Comparison

Monster Mingle vs The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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/

About

The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop

Design and build your own video games from scratch. Create unique characters, levels, and stories with a variety of tools and assets. Then, play your creations and share them with friends.

Highlights
  • Create custom video games
  • Design unique characters
  • Build game levels with obstacles and hazards
  • Add stories and sound effects
  • Play and test your own games
  • Share games with friends
Features
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Make & play your own games! Share them with friends! Make adventure games, platformers, lander games, pinball games, ball and paddle games, text puzzlers, and mazes. Create your own characters! Make games with zombie mobs, hot lava, disco bricks, crystal geysers, trampoline tiles, oil slicks, wandering stars, and more. "Infinite Arcade makes it dead simple to make your own video games." — WIRED *** Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice *** Infinite Arcade is a game construction kit. It’s the fourth app in Tinybop’s Digital Toys series which includes the iPad App of the Year, The Robot Factory. Digital Toys apps are designed to let kids create anything they can imagine. MAKE YOUR OWN GAMES Start quickly with a classic game to build on. Or invent your own! Create levels with terrain blocks, obstacles, hazards, enemies, and more. Make your game small or massive with lethal boundaries or magic passageways. Control gravity to make characters walk or float. You decide how many lives they get. CREATE OR CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER Create your own ninja or ball. Pick character colors or add a photo and special effects. Or choose one of six unique characters or balls: Chompers, Jellyclops, Inky Brains, and more! Each has their own skills, strengths, and weaknesses. Be wise with your choices. TELL STORIES Add words and thought bubbles to tell a story. Post signs, clues, and secret messages to help your character out. Add all kinds of sound effects: laughs, boos, cheers, and farts! Write your own messages for the end of the game: Super bummer if you lose. You are the champion if you win! PLAY YOUR OWN GAMES Let the gaming begin! Can you play as well as you make? Now’s the time to see. Run on a travelator, jump over hot lava, swim through water, and find the victory portal. Attack zombies, evil snails, and electromagnetic cats. Collect all the gold coins and glittery skulls. Is your game too easy? Go back and make it harder. Set the high score record! SHARE & SAVE ALL YOUR GAMES You have your own video game showroom. Stockpile all your games, give them names, pass them over to a friend to play. FEATURES: + FREE gamer guide with tips and hints. Download The Infinite Arcade Technical Manual in your app or at tinybop.com. + Original artwork by Roza Gazarian, Holly Graham, and Jeanelle Petrillo. + Original sound design. + Open-ended construction kit with no rules. Curiosity is rewarded. + Multi-user system: each child gets their own avatar and showroom to save their own creations. + Fun for all ages. Privacy policy We take your and your child’s privacy seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child. We do not allow any third-party advertising. If the camera, microphone, and other services are used in an app, your information is not collected or distributed outside of the app. Read our complete privacy policy on our website. About Tinybop is a Brooklyn-based studio of designers, engineers, and artists. We make toys for tomorrow. We’re all over the internet. Visit us: www.tinybop.com Follow us: twitter.com/tinybop Like us: facebook.com/tinybop See us: instagram.com/tinybop We love hearing your stories! Reach out: hi@tinybop.com. Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop!

Screenshots

Monster Mingle4 screens
The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop4 screens

Verdict

The call

Monster Mingle and The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Monster Mingle's written reviews are positive against 59% of The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop's. The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (96 vs 28). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Monster Mingle costs $3.99 and The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Monster Mingle against 4.1 for The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 96 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Monster Mingle's written reviews are positive against 59% of The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monster Mingle ships an update every 6 months, The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Monster Mingle versus The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonster MingleThe Infinite Arcade by Tinybop
Price$3.99$3.99
Rating4.0 (28 ratings)4.1 (96 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews — better59.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2896 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size300 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCowly Owl LtdTinybop Inc.

Customer experience

Monster Mingle

All ratings28 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral10.7%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive89.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative8.1%

The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop

All ratings96 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews135 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral8.9%
Negative31.9%

Bugs and requests

Monster Mingle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes when opening or playing levels
  • Black screen on startup
  • Text bubbles don't work properly with character limits
  • Blocks don't place where intended
  • Character shrinking to invisible size
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  • Physics and collision detection issues
  • Water launching characters into air
  • Enemies not facing correct direction after saving
  • Travelator settings resetting to default
  • Hall of Games connection errors
  • Progress not saving during level creation
  • Game automatically goes to top of selection menu
  • Borderline adjustment issues
  • Character gliding instead of walking
  • Photo character feature causing confusion

Requested features

16 requests
  • Ability to play other users' levels online
  • More character options and customization
  • Pixel art character creator
  • Additional themes (forest, grassland, ocean)
  • Checkpoints in levels
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  • Boss fight modes
  • Level linking and story elements
  • More themed enemies for each environment
  • Search feature for finding games
  • Ability to upload and share levels to cloud
  • More game templates and level types
  • Invisible blocks and trap doors
  • 3D remake version
  • Multiplayer functionality
  • Better documentation and tutorials
  • Save button and auto-save improvements

In-app purchases

None

Monster Mingle

No in-app purchases

None

The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monster Mingle free?
Monster Mingle costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop free?
The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Monster Mingle or The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop?
The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop is rated higher. Monster Mingle averages 4.0 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop averages 4.1 from 96 ratings.
Do Monster Mingle or The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop have ads?
Neither Monster Mingle nor The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monster Mingle or The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop?
Monster Mingle ships an update every 6 months, and The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop every 2 months. Most recently, Monster Mingle was updated on October 14, 2026 and The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop on October 18, 2026.

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