Elephant Drop vs Punch The Monkey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elephant Drop
Control a falling character by tapping either side of the screen to steer clear of obstacles. Aim to fall as far as possible and challenge friends to achieve higher scores. Collect items to slow your descent.
- Tap to control falling direction
- Avoid thunderclouds
- Hit objects to slow down
- Challenge friends
- High score competition
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Press and hold on either side of the screen to avoid thunderclouds and hit other objects to slow down. Challenge your friends to see who can fall the farthest. Music by Wolf Hartmayer https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/everyday-single/id494330754
Punch The Monkey
Tap to punch a monkey and keep it airborne for points. Bonus points are awarded for keeping multiple monkeys in the air and colliding them. The game ends when all monkeys perish.
- Tap-based gameplay
- Keep monkeys airborne
- Bonus points for multiple monkeys
- Simple controls
- Score-based progression
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Monkey and I would strongly recommend that you Punch this Monkey for fun, frolic, wealth, health, joy, peace and happiness. Tap to punch, don't swipe, slide or drag, seen people do this, but the game don't work that way, just tap. Keep the monkey in the air by punching it. More monkeys fall down and you get bonus points for keeping more of them in the air and bonking them together. Game ends when all your monkeys die. Have fun punchin' them monkeys!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Punch The Monkey at 5.0 against Elephant Drop's 4.5. Punch The Monkey also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Elephant Drop's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 20 months). On price, review sentiment 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. Elephant Drop sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Punch The Monkey asks for nothing beyond the download.
Punch The Monkey holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elephant Drop has 135 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Elephant Drop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Punch The Monkey's.
Elephant Drop ships an update every 4 days, Punch The Monkey every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elephant Drop | Punch The Monkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (135 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Emmanuel Lauro Garsd | Rajesh DMonte |
Customer experience
Elephant Drop
Punch The Monkey
In-app purchases
Elephant Drop
- Elephant UpgradeFree
- Top Hat$1.99
Punch The Monkey
No in-app purchases
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