you! Choose a fighting style and unleash your true power with amazing visual effect!
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Verdict
Wind Up Robots and Kungfu Ragdoll both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 77% of Kungfu Ragdoll's written reviews are positive against 34% of Wind Up Robots's. Kungfu Ragdoll also leads on ratings volume (20K vs 6). Wind Up Robots's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Wind Up Robots sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Kungfu Ragdoll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Wind Up Robots against 4.7 for Kungfu Ragdoll. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kungfu Ragdoll has 20K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 34% of Wind Up Robots's written reviews are positive against 77% of Kungfu Ragdoll's.
Wind Up Robots ships an update every 5 weeks, Kungfu Ragdoll every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wind Up Robots | Kungfu Ragdoll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | 4.7 (20K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.2% of reviews | 77.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 20K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 348 MB | 269 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Soma Games | Ketchapp |
Customer experience
Wind Up Robots
Kungfu Ragdoll
Bugs and requests
Wind Up Robots
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Kungfu Ragdoll
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to switch character styles
- Discrepancy between displayed and available gold
- Difficulty progressing past certain boss battles
Requested features
3 requests- More ability slots and move variety
- Improved boss battle difficulty
- Ability to purchase multiple upgrades per round
In-app purchases
Wind Up Robots
- 1,000 coins$0.99
- 2,500 Coin Pack$1.99
- 5,000 Coins$3.99
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- 20,000 Coins$12.99
Kungfu Ragdoll
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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