Shadow Love vs monobound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow Love
Experience a unique action game where all characters and environments are crafted from hand shadow puppets. Navigate through artistic shadow worlds, controlling a rabbit to reach illuminated goals. Features 35 stages, boss battles, and various shadow enemies.
- Hand shadow puppet art style
- Side-scrolling action gameplay
- 35 unique stages
- Boss battles
- Multiple hand shadow enemies
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Everything is made of shadows! This action game is designed using hand shadow puppets!!! It's fun to watch but even more fun to play! Enjoy the artistic world of the shadows. :) Rabbits, crabs, snails birds, flowers and so on... It's a side-scrolling action game with hand shadow characters. Aim at the illuminated goal by controlling the rabbit with right/left and jump buttons in order to clear the game. [Features] ○ 35 unique stages ○ Include the boss battle ○ Support Retina display(iPhone,iPod touch) ○ More than 10 hand shadow enemies
monobound
A challenging platformer where precise swipes control a ball's ascent through hazardous stages. Master simple controls and deep gameplay to overcome obstacles and reach the summit. It's a game of skill and repetition.
- High-difficulty platform action
- Swipe to climb stages
- Avoid various obstacles
- Simple controls
- Deep gameplay
- Skill-based progression
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●How to Play MonoBound is a high-difficulty platform action game where a single mistake can be fatal. Swipe the ball to climb the stage, avoiding various obstacles, and aim for the top! Its charm lies in its simple controls and deep gameplay. Play repeatedly to hone your skills.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: monobound at Free against Shadow Love's $2.99. monobound also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). Shadow Love's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
monobound is free to download; Shadow Love costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shadow Love ships an update every 6 weeks, monobound weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow Love | monobound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Strawberry Gohan | NISHINO SHUNSUKE |
Customer experience
Shadow Love
monobound
In-app purchases
Shadow Love
No in-app purchases
monobound
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Shadow Love or monobound have ads?
Which is updated more often, Shadow Love or monobound?
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