Ape UP! vs Stretch Dungeon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ape UP!
Tap to ascend a towering obstacle course, bouncing off friendly creatures and avoiding hazards. Grab power-ups to blast through levels and collect coins to customize your character's appearance. This arcade climber offers simple, addictive gameplay with a retro aesthetic.
- Tap to jump gameplay
- Bounce off obstacles
- Collect bananas for power-ups
- Smash through floors
- Customize ape colors
- Pixel art retro style
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How high can your little ape climb today? Tap to jump. Bounce off the friendly green crocs to springboard even higher, and watch out for the toothy brown ones, they bite. Grab a flying banana and go SUPER. The screen lights up, your ape glows, and you blast through floor after floor. GAMEPLAY A simple one tap arcade climber that gets faster, taller, and wilder the higher you go. GO SUPER Bananas are rare. Catch one and your ape rockets up the screen, smashing crocs out of the way like they owe you. Pure joy. DRESS YOUR APE Coins stick around forever. Spend them in the shop on new jumper colors. Blue, green, pink, with more on the way. A loving pixel art comeback of the original Monkey Hop, with new moves, fresh polish, and that same chunky retro charm. Terms of service (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Stretch Dungeon
Bounce, spring, and fall through a mind-bending action game by stretching walls. Navigate randomized levels in a deadly prison, aiming for a high score. Features unique mechanics, realistic physics, and atmospheric pixel art.
- Unique wall stretching mechanics
- Easy single-tap portrait gameplay
- Realistic beard physics
- Atmospheric pixel art
- Randomized levels for replayability
- Warped prisoner's mind theme
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Tap to stretch the walls, as you bounce, spring and fall through this fast paced mind bending action game. By the award winning studio that brought you Silly Sausage and Leap Day. Trapped in a deadly prison, do you have what it takes to escape? Or would you rather keep dreaming of a higher score? Features: • A Unique wall stretching mechanics! • Easy to pick up and play(single tap portrait game play). • Cool realistic beard physics. • Atmospheric pixel art set through 4 zany dungeon environments. • Experience a different play through every time. (levels are randomised) • A unique look inside the warped mind of a prisoner. -Important information- This game contains third party advertising and cross promotion for other nitrome games, both which can be removed via a one time In App Purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ape UP! at 5.0 against Stretch Dungeon's 4.1. Ape UP! also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Stretch Dungeon's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 133 months) and ratings volume (83 vs 1). On price 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. Ape UP! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stretch Dungeon sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ape UP! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stretch Dungeon has 83 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ape UP! ships an update every 133 months, Stretch Dungeon every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Ape UP! | Stretch Dungeon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.1 (83 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 49.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 133 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | omytap | Nitrome |
Bugs and requests
Ape UP!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Stretch Dungeon
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes or freezes on launch
- Unavoidable damage from certain obstacles
- Synchronization issues between character and walls
- Inability to continue after watching an ad
Requested features
4 requests- Add more characters and customization options
- Implement a level editor or creator
- Improve tutorial and onboarding for new players
- Reduce the frequency and intrusiveness of ads
In-app purchases
Ape UP!
- Remove Ads$0.99
Stretch Dungeon
- Handful of Gems$0.99
- Pot of Gems$2.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
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- Chest of Gems$4.99
Questions
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