Monster Maker vs Pugoku
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Pugoku
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Every Pug has one perfect spot. Pugoku is a cozy, number-free logic game where you solve uniquely generated parks, follow biscuit-distance clues, and draw exact-length routes. The rules take seconds to learn: • Place exactly one pug in every row. • Place exactly one pug in every column. • Place exactly one pug in every colorful park. • Pugs cannot touch, even diagonally. Tap once to leave a Paw note on an impossible cell. Double-tap to place a Pug. Drag across the board to quickly add or remove multiple Paw notes. What you’ll find in Pugoku: • Endless puzzles from friendly 4×4 lessons to expansive 12×12 parks • One verified solution for every puzzle • Biscuit Trail: place each Pug at the exact within-park path distance from its bowl • Bowl Trails: connect matching numbered Pugs and bowls with exact-length routes through their colored biscuit stops • 20 teaching Park Missions plus Blitz, First Try, and No Paw challenges • A shared-seed Daily Puzzle with streak tracking • Park restoration and eight cosmetic Pugs that become your in-board playing piece • Teaching hints and proof replay that explain the reasoning instead of only revealing an answer • A gentle difficulty curve that grows deeper over time • No timer pressure in Classic mode—solve at your own pace • Expressive pug reactions, combos, and joyful level celebrations • Offline puzzle play; an internet connection is required for ad-supported help Read the parks, eliminate possibilities, and help every Pug find the right spot.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pugoku at none against Monster Maker's 6. Pugoku also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). Monster Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Monster Maker sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Pugoku asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Monster Maker | Pugoku |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Sillen | MEHMET PEKER |
In-app purchases
Monster Maker
- 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
Pugoku
No in-app purchases
Questions
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