Monster Maker vs Dark Kosmos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā 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/
Dark Kosmos
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Dark Kosmos is a pixel-art arcade space shooter. Pilot a UFO through the stars, dodge meteors, shoot down enemy ships and keep an eye on your fuel ā without it, the flight is over. The game was imagined and drawn by a young creator ā every ship, meteor and boss started as a drawing on paper. HOW TO PLAY ⢠Drag your finger to steer the UFO and tap FIRE to launch a rocket. ⢠Fuel burns on its own as you fly, and every crash costs you more. A blue canister tops you up a little, a red barrel fills the tank. ⢠Ammo has a price: an ammo pickup gives you +10 rockets but costs one bar of fuel. Want to shoot? Pay with fuel. ⢠Survive every level until the countdown ends. Between levels, bonus stages rain down fuel and ammo. ENEMIES ⢠Fighters that turn towards you. ⢠Battleships ā tough as steel, and they shoot back. ⢠Meteor creatures: pink ones drift slowly, spiky ones bounce off the edges of the screen. ⢠At the end of every round, a giant boss battleship. Beat it three times, across three increasingly tough rounds. FOR EVERY PILOT ⢠Three difficulty levels: normal, easy and very easy ā where your fuel never runs out. ⢠High scores on your device and Game Center leaderboards, one for each difficulty. ⢠Play in English, Polish or Spanish ā pick the language in the menu. ⢠On iPhone and iPad. ⢠No ads and no in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dark Kosmos at none against Monster Maker's 6. Dark Kosmos also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Monster Maker sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Dark Kosmos asks for nothing beyond the download.
Monster Maker ships an update every 4 days, Dark Kosmos weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monster Maker | Dark Kosmos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days ā better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better |
| Requires iOS | 26.5 | 15.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Peter Sillen | InterSID |
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
Dark Kosmos
No in-app purchases
Questions
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