Comparison

Monkey Word School Adventure vs Tower Math®

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

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About

Monkey Word School Adventure

This app offers an engaging adventure for young children to learn early literacy skills. It covers letter recognition, phonics, spelling, and sight words through interactive games. Designed for ages 3-7, it adapts to the child's learning pace.

Highlights
  • Interactive learning games
  • Letter and word recognition
  • Phonics and spelling lessons
  • Sight word focus
  • Adaptive difficulty
  • Customizable settings
  • Reward system
Features
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Get ready for adventure...Monkey Word School Adventure! Join Milo and his jungle friends as they explore a fun-filled world of letters, sight words, phonics and spelling. Seamless game flow and behind-the-scenes performance adjustment allow your child to jump right in and begin playing and learning. For ages 3 to 7. Monkey Word School Adventure is an entertaining and captivating way to introduce your child to the fundamental concepts behind reading and writing. The lessons range from letter recognition and writing to spelling and phonics introducing word components such as consonant blends, digraphs, irregular vowels and more! There is also a special focus on sight words, the vital building blocks of reading and writing. === FEATURES === *6 interactive, carefully conceived, captivating games. *Letter and word recognition. *Introduction to digraphs, consonant blends, irregular vowels and other important concepts. *A focus on sight words helping your child learn these vital building blocks of reading and writing. *Uses THUP’s “Knack Technolgy ” system which automatically adjusts the difficulty of the games as your child plays. *Customizable Settings. Select which games your child plays and at what level allowing you to focus on a single task, such as learning sight words. *Designed for Kids: No confusing Menus or navigation. *Rewards! Kids earn frogs, butterflies, chameleons and more to put into their own customizable interactive terrarium. === KIDS LEARN WHILE THEY PLAY === *SPELLING STONE Milo needs help with his spelling. He can show you what it looks like, but do you know how to spell it? Use the magic gold letters to solve the puzzle! * SIGHT BIRDS Milo is looking for a special gems and the sight birds have them! Help him collect as many as you can before the time runs out! Features letter recognition and sight words. *LETTER WRITING Learn to write uppercase and lowercase letters by carving them in the ancient stone writing wall. *PHONICS BRIDGE Oh no the bridge is out and two little chinchillas are going to miss their play date! Help them get together by fixing the bridge using the engineering power of phonics! *WORD WALL Using an ancient map Milo has stumbled upon a mysterious puzzle. Help him solve it by finding all the words on the map! *RHYMING MAZE Help a greedy little Chinchilla find his treasure by drawing a path using words that rhyme! *TERRARIUM Populate and decorate your own interactive terrarium! Choose from tons of plants, frogs, butterflies and dragonflies to create your own uniques worlds. Email us: support@thup.com Like us: http://www.facebook.com/THUPgames Follow us: http://twitter.com/THUPGames

About

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.

Highlights
  • Arithmetic practice (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
  • Tower defense gameplay
  • 3D graphics
  • Multiple player profiles
  • Medal system for level completion
  • Special power-ups
Features
Currently charting
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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/

Screenshots

Monkey Word School Adventure4 screens
Tower Math®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Monkey Word School Adventure at free against Tower Math®'s paid. Monkey Word School Adventure also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1). Tower Math®'s advantage is chart position (#167 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Monkey Word School Adventure costs $1.99 and Tower Math® $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Monkey Word School Adventure holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 44 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Monkey Word School Adventure's written reviews are positive against 74% of Tower Math®'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monkey Word School Adventure ships an update every 4 months, Tower Math® every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Monkey Word School Adventure versus Tower Math®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonkey Word School AdventureTower Math®
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating4.6 (26 ratings) — better4.1 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better73.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2644 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#167 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size366 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHUP GamesFreecloud Design, Inc.

Customer experience

Monkey Word School Adventure

All ratings26 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative13.8%

Tower Math®

All ratings44 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.8%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral10.5%
Negative15.8%

Bugs and requests

Monkey Word School Adventure

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Trace the letter portion is completely broken and buggy
  • Latest update issues: random completion of writing, no sound
  • Hint button appears to be broken, always on
  • App crashes and loses terrarium progress
  • App won't open/respond
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  • Cannot add player or hit support
  • No sound on iPad 2/iPad 3
  • Sound option is greyed out
  • Hints popup too quickly
  • Long loads between activities
  • The writing of some letters in the sand is wrong
  • Phonetic pronunciation of some letters is odd
  • Not responding
  • Hasn't worked since last iOS update

Requested features

29 requests
  • Update trace the letter portion
  • Fix latest update issues
  • Fix no sound issue
  • Fix hint button always on
  • Add difficulty settings
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  • Fix bundle pricing
  • Fix losing terrarium progress
  • Increase player spaces
  • Improve letter tracing fluidity
  • Fix sound issues on specific iPads
  • Add more challenging levels
  • Add more parental control options (hints, rewards)
  • Add more interesting terrarium prizes
  • Add option for upper or lower case letters only
  • Add phonetic pronunciation only option
  • Add picture rhyme option
  • Add section for matching beginning sounds
  • Add more content
  • Fix monkey screen pace
  • Allow turning off hints
  • Improve hint functionality (less intrusive)
  • Add more player spaces (up to 20 ideal)
  • Make tracing of letters more like handwriting
  • Fix UK reading scheme issue
  • Sound out letters instead of saying names
  • Fix odd phonetic pronunciation
  • Fix incorrect letter writing
  • Adjust praise system (less generic)
  • Fix long loads between activities

Tower Math®

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Monkey Word School Adventure

No in-app purchases

None

Tower Math®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monkey Word School Adventure free?
Monkey Word School Adventure costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tower Math® free?
Tower Math® costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Monkey Word School Adventure or Tower Math®?
Monkey Word School Adventure is rated higher. Monkey Word School Adventure averages 4.6 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Tower Math® averages 4.1 from 44 ratings.
Do Monkey Word School Adventure or Tower Math® have ads?
Neither Monkey Word School Adventure nor Tower Math® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monkey Word School Adventure or Tower Math®?
Monkey Word School Adventure ships an update every 4 months, and Tower Math® every 5 months. Most recently, Monkey Word School Adventure was updated on October 16, 2026 and Tower Math® on October 9, 2026.

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