Comparison

Map Monsters vs Morphy!

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

Head to head
About

Map Monsters

Explore a virtual world mirroring your own, capturing diverse monsters using unique tools. Engage in battles, climb leaderboards, and discover rare creatures in various locations. Enjoy rich gameplay from a single spot or by navigating the map.

Highlights
  • Capture diverse monster species
  • Navigate with joystick and teleport
  • Compete on global leaderboards
  • Upgrade equipment and complete missions
  • Lure monsters with items
  • Develop gold mines for daily earnings
  • Create mileposts for travel
Features
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There is a lot of hype around an app that allows people to walk around, find monsters, battle, and collect prizes. We get it and think that's great, but it was not the first and won't be the last. Since 2013, more than 500,000 people have downloaded this app, collected millions of Monsters within the app, have risen in a global leaderboard, and have chatted with others playing the game, out finding monsters in their nearby surroundings. There are definitely more monsters in the cities, but there are rare monsters in the suburbs, in parks, near ponds, and you will be rewarded by searching and discovering where these baddies hang out. In a world that you can enter, go through a quick tutorial, and be out monster hunting in minutes, whether you are 5 years old or 85 years old, you can get the best from anarobic exercise as you walk around and swipe to capture monsters. This is a different application, using a different version of alternate reality. Streets are labeled, something that people seem to be asking for in other games. Once you arrive at a spot, you can navigate using a joystick! This is ideal for those of us who find it annoying to have to walk around and have people know that you are monster hunting vs. watching captivating videos or video chatting. ********************************************************** THIS WAS AND IS THE FIRST-EVER LOCATION-BASED GAME TO OFFER RICH GAMEPLAY FROM A SINGLE LOCATION! ********************************************************** You get lots of great features: - Earn Navigation and Teleport features by visiting stores in the game! - The fictional world you enter mirrors our own, street names and notifications - Communicate with other monster hunters and beat them by rising in the leaderboard - There are dozens of monster species - Capture monsters, clear monster patches, and get stamps & prizes that you can show off to friends - Upgrade your equipment by completing missions! - Use Snacks, Bombs, and whistles to lure monsters towards you - Develop gold mines that enable you to earn gold daily - Create mileposts so you can travel between spots without having to hop in a car, take a bus, or ride a bike. - Build road networks and earn in-app prizes - 25 levels, multiple missions, daily challenges, and a mixture of rewards - Enjoy whether you are young, anti-social, fun at parties, or just want to brag about how you knew about all the crazy fun years before everybody else! - Are you really still reading this? Map Monsters requires an internet connection to play (3G, 4G, LTE, 5G, or WiFi), as well as access to your location. Works great on your iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad! Even works on your friends and parents' iPhones, iPod Touch, and iPads. What are you waiting for? Be cool when you get back to school, tell everyone that you are different, chart your own course, and that other game is so last summer... Visit www.sirqul.com for more info! Install Map Monsters today.

About

Morphy!

Embark on an adventure to find a lost alien crew on a strange planet. Discover creatures with helpful external traits to aid survival and repair a spaceship. This life science game teaches about animal structures and their functions for survival and behavior.

Highlights
  • Locate missing alien crew members
  • Discover creatures with survival traits
  • Learn about animal external structures
  • Three saved game profiles
  • Robot sidekick for tips
  • Printable/savable images
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Morphy and his fellow alien crew have crash-landed on a foreign planet! His crewmembers evacuated at different times and are now missing. Help Morphy locate the crewmembers so that they can repair their spaceship. Beware! Morphy can’t survive this planet on his own. Along the way, Morphy will meet creatures with external traits that will help him survive this strange new world. Guide Morphy throughout this journey to save the missing crew! Download Morphy today! From the Smithsonian Science Education Center, Morphy! is a life science game that teaches players that animals have external structures that function to support survival and behavior. FEATURES - Up to three saved game profiles can be stored on one device - Learn about how different animals use their features for survival - Definitions that can be accessed anytime - A robot sidekick provides tips throughout gameplay - Designed for exploration and experimentation - Customizable images to print out or save to your device - For use in the classroom or at home - Aligned to national science standards for fourth grade but great for students of any age - Audio and text interplay

Screenshots

Map Monsters4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Morphy! at 4.3 against Map Monsters's 3.0. Morphy! also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 51%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Map Monsters's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Map Monsters sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Morphy! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Morphy! holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Map Monsters's written reviews are positive against 90% of Morphy!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Map Monsters ships an update every 5 weeks, Morphy! every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Map Monsters versus Morphy!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMap MonstersMorphy!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)4.3 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.9% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings412 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS10.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size215 MB491 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperSirqul, Inc.Smithsonian Institution

Customer experience

Map Monsters

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive50.9%
Neutral7.3%
Negative41.8%

Morphy!

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

Map Monsters

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Cannot sign up due to existing username
  • No monsters appear
  • Cannot register device
  • Crashes when logging in
  • App does not work
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  • Cannot open the app
  • Icon not found
  • Game keeps crashing
  • 3D graphics are not good
  • Monsters are not common

Requested features

8 requests
  • Fix registration issues
  • Add more monsters
  • Improve monster spawn rates
  • Allow fast traveling
  • Make monsters more common
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  • Improve 3D detail
  • Reduce environmental repetition
  • Add more monsters to hunt

Morphy!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Map Monsters

One-time10
  • Stack of Coins$0.99
  • Pouch of Coins$4.99
  • Pouch of Diamonds$4.99
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  • Bag of Diamonds$9.99
  • Barrel of Coins$19.99
  • Barrel of Diamonds$19.99
  • Chest of Coins$49.99
  • Chest of Diamonds$49.99
  • Safe of Coins$99.99
  • Safe of Diamonds$99.99
None

Morphy!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Map Monsters free?
Map Monsters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Morphy! free?
Morphy! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Map Monsters or Morphy!?
Morphy! is rated higher. Map Monsters averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Morphy! averages 4.3 from 12 ratings.
Do Map Monsters or Morphy! have ads?
Neither Map Monsters nor Morphy! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Map Monsters or Morphy!?
Map Monsters ships an update every 5 weeks, and Morphy! every 2 months. Most recently, Map Monsters was updated on October 22, 2026 and Morphy! on October 24, 2026.

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