Roly vs Sling Games
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roly
Tap on rolling creatures to transform them into balls and collect them in cups. Once they escape, catch them again! Explore vibrant mazes with your collected creatures. Designed for young children with a safe, ad-free environment.
- Catch rolling creatures
- Collect creatures in cups
- Play in mazes
- Simple operation for kids
- Catching Mode
- Maze Mode
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Touch the Roly-polys to turn them into balls. Collect them in the cups. When the Roly-polys run out of the cup, catch them again! Can you catch all 20? Collect lots and play with them in the mazes! Features - Simple operation for kids - Catching Mode and Maze Mode - Fun experience of the Roly-poly World at close range For safety play, we use parental gate. Kids will not see: - Third-party advertising - Links to social networks - Personal data request Spoke Co., Ltd. will continue to release apps with communication elements that can be enjoyed by small children and their families.
Sling Games
Engage in a simple, freeform game experience where you can freely interact with various gadgets across six stages. The game offers intuitive tap-and-drag controls with options to manage sound and music.
- Intuitive tap-and-drag controls
- Six distinct stages to explore
- Freeform gameplay with no strict rules
- Adjustable sound effects and music
- Simple interface for easy navigation
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Just tap and drag to play! Let's play all 6 stages! *Rules for Play: There are basically no rules. You are free to play however you like. *Instructions: Select Stage: Select the stage you wish to play from the main screen. Return to Stage: Return by tapping the arrow button at the top left of each stage screen. Restart Game: Restart by tapping the button at the top right of each stage screen. Sound Effects On/Off: Toggle sound effects on or off using the option menu at the top right of the main screen. Music On/Off: Toggle sound on or off using the option menu at the top right of the main screen. Game Screen: All stages have a variety of gadgets. Simply tap or drag to move them around. *license SE: Pocket sound (http://pocket-se.info/) etc. Skeleton Image : designed by Freepik
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sling Games at none against Roly's 1. Sling Games also leads on ratings volume (72 vs 5). Roly's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Roly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sling Games asks for nothing beyond the download.
Roly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sling Games has 72 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Roly's written reviews are positive against 75% of Sling Games's.
Roly ships an update every 6 months, Sling Games every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roly | Sling Games |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.5 (72 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.4% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 72 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 7 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 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Spoke Inc. | monois Inc. |
Customer experience
Roly
Sling Games
In-app purchases
Roly
- New kind of roly-poly$2.99
Sling Games
No in-app purchases
