Bloons Monkey City vs Byte
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bloons Monkey City
Build and manage a thriving city while defending it from invading bloons in this strategic city-building and tower defense game. Expand your territory, upgrade towers, and compete with friends.
- City building and management
- Tower defense gameplay
- Territory expansion
- Tower upgrades
- Economic buildings (farms, banks)
- Social features (friends, contests)
- Player vs. player attacks
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Create, upgrade, and customize your very own Bloons Monkey City in this groundbreaking blend of city building and tower defense awesomeness! UNIQUE SIMULATION + STRATEGY GAMING Take back the wilderness from the invading bloon hordes and pop your way from a modest settlement to a thriving metropolis. Attack bloon-infested territory adjacent to your city, win a short tower defense game, and add the captured territory to your city as a space on which to build. Buildings are the heart of your city, and each one has a specific purpose - individual monkey towers for battle, upgrades for those towers, farms and banks to drive your economy, power to supercharge your city, epic buildings for epic powers, and decorations to make your city more awesome. Every time you build, your city looks cooler, you increase your power potential in tower defense play, and you open up even more rewards and challenges. AMAZING DEPTH AND VARIETY All 21 of the fully awesomized and carefully balanced Bloons TD 5 towers are available within Monkey City, with completely new unlock mechanics. More than 130 buildings and decorations give you endless strategies and city design options. Explore the wilderness to find treasure tiles and uncover 11 powerful special items like the Banana Replicator and the Dark Temple Idol. Burst bloons on 55 all new tower defense maps or test your mastery on 13 wildly challenging original special missions. Either way, be ready to encounter all new bloon waves and special bloon attack patterns like Cash Starve or Fast and Furious. REINFORCE YOUR FRIENDS Connect with Facebook and Game Center friends, then help each other win and expand. Send Supply Crates back and forth for bonus starting cash. Visit friends' cities to check out their strategies and their city design skills, and while you're there root out any bloon spies to win a reward for both you and your friend. SHOW OFF YOUR SKILLS Build up the strongest lineup of monkey towers possible and compete with other players for the best score in weekly Contested Territory events. Use the latest in monkey science to send player vs. player bloon attacks, then see whose defenses are the strongest and earn extra rewards for victory. Download for free and play Bloons Monkey City now! Pro tip: You can move your buildings when they are not upgrading or damaged - just tap and hold then move to a free captured tile! Please Note: Bloons Monkey City is free to download and play (aside from internet, carrier, data, device, and other services for which the player is financially responsible), but some in-game items can be purchased with real money. You can turn off the payment feature by disabling in-app purchases in your device's settings, or reach us at support@ninjakiwi.com for help. City data is organized individually, so if you share multiple cities on one device through multiple Game Center or Facebook logins, do note that your IAP will only apply to the city active during purchase.
Byte
Develop a tech startup from humble beginnings into a global powerhouse. Manage resources, enhance your infrastructure, and recruit talent to outmaneuver competitors and achieve unparalleled success in the market.
- Build a tech empire
- Master resource management
- Upgrade infrastructure
- Expand talent pool
- Conquer the market
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Build Your Empire: Start small and grow into a global tech superpower. Master the Grind: Balance resources, upgrade infrastructure, and expand your talent. Conquer the Market: Outsmart the market and achieve super human level success.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Byte at none against Bloons Monkey City's 11. Byte also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Bloons Monkey City's advantage is ratings volume (46K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Bloons Monkey City sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Byte asks for nothing beyond the download.
Byte holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bloons Monkey City has 46K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Bloons Monkey City's written reviews are positive against 100% of Byte's.
| Parameter | Bloons Monkey City | Byte |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (46K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ninja Kiwi | Boolean Bros LLC |
Customer experience
Bloons Monkey City
Byte
Bugs and requests
Bloons Monkey City
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tutorial issues and getting stuck
- Music/audio glitches
- Connectivity problems and login failures
Requested features
5 requests- Add sandbox/freeplay mode
- Improve social/multiplayer features
- Expand city customization options
- Reduce upgrade/research timers
- Implement difficulty selection for levels
Byte
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bloons Monkey City
- Sci Fi Wall$0.99
- Small Bloonstone Pack$1.99
- $10,000 City Cash$1.99
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- Banana Farmer$1.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
- Medium Bloonstone Pack$3.99
- Medium Bloonstone Pack$4.99
- Wild Card Pack$4.99
- 30 Monkey Knowledge Packs$11.99
- Large Bloonstone Pack$19.99
- King's Pack$19.99
Byte
No in-app purchases









