Comparison

Monster Mingle vs Skyscrapers 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

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

Explore the inner workings of tall buildings from foundation to rooftop. Design facades, investigate utilities, and test structural integrity against natural disasters and unexpected events. Learn how people live and work within these massive structures.

Highlights
  • Explore skyscrapers floor by floor
  • Design building facades and tops
  • Investigate structural foundations
  • Test engineering against disasters
  • Manage building utilities
  • Simulate emergencies and repairs
Features
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Discover how people build, live, and play in skyscrapers. Go up and down, through every floor, and underground. Spark a blackout, fix a pipe, or clog the toilets. Test your building’s engineering when dinosaurs invade, lightning strikes, or the earth quakes. Find out what keeps skyscrapers standing tall and people happy in them all. Skyscrapers is No. 7 in Tinybop’s Explorer’s Library series. Apps in this series have been downloaded more than 5 million times and have won Best of the App Store, App Store Editors’ Choice, Parents’ Choice, and Children's Technology Review Editor’s Choice awards. FEATURES + Explore skyscrapers from the ground, up to the roof. + Design each building’s facade and top with different colors, spires, clock towers, and more. + Investigate a building’s structure, from the foundation to the frame. + See how soil affects a building’s stability. + Test and observe your building’s engineering in lightning storms, earthquakes, and high winds. + Move people throughout the building: up and down in elevators, through bathrooms, and in and out of rooms. + Investigate the utilities: water, electricity, and safety features. + Save the building in emergencies! Put out fires and repair water breaks. + Turn lights on and off. Cause a blackout! FREE handbook Our expert-reviewed handbook is full of facts, interaction hints, and discussion questions to support learning in this app, in the classroom or at home. Download in your app or at: http://tinybop.com/handbooks. Privacy policy We take your and your child’s privacy very seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child, nor do we allow any third-party advertising. When the camera, microphone, and other services are used within an app, your information is neither collected nor distributed outside of the app. Read our complete privacy policy at tinybop.com. Tinybop, Inc. 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 Peek behind the scenes: instagram.com/tinybop We love hearing your stories! If you have ideas, or something isn’t working as you expect it to, please contact us: hi@tinybop.com. Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop.

Screenshots

Monster Mingle4 screens
Skyscrapers by Tinybop4 screens

Verdict

The call

Monster Mingle and Skyscrapers by Tinybop both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Monster Mingle's written reviews are positive against 32% of Skyscrapers by Tinybop's. Monster Mingle also leads on monetization model (free vs paid). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 Skyscrapers 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 Skyscrapers by Tinybop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 63 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Monster Mingle's written reviews are positive against 32% of Skyscrapers by Tinybop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monster Mingle ships an update every 6 months, Skyscrapers by Tinybop every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Monster Mingle versus Skyscrapers by Tinybop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonster MingleSkyscrapers by Tinybop
Price$3.99$3.99
Rating4.0 (28 ratings)4.1 (63 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews — better31.9% of reviews
Number of ratings2863 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size300 MB144 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%

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

All ratings63 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive31.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative62.0%

Bugs and requests

Monster Mingle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Background details disappear when zooming out on skyscraper
  • People turn into colored circles at certain zoom levels
  • App crashes immediately on startup
  • Black screen during gameplay
  • Game freezes on loading screen
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  • App won't launch on iPhone/iPad
  • Download fails despite sufficient storage
  • Incorrect language display (simplified Chinese instead of traditional)
  • Location permission requested unnecessarily

Requested features

14 requests
  • Character customization and personalities
  • Apartment/room customization options
  • Social interactions between characters
  • Character families and relationships
  • More building options and facades
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  • Objectives and progression system
  • Rewards and achievement system
  • More interactive tasks for characters
  • Ability to control characters directly
  • More variety in activities and mini-games
  • Level progression system
  • Character AI that acts independently
  • Shops and commercial spaces
  • More building customization elements

In-app purchases

None

Monster Mingle

No in-app purchases

None

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monster Mingle free?
Monster Mingle costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skyscrapers by Tinybop free?
Skyscrapers by Tinybop costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Monster Mingle or Skyscrapers by Tinybop?
Skyscrapers by Tinybop is rated higher. Monster Mingle averages 4.0 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Skyscrapers by Tinybop averages 4.1 from 63 ratings.
Do Monster Mingle or Skyscrapers by Tinybop have ads?
Neither Monster Mingle nor Skyscrapers by Tinybop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monster Mingle or Skyscrapers by Tinybop?
Monster Mingle ships an update every 6 months, and Skyscrapers by Tinybop every 4 months. Most recently, Monster Mingle was updated on September 18, 2026 and Skyscrapers by Tinybop on September 21, 2026.

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