Comparison

Archidex vs Monca

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

Head to head
About

Archidex

Features
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Archidex fait de la ville un musée à ciel ouvert et de toi un explorateur en quête d'architecture. Que tu sois un spécialiste ou un novice, nous sommes en contact avec de l'architecture depuis toujours. Cette application est là pour te faire lever les yeux et t'apprendre à voir l'architecture. Découvre ton quartier et ta ville par le biais de balades guidées, apprends à reconnaître les styles architecturaux, les plus grands architectes, et visite les lieux ouverts au public. Avec Archidex tu pourras partager ta progression avec tes amis et planifier des sorties pour remplir ton Archidex.

About

Monca

Track, rate, and discover movies and TV shows with a unique rating system. Connect with friends, get personalized recommendations, and unlock achievements. Manage your watchlist and explore your viewing habits with detailed statistics.

Highlights
  • Customizable rating systems (out of 20, 10, stars, advanced)
  • Episode-by-episode TV show tracking
  • Social features to follow friends and share reviews
  • Daily and monthly personalized recommendations
  • Detailed viewing statistics and genre analysis
  • Unlockable badges for exploring new cinema
  • Smart watchlist with filtering and alerts
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Rating your movies & shows has never been this addictive. - A rating system as unique as you Out of 20, out of 10, in stars: pick the rating system that feels like you! You can even rate in advanced mode, breaking it down by: Direction, acting, sound design, cinematography, story. Every movie makes you feel something different, so why rate them all the same way? - TV shows have landed on Monca Track your shows, episode by episode. Rate each one, and let Monca calculate the season average, then the show average, or override it with your own score if you'd rather. Tell us if an episode left you needing to jump straight into the next one with our cliffhanger meter, a first of its kind. Your status (caught up, on hold, finished...) updates itself, and you get notified the moment a new episode drops. Import your entire TV Time history in one tap (if you managed to export it before it shut down...). - Your Social Club, not your feed Follow your friends or your favorite movie and TV buffs, and find their reviews in your Social Club. Compare your ratings on the same movie or show, get their recommendations, and recommend a movie or show yourself to the people who follow you. On the TV side, an adaptive spoiler-protection system keeps your progress safe. - A daily recommendation, picked for you Come back to Monca every day to see which movie is recommended for you, based on the genres you love, your Social Club's reviews, your favorite decades, and more. On the TV side, get a fresh recommendation every month, picked by your Social Club. - Complete stats See your entire film (and TV) taste laid out in numbers: your favorite genres, your underrated and overrated picks, the decades you explore, the countries you discover, your total watch time... and so much more to uncover! - Badges that expand your horizons Unlock badges as you watch: Asian cinema, Cannes winners, David Fincher superfan, 90s movies... Explore worlds you might never have tried otherwise, and level up! Shows have their own badges to unlock too. - A watchlist you'll actually use Save your upcoming movies and shows to your watchlist: filter by genre, sort by date added or release date, get alerted when a movie you're waiting for hits theaters. No more 200-title lists forgotten in a corner! - Movie Night Not sure what to watch in theaters this week? Monca suggests THE movie to see, matched to your taste, solo or with your Social Club. One pick a month for everyone, unlimited with Monca+. - Poster of the Day Every day, rate the mystery movie poster and see how your score compares to the community's. A fun little ritual to go with your daily recommendation! - Monca+ Take it further: more daily recommendations, unlimited custom lists, weekly recommendations sent to your Social Club, release alerts for the movies you're waiting on, spotlight the actor or character who stood out to you in every movie or show, and unlimited Movie Night picks. And so much more to discover on Monca! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Archidex4 screens
Monca4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Archidex at none against Monca's 3. Archidex also leads on ads (none vs shown). Monca's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Monca sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Archidex asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Archidex ships an update every 6 months, Monca every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Archidex versus Monca: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArchidexMonca
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—87.5% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB122 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBiommeKevin Nicolas

In-app purchases

None

Archidex

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Monca

Subscriptions2
  • Monca+ Mensuel$2.991 Month
  • Monca+$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Membre fondateur$29.99

Questions

Is Archidex free?
Archidex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monca free?
Monca is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Archidex or Monca have ads?
Monca shows ads; Archidex does not.
Which is updated more often, Archidex or Monca?
Archidex ships an update every 6 months, and Monca every 5 days. Most recently, Archidex was updated on October 4, 2026 and Monca on October 8, 2026.

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