Comparison

Downrush vs Monster Maker

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

Head to head
About

Downrush

Features
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Fall. Dodge. Survive. Downrush drops you into a first-person freefall down a shaft full of obstacles. Steer through the gaps before they close in. One wrong move and it's over. Five worlds, 50 levels: - Classic: the original shaft of sliding walls and shutter gates - Lava: spinning fans, crushing blocks and pulsing magma vents - Neon: lasers, sliding doors and snapping shutters - Space: orbiting holes, airlock trapdoors and drifting asteroids - Candy: lollipop pegs, a spinning candy-cane sweeper and giant donuts Each world teaches its obstacles one at a time, then throws them at you together. Simple controls: adjust the joystick size and side to fit exactly how you hold your phone. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just you, the fall, and how far you can go. - Fast to learn, brutal to master - 5 worlds, 50 levels, 12 obstacle types - Customizable controls - Clean, distraction-free design

About

Monster Maker

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Two or three people draw one monster together. Nobody sees the whole thing until it is finished. Somebody draws the head. Somebody draws the body. Somebody draws the legs, and nobody sees more than the last few marks the player before them left behind. Every part is a guess at what the rest might be. Then the paper opens, and you find out what you made. It is never what anyone intended. That is the point. HOW A GAME GOES Three turns, one creature: head, body, legs. With three players you take one part each. With two, one of you takes two turns. Pick how many are playing and you are drawing within a couple of taps. WHO IT IS FOR Anyone who can draw. There is no reading, no timer, no score, so a five-year-old and a grandparent can play the same round and both be surprised at the end of it. - Families at the kitchen table, with a child who cannot spell yet but can absolutely draw a monster with eight eyes - The two of you on the sofa, a quiet evening in - Friends around a table, where the reveal is the whole event and somebody always laughs too loudly - Parties, where it goes around the room and everyone ends up leaning in to watch - Long car journeys, one phone travelling up and down the back seats - Waiting rooms, airports, and restaurants before the food arrives - Grandparents, cousins and old friends in other countries, each drawing their part whenever it suits them - Classrooms, clubs and rainy afternoons that need filling ON ONE DEVICE Pass the iPhone or iPad around. Your part folds away before you hand it over, so there is nothing to peek at and nobody has to be trusted. Games on one device work completely offline - in a tunnel, a plane or a cabin in the woods is fine. FROM YOUR OWN PHONES Send a link or a game code, and everyone draws their part from wherever they are, whenever it suits them. Nobody has to be in the same room, or awake at the same hour. DRAW HOWEVER YOU LIKE Ink, pencil, crayon and an eraser, with a fingertip or an Apple Pencil. Undo as often as you want. KEEP WHAT YOU MAKE Every finished monster goes into your gallery. Name them, share them, and find them again on your other devices. FOR PARENTS No ads. No accounts and no sign-up. No chat and no strangers. A remote game reaches only the people you send the link to, and nothing your child draws leaves the app unless you share it yourself. WHERE IT COMES FROM Monster Maker is built on "vika gubbe", a Swedish paper-and-pencil game families have played for generations: fold a sheet in three, draw your part, fold it away, pass it on. Same game, on paper that folds itself. License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Downrush4 screens
Monster Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Downrush at none against Monster Maker's 6. Downrush also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). Monster Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Monster Maker sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Downrush asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Downrush ships an update every 3 weeks, Monster Maker every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Downrush versus Monster Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDownrushMonster Maker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better26.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size132 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIslam SafarliPeter Sillen

In-app purchases

None

Downrush

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Monster Maker

One-time6
  • Unlock Bucket$4.99
  • Unlock Brush Sizes$4.99
  • Unlock Magic Pen$4.99
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  • Unlock$5.99
  • Unlock Remote with Family Sharing$9.99
  • Unlock Bundle$9.99

Questions

Is Downrush free?
Downrush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monster Maker free?
Monster Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Downrush or Monster Maker have ads?
Neither Downrush nor Monster Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Downrush or Monster Maker?
Downrush ships an update every 3 weeks, and Monster Maker every 4 days. Most recently, Downrush was updated on October 5, 2026 and Monster Maker on October 16, 2026.

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