Rules! vs Dare the Monkey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rules!
Engage in a fast-paced, challenging, and fun puzzle game with a hundred levels. Features a daily brain workout for Apple Watch and animated stickers. Offers multiple game modes and unique mechanics.
- Daily Apple Watch brain workout
- Animated sticker pack
- Beginner, Expert, or Timeless game modes
- Multi-touch interface
- Color perception assistance
- Surprising new game mechanics
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• Includes a daily brain workout mini-game for Apple Watch • Includes animated sticker pack • App Store – Best Apple Watch Game of 2015 • App Store – Best of 2014 • German Developer Award 2014 – Best mobile Game • German Video Game Award 2015 – Best mobile Game • Pocket Gamer Awards 2015 Finalist Best Casual/Puzzle Game & Most Innovative Game RULES! is a cute puzzle game that's challenging, fast-paced and fun. • Choose your preferred type of game: Beginner, Expert or Timeless • “What’s presented here is a stylish, original, clever puzzle game that I’m having trouble putting down long enough to write this review.” ~ Gamezebo “A delightfully constructed memory test that grows in complexity and appeal the deeper in you go.” ~ Pocket Gamer “The Coding Monkeys have never released anything that wasn’t utterly brilliant, therefore Rules shall almost certainly be brilliant.” ~ Pocket Tactics Follow RULES! into a hundred level-deep maze of cuteness and order: • Multi-touch interface at its finest • Color perception assistance mode • Whales, Unicorns, Robots and Squirrels! • A plethora of surprising new game mechanics
Dare the Monkey
Embark on an addictive one-touch platforming adventure as a brave monkey hero. Navigate challenging worlds with intuitive controls, aiming for high scores in classic arcade-style gameplay. Unlock characters and enjoy hours of thrilling action across multiple devices.
- One-touch platforming
- Classic arcade spirit
- Unlockable characters
- Hours of arcade action
- Apple Watch exclusive mode
- Challenging gameplay
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Say hello to Dare, your little monkey hero! Risk life and limb as you run, jump, and roll your way across increasingly tricky worlds. Dare the Monkey is an extremely addictive, super casual, one-touch platformer that evokes the spirit of classic arcade and console games. It's a love letter to the golden age of video games but expertly reinvented for mobile. Easy to pick up but difficult to master. Play it if you Dare! FEATURES • No ads • No in-app purchases • All game characters unlocked • Play on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch • Play as one of nine awesome tribe members • Hours of arcade action • Two brand new exclusive characters • Endless lava caves game mode exclusive to Apple Watch • Extremely challenging
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dare the Monkey at 4.8 against Rules!'s 4.2. Dare the Monkey also leads on ratings volume (291 vs 67) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.2). Rules!'s advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Rules! costs $2.99 and Dare the Monkey $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dare the Monkey holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 291 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Rules!'s written reviews are positive against 68% of Dare the Monkey's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rules! | Dare the Monkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (67 ratings) | 4.8 (291 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.8% of reviews — better | 68.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 | 291 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 137b | Hot Right Now LTD |
Customer experience
Rules!
Dare the Monkey
User reviews
Rules!
From 67 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Challenging and fun game
- 👍 Gorgeous design and smooth UI
- 👍 Great brain workout
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Fair monetization with no ads or IAPs
Room to improve
- 🕰️ Very short time limit
- 🔁 Having to restart from level 1 after losing
- 🎨 Colorblind-unfriendly
- 🤔 Repetitive gameplay with same rule order
Dare the Monkey
From 291 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Great graphics
- 👍 Reminds of classic games (Mario, Sonic, Donkey Kong)
- 👍 Fun and enjoyable
- 👍 Good for time-killing
Room to improve
- 👎 Unsatisfying controls
- 👎 Inaccurate collision detection
- 👎 Too strict controls (no margin for jumping)
- 👎 Game feels too technical
- 👎 Irritating Apple Watch controls (long press triggers mute screen)
Bugs and requests
Rules!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Freezing and crashing issues, especially on Apple Watch
- Unresponsive tapping on certain tiles
Requested features
5 requests- Option to save progress and continue from last level
- Randomized rule order
- Difficulty settings with longer time limits
- Colorblind accessibility options
- More game modes and challenges
Dare the Monkey
Reported bugs
3 issues- New version broke Apple Watch app (crashes)
- Paid version crashes after loading
- Assistive Touch on Apple Watch causes crashes
Requested features
4 requests- More Apple Watch worlds
- More effort on Apple Watch version for Deluxe
- Better support channels
- Regular updates
In-app purchases
Rules!
No in-app purchases
Dare the Monkey
No in-app purchases
