Monster Maker vs Pixel Bay
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/
Pixel Bay
Explore vibrant pixel-art ocean destinations, discover marine life, and collect artifacts. Restore a damaged logbook and build your own underwater aquarium with found species. This is a relaxing adventure focused on observation and collection.
- Explore six real ocean destinations
- Discover and collect marine life
- Recover research artifacts
- Build and decorate an aquarium
- Pixel-art 3D underwater scenes
- Device save and iCloud sync
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Become the newest nature observer at Pixel Bay and help restore the water-damaged Tide Log. Travel across a pixel-art world map to six real ocean destinations: the Great Barrier Reef, Maldives, Raja Ampat, Darwin Island, the Red Sea, and Palau. Each dive pairs a short field briefing with a focused mission, from locating red coral to following a jellyfish through a strong current. EXPLORE AT YOUR OWN PACE Choose any destination, study the local habitat, and return safely before your oxygen runs out. DISCOVER AND COLLECT Encounter distinctive marine life, recover keepsakes and research artifacts, and build a record of every find. BUILD YOUR OCEAN HOME Arrange treasures in your collection room. Add discovered species to your aquarium, feed them, interact with them, and decorate their habitat. A QUIET PIXEL-ART ADVENTURE Enjoy colorful 3D underwater scenes, concise story moments, and a collection-driven journey about observation rather than conquest. Progress is saved on your device and synced with iCloud when available. No account is required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixel Bay at none against Monster Maker's 6. Pixel Bay also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.5). On price, ads 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. Pixel Bay asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Monster Maker | Pixel Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.5 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 519 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Sillen | 志跃 王 |
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
Pixel Bay
No in-app purchases









