Monkey Boots vs Monkey Swingers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monkey Boots
Embark on an exciting escape from a stampeding herd of elephants. Utilize simple controls to jump, stomp, and slow down to earn extra points by strategically taking down the charging elephants.
- Elephant stampede escape
- Jump and stomp controls
- Slow down mechanic
- Score extra points
- Featured in "Best New Games!"
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Featured in "Best New Games!" Reached the Top 100 Overall Apps! Escape the Elephant Stampede! Controls Right Button - Jump / Stomp Left Button - Slow Down Get extra points for stomping the Elephants
Monkey Swingers
A fast-paced arcade game where you control a monkey climbing through a jungle. Collect bananas to buy boosts and costumes, and compete with friends on the leaderboard.
- Arcade climbing gameplay
- Collect bananas for upgrades
- Unlockable costumes
- Boosts for enhanced climbing
- Game Center leaderboards
- Jungle-themed environment
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Monkey Swingers is back in all its arcadey action. No cage can hold this free swingin’ monkey. In a race to prove who’s king of the jungle, this little monkey plans to go up, up and all the way up! Swing from bush to bush and quickly climb up as high as you can. Skillfully use boosts to power up your climbing strategy. Collect bananas and use them to acquire boosts and cool costumes to show off your unique and flashy outer monkey style! Swing past your Game Center friends leaving their best climbs in the dust. We hope to see you at the top!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Monkey Boots at none against Monkey Swingers's 8. Monkey Boots also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (300 vs 10). Monkey Swingers's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 22 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). 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. Monkey Swingers sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Monkey Boots asks for nothing beyond the download.
Monkey Swingers holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monkey Boots has 300 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Monkey Boots's written reviews are positive against 80% of Monkey Swingers's.
Monkey Boots ships an update every 22 months, Monkey Swingers every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monkey Boots | Monkey Swingers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (300 ratings) | 4.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 300 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Paper Robot LLC | Player1games Inc. |
Customer experience
Monkey Boots
Monkey Swingers
Bugs and requests
Monkey Boots
Reported bugs
13 issues- App crashes frequently, especially with cellular data enabled
- Hitbox detection errors causing unexpected deaths
- Double-jump lag/unintended double jumps
- Premature monkey stomp/jump failures
- Game freezes mid-gameplay
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- Ad pops up over play button causing accidental clicks
- Game continues running behind ad popups
- Game speed suddenly increases to unplayable levels
- App fails to launch or opens to home screen
- Game crashes after 7 games or specific number of rounds
- Monkey occasionally jumps only slightly when button pressed
- Two monkeys fall when hitting two elephants simultaneously
- Low battery warning triggers ads instead of pausing game
Requested features
9 requests- Power-ups and upgrades system
- Monkey customization options
- Level/story mode
- Achievement system
- In-game music track
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- Mute button for sound effects
- Move ads to bottom of screen
- Combo multiplier for same-color elephants
- Different colored monkey skins
Monkey Swingers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Monkey Boots
No in-app purchases
Monkey Swingers
- 1000 Bananas$0.99
- No More Ads - Special$0.99
- No More Ads$1.99
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- 4000 Bananas$1.99
- Double Bananas$1.99
- 8000 Bananas$2.99
- 15000 Bananas$3.99
- 40000 Bananas$4.99
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