Astro Builder vs Become the Monkey King
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Astro Builder
Build a sprawling space station in orbit with this idle construction game. Start with basic components and expand your facility by unlocking new equipment and generating resources. Discover and develop new areas as your station grows.
- Idle space station construction
- Resource management
- Unlock new equipment
- Expand and develop areas
- Space elevator material transport
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Welcome to Astro Builder, the ultimate casual idle game where you construct a space station in near-Earth orbit. Begin with a simple setup—a connecting ground track and a small platform. Material is transported to the platform via a space elevator and piled on the ground. Utilize the resources to expand and improve the platform, unlocking new equipment and producing valuable resources. Each construction phase reveals a new area, waiting to be developed and unlocked. Can you build the ultimate space station and conquer the cosmos?
Become the Monkey King
Embark on a vibrant adventure inspired by the Monkey King. Collect, merge, and upgrade weapons to defeat waves of monsters across diverse stages. Organize your inventory and enhance your hero's abilities to conquer challenges and earn rewards.
- Merge matching weapons for stronger gear
- Organize and expand inventory for strategy
- Upgrade hero's attack and health
- Battle across 12 diverse stages
- Endless Mode for milestone rewards
- Collect weapon shards, gold, and diamonds
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Step into a colorful adventure inspired by the legendary Monkey King. Collect knives, swords, axes, the Golden Staff, magic peaches, and clone techniques. Organize your bag, merge matching weapons into stronger gear, and lead Wukong against wave after wave of monsters. FEATURES • Merge matching weapons into higher-level gear • Expand and organize your bag to shape your strategy • Upgrade Wukong's attack and health and unlock hero looks • Fight across 12 stages spanning forests, caves, deserts, and the sea • Push farther in Endless Mode for milestone rewards • Collect weapon shards, gold, diamonds, and hero materials • Play in 20 supported languages • No advertising in the iOS version Optional consumable in-app purchases are available for diamonds and gold. Purchased currency can be used for in-game items and rewards. No purchase is required to start playing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Become the Monkey King at 100% against Astro Builder's 34%. Become the Monkey King also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Astro Builder's advantage is ratings volume (3.3K vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Both are free to download. Astro Builder sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Become the Monkey King sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Become the Monkey King holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Astro Builder has 3.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Astro Builder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Become the Monkey King's.
| Parameter | Astro Builder | Become the Monkey King |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 251 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Solid Games | 放 詹 |
Customer experience
Astro Builder
Become the Monkey King
Bugs and requests
Astro Builder
Reported bugs
3 issues- Builders getting stuck or ignoring resource needs
- Inconsistent behavior when collecting from processors
- Permanent worker upgrades not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to continue progress offline
- More varied level designs and challenges
- Autonomous builder behavior
- Background progress while app is closed
Become the Monkey King
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Astro Builder
- AD TICKETS 10$0.99
- AD TICKETS 25$1.99
- AD TICKETS 60$3.99
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- Ad-free 7 day$4.99
- Permanent ad-free!$9.99
Become the Monkey King
- 100 Diamonds$0.99
- 1000 Gold$1.99
- 500 Diamonds$3.99
Questions
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