Monster Mingle vs BANDIMAL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monster Mingle
Design and build your own unique, friendly monster by combining various body parts. Explore magical islands, discover creatures, and interact with the environment in a free-play imaginative landscape. This app encourages creativity and exploration without any goals or objectives.
- Combine diverse body parts (eyes, mouths, limbs, wings, etc.)
- Explore land, sea, and sky environments
- Discover and interact with creatures
- Feed your monster
- Free play sandbox environment
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Build your own friendly monster! Choose different body parts to help explore the world and uncover each unique island. Discover fun creatures, musical scenery and hidden surprises as your monster plays in this magical kingdom. A free play imaginative landscape helps children to be creative, building the creatures they want and learning what is needed to fly high, swim fast or simply walk around. Can you find all 40 body parts? Features: - Combine different eyes, mouths, noses, beaks, arms, legs, wings, fins, horns and bodies - Hop and walk on land, swim under the sea or fly in the sky - Find food to feed your hungry monster - Talk and sing to the other creatures - No goals or objectives, just a free play sandbox Child friendly app: - No in-app purchases - No third-party advertising - No social media Created by Cowly Owl, a British micro-studio creating playful digital toys and educational games. http://www.cowlyowl.com/
BANDIMAL
This app introduces children to music creation through an intuitive interface. Kids can experiment with different animal instruments, create drum loops, and add effects, all while enjoying amusing animations. It's designed to be a fun and pressure-free way to explore musical creativity.
- Nine animal instruments
- Create drum loops
- Change loop speeds and add effects
- Save compositions
- Lively animations and audio
- No ads
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Introduce your kid to the joy of making music! BANDIMAL is a fun and intuitive music composer that lets kids discover the creative world of making music. Set up a drum loop, swipe through animals to change instruments, compose melodies, change loop speeds and add a quirky effect on top. Amusing animals animate in hilarious ways as you perfect your song. Everything will sound great - we designed it that way! Features: + Play with 9 animals as instruments + Create catchy drum loops in the beat section + Switch between loop speeds and apply effects + Save compositions to your collection + Lively animations and impressive audio + No failing, no goal, no wrong or right + Supports all iPads and iPhones with iOS 14 or later + No internet access needed! + No advertisements! We recommend headphones to enjoy the full experience! Learn more about YATATOY: yatatoy.com Contact us for assistance or to give feedback: https://yatatoy.com/info/ MADE BY YATATOY
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BANDIMAL at 4.7 against Monster Mingle's 4.0. BANDIMAL also leads on ratings volume (2.3K vs 28). Monster Mingle's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 78%) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Monster Mingle costs $3.99 and BANDIMAL $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BANDIMAL holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BANDIMAL has 2.3K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Monster Mingle's written reviews are positive against 78% of BANDIMAL'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 every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monster Mingle | BANDIMAL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (28 ratings) | 4.7 (2.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.2% of reviews — better | 78.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 2.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 300 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cowly Owl Ltd | YATATOY |
Customer experience
Monster Mingle
BANDIMAL
Bugs and requests
Monster Mingle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BANDIMAL
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes after adding multiple animals
- Glitches and visual bugs with animations
- Compatibility issues with certain devices
- Sound not working in some cases
Requested features
5 requests- Add more animals and sound options
- Ability to save and export compositions
- More customization options for music creation
- Tutorials or instructions for first-time users
- Support for older/less powerful devices
In-app purchases
Monster Mingle
No in-app purchases
BANDIMAL
No in-app purchases
Questions
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