Comparison

Bloons TD 5 vs Bloons Monkey City

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

Head to head
About

Bloons TD 5

Build towers, choose upgrades, and hire special agents to pop waves of invading balloons. This tower defense game offers extensive replayability with numerous tracks, missions, and challenges.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade towers
  • Hire special agents
  • Over 90 tracks
  • Online co-op play
  • Daily and special challenges
  • Boss Bloon events
  • Multiple game modes
Features
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Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. Now with rewarded leaderboards for even more fun and challenge! The Bloons are back and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire cool new Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon! Featuring 2 brand new Towers, cool Special Agents, glorious retina graphics, original Tracks and Special Missions, a whole new tier of Specialty Building upgrades, and the powerful Monkey Lab to further upgrade your towers, Bloons TD 5 delivers hours and hours of fun, challenging play to fans and new players alike. Hours and Hours of Awesome Gameplay: * 90+ Tracks * 21 powerful towers with Activated Abilities and 2 upgrade paths * 10 Special Agents * Online Co-op play * Multi-track Odyssey Challenges * Boss Bloon Special Events * 10 Special Missions * 250+ Random Missions * Daily Challenges * New Bloon enemies - tougher Camos, Regrow Bloons, and the fearsome ZOMG * 50+ Game Center Achievements and Challenges * iCloud Support * 3 different game modes * Freeplay mode after mastering a track * 4 difficulty settings and family-friendly theme so anyone can play And that's just the beginning - regular planned updates will keep Bloons TD 5 fresh, fun, and challenging for many months to come. Now it's time to pop some Bloons! Remember to save to iCloud after each victory or purchase to save your progress. iPad version also available - check out Bloons TD 5 HD for full screen UI awesomeness! https://ninjakiwi.com/terms

About

Bloons Monkey City

Build and manage a thriving city while defending it from invading bloons in this strategic city-building and tower defense game. Expand your territory, upgrade towers, and compete with friends.

Highlights
  • City building and management
  • Tower defense gameplay
  • Territory expansion
  • Tower upgrades
  • Economic buildings (farms, banks)
  • Social features (friends, contests)
  • Player vs. player attacks
Features
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Create, upgrade, and customize your very own Bloons Monkey City in this groundbreaking blend of city building and tower defense awesomeness! UNIQUE SIMULATION + STRATEGY GAMING Take back the wilderness from the invading bloon hordes and pop your way from a modest settlement to a thriving metropolis. Attack bloon-infested territory adjacent to your city, win a short tower defense game, and add the captured territory to your city as a space on which to build. Buildings are the heart of your city, and each one has a specific purpose - individual monkey towers for battle, upgrades for those towers, farms and banks to drive your economy, power to supercharge your city, epic buildings for epic powers, and decorations to make your city more awesome. Every time you build, your city looks cooler, you increase your power potential in tower defense play, and you open up even more rewards and challenges. AMAZING DEPTH AND VARIETY All 21 of the fully awesomized and carefully balanced Bloons TD 5 towers are available within Monkey City, with completely new unlock mechanics. More than 130 buildings and decorations give you endless strategies and city design options. Explore the wilderness to find treasure tiles and uncover 11 powerful special items like the Banana Replicator and the Dark Temple Idol. Burst bloons on 55 all new tower defense maps or test your mastery on 13 wildly challenging original special missions. Either way, be ready to encounter all new bloon waves and special bloon attack patterns like Cash Starve or Fast and Furious. REINFORCE YOUR FRIENDS Connect with Facebook and Game Center friends, then help each other win and expand. Send Supply Crates back and forth for bonus starting cash. Visit friends' cities to check out their strategies and their city design skills, and while you're there root out any bloon spies to win a reward for both you and your friend. SHOW OFF YOUR SKILLS Build up the strongest lineup of monkey towers possible and compete with other players for the best score in weekly Contested Territory events. Use the latest in monkey science to send player vs. player bloon attacks, then see whose defenses are the strongest and earn extra rewards for victory. Download for free and play Bloons Monkey City now! Pro tip: You can move your buildings when they are not upgrading or damaged - just tap and hold then move to a free captured tile! Please Note: Bloons Monkey City is free to download and play (aside from internet, carrier, data, device, and other services for which the player is financially responsible), but some in-game items can be purchased with real money. You can turn off the payment feature by disabling in-app purchases in your device's settings, or reach us at support@ninjakiwi.com for help. City data is organized individually, so if you share multiple cities on one device through multiple Game Center or Facebook logins, do note that your IAP will only apply to the city active during purchase.

Screenshots

Bloons TD 54 screens
Bloons Monkey City4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bloons Monkey City at Free against Bloons TD 5's $2.99. Bloons TD 5's advantage is chart position (#7 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Bloons Monkey City is free to download; Bloons TD 5 costs $2.99 up front. Bloons TD 5 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Bloons Monkey City sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Bloons TD 5 against 4.7 for Bloons Monkey City. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 99K and 46K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Bloons TD 5's written reviews are positive against 77% of Bloons Monkey City's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Bloons TD 5 versus Bloons Monkey City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBloons TD 5Bloons Monkey City
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (99K ratings) — better4.7 (46K ratings)
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews — better77.1% of reviews
Number of ratings99K — better46K
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#7 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB125 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperNinja Kiwi LimitedNinja Kiwi Limited

Customer experience

Bloons TD 5

All ratings98,268 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews640 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative15.3%

Bloons Monkey City

All ratings45,621 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews721 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral7.8%
Negative15.1%

User reviews

Bloons TD 5

From 99K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 💎 Excellent value for money
  • 🐒 Unique and charming theme
  • 🔥 Highly replayable with lots of content
  • 🎮 Great for killing time

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 🔊 Sound/music issues
  • 🔌 Performance issues on later rounds
  • 🤝 Multiplayer connectivity problems
  • 💰 Microtransactions feel intrusive

Bloons Monkey City

From 46K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and challenging gameplay
  • 🚀 Addictive and engaging
  • 💡 Unique city-building mechanics
  • 👍 Great combination of tower defense and city management
  • 👍 Generous free-to-play model

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional progress loss/resets
  • 🕰️ Lengthy upgrade/research times
  • 📺 Intrusive and frequent ads
  • 🔨 Accidental demolition/cancellation issues
  • 🤯 Difficulty spikes and imbalanced levels

Bugs and requests

Bloons TD 5

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent disconnects in multiplayer
  • Sound/music not working
  • Crashes on high rounds
  • Difficulty spikes between levels

Requested features

5 requests
  • More maps and game modes
  • Ability to transfer save data across devices
  • Improved multiplayer features (chat, custom maps)
  • New tower types and upgrades
  • Customization options (skins, etc.)

Bloons Monkey City

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Tutorial issues and getting stuck
  • Music/audio glitches
  • Connectivity problems and login failures

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add sandbox/freeplay mode
  • Improve social/multiplayer features
  • Expand city customization options
  • Reduce upgrade/research timers
  • Implement difficulty selection for levels

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Bloons TD 5

One-time10
  • Tower Unlock All Upgrades$0.99
  • Rank Up$0.99
  • 500 Monkey Money$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Bundle O' Monkey Money$2.99
  • Pile O' Monkey Money$2.99
  • Pile O' Tokens$4.99
  • Pile O' Monkey Money$4.99
  • Vault O' Tokens$9.99
  • Double Cash Mode$9.99
  • Vault O' Monkey Money$19.99
11 purchases

Bloons Monkey City

One-time11
  • Sci Fi Wall$0.99
  • Small Bloonstone Pack$1.99
  • $10,000 City Cash$1.99
Show 8 more
  • Banana Farmer$1.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Medium Bloonstone Pack$3.99
  • Medium Bloonstone Pack$4.99
  • Wild Card Pack$4.99
  • 30 Monkey Knowledge Packs$11.99
  • Large Bloonstone Pack$19.99
  • King's Pack$19.99

Questions

Is Bloons TD 5 free?
Bloons TD 5 costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Bloons Monkey City free?
Bloons Monkey City is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bloons TD 5 or Bloons Monkey City?
Bloons TD 5 is rated higher. Bloons TD 5 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 99K ratings, while Bloons Monkey City averages 4.7 from 46K ratings.
Do Bloons TD 5 or Bloons Monkey City have ads?
Both Bloons TD 5 and Bloons Monkey City show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bloons TD 5 or Bloons Monkey City?
Bloons TD 5 ships an update every 2 months, and Bloons Monkey City every 2 months. Most recently, Bloons TD 5 was updated on October 28, 2026 and Bloons Monkey City on October 28, 2026.

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