Roller Polar vs Monkeyrama
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roller Polar
Guide a polar bear down a mountain on a giant snowball. Dodge obstacles like trees and boulders while collecting points. Experience dynamic day and night cycles and unlock achievements in this fast-paced arcade game.
- One-touch gameplay
- Pixel art graphics
- Dynamic day/night cycle
- Unlockable achievements
- Addictive gameplay
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Take control of your Polar Bear and ride the snowball down the mountain. Watch out for the boulders, trees and wildlife! Day and night the ball keeps rolling, faster and faster it goes, what's the highest score? Nobody knows! Features: • Addictive one touch gameplay that is easy to pick up but difficult to master! • Awesome pixel art from the award winning studio Nitrome. • Real-time dynamic day and night gameplay. So if it's day outside, it's day in the game! If it's night... oh you get the idea! • Music by Dave Cowen(Creator of Icebreaker - A Viking Voyage) • Unlockable Achievements • It's a Polar Bear running on a giant snowball down a mountain! What more do you want! Important Message for Parents This game may include: - Direct links to social networking websites that are intended for an audience over the age of 13. - Direct links to the internet that can take players away from the game with the potential to browse any web page. - Advertising of Nitrome products.
Monkeyrama
Engage in explosive physics-based puzzles with a variety of monkey types. Navigate through numerous levels and challenge modes, aiming for high scores and achievements.
- Physics-based puzzles
- 112 hand-crafted levels
- 4 unique Monkey types
- Challenge modes
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Bomb Monkeys for assistance
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Monkeys + Explosions + Bananas = ? 112 levels of action with lots of different physics based puzzles and Challenge Modes! ***** WHAT'S IT MADE OF? - 4 unique Monkey types! - 4 beautiful episodes! - 112 hand-crafted levels! - Challenge modes! - Leaderboards and achievements! - 3 extra Bomb Monkeys if you get stuck on a level!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Monkeyrama at none against Roller Polar's shown. Monkeyrama also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 59%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Roller Polar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Monkeyrama sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Monkeyrama holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Roller Polar's written reviews are positive against 92% of Monkeyrama's.
Roller Polar ships an update every 9 months, Monkeyrama monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Roller Polar | Monkeyrama |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (62 ratings) | 4.4 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.0% of reviews | 91.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 309 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Part Time Monkey Oy |
Customer experience
Roller Polar
Monkeyrama
User reviews
Roller Polar
From 62 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Great graphics and art style
- 🎶 Catchy music and sound effects
- 🕹️ Simple, one-touch controls
- 🏆 Addictive high-score chasing
Room to improve
- anúncios Intrusive and problematic ads
- 🐛 Glitchy gameplay and obstacles
- 🥱 Repetitive and gets old quickly
- ❓ Unclear controls or mechanics for some
- 🌃 Night mode makes obstacles hard to see
Monkeyrama
From 24 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Fun and entertaining
- 👍 Rewarding feel
- 👍 Good time passing game
- 👍 Satisfying physics
Room to improve
- 😡 Too many ads
- 😡 Ads ruin the game
- 😡 Forced to pay for levels
- 😡 Ads every 30 seconds
- 😡 Nagging to rate 5 stars
Bugs and requests
Roller Polar
Reported bugs
10 issues- Ads are impossible to remove
- Blank ads prevent game return
- Achievements are broken
- Ads don't display properly
- Game freezes or glitches
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- Obstacles repeat without points
- Game freezes visually but audio continues
- Bear turns to another player
- Double jump issues
- Paid ad removal not working
Requested features
6 requests- More characters and unlockables
- New game modes or maps
- Customization options
- Bring web games to mobile
- Fix ad removal issues
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- Improve obstacle visibility at night
Monkeyrama
Reported bugs
6 issues- No way to purchase ad-free version
- Physics are 'meh'
- No way to keep moving when stuck
- Game used to be premium, now demo
- Previous paying customers had to pay again
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- Scoreboard appears before turns used
Requested features
12 requests- More levels
- Ad-free purchase option
- Access to next few levels when stuck
- Game Center leaderboards
- More levels to unlock
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- Unlock levels
- More levels to play
- More levels
- More levels
- More levels
- More levels
- More levels
In-app purchases
Roller Polar
- Remove Ads$1.99
Monkeyrama
- Full Version of Monkeyrama$0.99
