Monkiddo vs Starling Ascent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Monkiddo
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Welcome to the hectic, hilarious world of Monkiddo: Office Madness! Based on the popular Monkiddo IP known for its quirky, expressive characters and playful charm, this fast-paced arcade runner drops you into a crazy workplace where staying awake is the real battle. Gameplay Highlights: 1. Run Back & Forth to dodge chaotic office obstacles and outrun the madness. 2. Collect Coffee Cups to power up, unlock new characters, and survive longer. 3. Waves of Office Insanityโfrom flying pans to exploding overtime bombs! 4. Unlock Wacky Costumes for Monkiddo, each with their own stylish flair. 5. Revive & Continue by spending your precious coffee stash. Simple Controls, Deep Reflexes: Just tap and swipeโeasy to learn, hard to master. Itโs all about timing, quick decisions, and coffee-fueled instincts. Whether you're dodging pan-wielding coworkers or sprinting past toilet disasters, Monkiddo: Office Madness brings laugh-out-loud moments and endless replayability.
Starling Ascent
Pilot a small robot through treacherous caves to recover lost power cores. Master momentum-based flight and avoid instant-death hazards across five unique worlds to restore light to a darkened civilization.
- Momentum-based flight controls
- Core collection and delivery objectives
- Five distinct worlds with unique hazards
- Instant-death environmental traps
- Fuel management for thrust
- AI companion narration and guidance
- Time and damage challenges
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Starling Ascent: Bring the light back. A whole civilisation went dark, power scattered into the caves far below. One small fail-safe robot was built to survive exactly this, and now he has one job: find the lost cores, carry them home, and climb back to a surface he has never seen. Fly with super simple controls, nothing but rotate and thrust... use your momentum, angles and gravity pulling the whole time. It takes a few seconds to understand and hours to master. Return Cores & Ascend Every level, a lost core is waiting somewhere in the cave. Find it, pick it up, then carry it to the docks and set it down clean. Do that and the way up opens. Be careful, Starling has limited health and fuel. You can find extra fuel in most of the longer levels and see if you can perfect every level with no damage against the clock! Five worlds and one final ascent. You climb through five different layers, each with its own look, its own feel, and its own ways to kill you. Every world adds a new hazard to everything you've already learned and one careless touch of lava, spikes, or a laser is instant death. They glow bright, so you always see them coming. The only question is whether you can fly clean enough to get past. Then put all your skills to test in the final Ascent through the opening. FS-266 (Starling) isn't alone on this mission. Volare is his weary AI companion riding shotgun for the climb: part guide, part narrator, part sarcastic friend. Starling was made for one job. Volare knows exactly what that means. By the time you reach the surface, so will you. Bring the light back. - Simple controls. Rotate and thrust, that's it. A few seconds to understand, hours to master. - Momentum flight. Use your angles, your speed and the gravity pulling on you the whole time. - Grab, carry, dock. Find the lost core, carry it to the docks, set it down clean to open the way up. - Five worlds and a final ascent. Each layer has its own look, its own feel and its own ways to kill you. - One-shot hazards. Lava, spikes and lasers are instant death, but they glow bright so you always see them coming. - Mind your fuel. Thrust burns it, coasting is free. Find extra fuel in the longer caves and plan your route home. - Perfect every level. Clear it with no damage and against the clock if you're good enough. - Volare. Your weary AI companion for the climb: part guide, part narrator, part sarcastic friend.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Monkiddo at Free against Starling Ascent's $3.99. Monkiddo also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Monkiddo is free to download; Starling Ascent costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Monkiddo ships an update every 2 days, Starling Ascent fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monkiddo | Starling Ascent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free โ better | $3.99 |
| Positive reviews | โ | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days โ better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | โ | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FCS Tech | Luke Dowding |
In-app purchases
Monkiddo
No in-app purchases
Starling Ascent
No in-app purchases
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