Monkey Boots vs Cave Survivor
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
Cave Survivor
Defend your owner's dreams from invading nightmares as a plush guardian. Engage in endless survival combat, collect and upgrade equipment, and face increasingly challenging waves of monsters. Enjoy a unique action game designed for both quick sessions and long-term play.
- Plush guardian protecting dreams
- Endless survival action combat
- Simple controls, challenging gameplay
- Equipment collection and character growth
- Increasing difficulty
- Designed for short and long play sessions
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Cave Survivor is an action survival game where you become a small plush guardian protecting your owner from invading nightmares. Every night, dark and dangerous dream creatures appear and threaten your owner’s peaceful sleep. As a brave plush companion, your mission is to defeat these nightmares and keep the dreams safe for as long as possible. Control your character with simple and intuitive controls, defeat endless waves of nightmare monsters, and grow stronger by collecting and upgrading various equipment. As time passes, the nightmares become faster and more powerful, testing your reflexes and strategy. Game Features: - Unique concept as a plush guardian protecting dreams - Endless survival-style action combat - Simple controls with challenging gameplay - Equipment collection and character growth - Increasing difficulty for constant challenge - Designed for both short play sessions and long-term play Cave Survivor supports online features for game data synchronization. Optional in-app purchases are available, but all core gameplay content can be enjoyed without making any purchases. Protect your owner’s peaceful sleep, defeat the endless nightmares, and become the ultimate dream guardian.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Monkey Boots at 4.3 against Cave Survivor's 1.0. Monkey Boots also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (300 vs 1). Cave Survivor's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 22 months). 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. Cave Survivor sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Monkey Boots asks for nothing beyond the download.
Monkey Boots holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monkey Boots has 300 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Monkey Boots ships an update every 22 months, Cave Survivor every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monkey Boots | Cave Survivor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (300 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 300 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 313 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Paper Robot LLC | YoungHo Choi |
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
Cave Survivor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Monkey Boots
No in-app purchases
Cave Survivor
- Daily Equipment Package$4.99
- Daily Enhance Package$4.99
- Weekday Popup Package$4.99
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- Daily Equipment Package$9.99
- Daily Enhance Package$9.99
- Weekday Popup Package$9.99
- Daily Equipment Package$19.99
- Daily Enhance Package$19.99
- Weekday Popup Package$19.99
- Weekday Popup Package$49.99
Questions
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