Comparison

Monster Maker vs Rave Grid Runner

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

Head to head
About

Monster Maker

Features
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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/

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Rave Grid Runner

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A raver is looking for a party in a world made of sound systems. Speakers stack to the ceiling, lasers never stop, and the only way through is forward. Rave Grid Runner is an endless runner that moves on the beat. Swipe left and right between three lanes, swipe up to jump, swipe down to slide under the light rigs. The corridor throws parade trucks, gantries, tunnels, and oncoming carts at you, and it gets faster the longer you stay on your feet. Run along a club facade, and you flip off it for a fat bonus. Buildings fly by in the dark, and the ones you can run up are worth the most. Grab the hoverboard, the magnet or the neon wing when they come past, and pick your raver from a cast of seven. - Three lanes, four moves, straight into the run - Wall saltos off club facades, worth three times an ordinary one - Seven ravers, each with their own outfit - Hoverboard, magnet and wing power-ups - Music and sound effects each have their own switch, and you can pause at any time - No account, no ads, no purchases, and it works with the phone in flight mode

Screenshots

Monster Maker4 screens
Rave Grid Runner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rave Grid Runner at none against Monster Maker's 6. Rave Grid Runner also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). 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. Rave Grid Runner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monster Maker ships an update every 8 days, Rave Grid Runner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Monster Maker versus Rave Grid Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonster MakerRave Grid Runner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.517.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size22 MB10 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPeter SillenDaniel van den Broeke

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
None

Rave Grid Runner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monster Maker free?
Monster Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rave Grid Runner free?
Rave Grid Runner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Monster Maker or Rave Grid Runner have ads?
Neither Monster Maker nor Rave Grid Runner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monster Maker or Rave Grid Runner?
Monster Maker ships an update every 8 days, and Rave Grid Runner every 3 days. Most recently, Monster Maker was updated on November 10, 2026 and Rave Grid Runner on October 31, 2026.

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