Comparison

Bloons Monkey City vs Byte

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • City building and management
  • Tower defense gameplay
  • Territory expansion
  • Tower upgrades
  • Economic buildings (farms, banks)
  • Social features (friends, contests)
  • Player vs. player attacks
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Bloons Monkey City4 screens
Byte4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bloons Monkey City sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Byte asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Bloons Monkey City versus Byte: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBloons Monkey CityByte
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (46K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB18 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNinja KiwiBoolean Bros LLC

Customer experience

Bloons Monkey City

All ratings45,621 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews716 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral7.8%
Negative15.2%

Byte

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

11 purchases

Bloons Monkey City

One-time11
  • 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
None

Byte

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bloons Monkey City free?
Bloons Monkey City is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Byte free?
Byte is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bloons Monkey City or Byte?
Byte is rated higher. Bloons Monkey City averages 4.7 out of 5 from 46K ratings, while Byte averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bloons Monkey City or Byte have ads?
Both Bloons Monkey City and Byte show ads.

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