Sling Kong vs Flarts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sling Kong
Bounce and swing your character upwards through challenging levels filled with traps and obstacles. Collect over 100 unique characters and compete with friends. Create custom characters using selfies and accessories.
- Upward scrolling gameplay
- Dastardly traps and obstacles
- Collect over 100 characters
- Challenge friends
- Create custom characters with selfies
- Dress characters with accessories
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Sling, bounce and swing your Kong to glory, but watch out for all manner of dastardly traps and obstacles. Go up, and up, and up until there’s no more up to go, or else meet your hilarious end! Join Chimp, Pig, Jellyfish and over 100 other crazy and colorful characters as you challenge your friends to become the best Kong Slinger around. Now you can even take a selfie and create your very own Kong! Kong your friends and family and dress them up with fun accessories! There are thousands of combinations!
Flarts
Launch flying darts through challenging obstacle courses to pop piñatas and hit bullseyes. This arcade-style game offers simple controls but requires precision to master. Compete with friends and climb leaderboards while unlocking fun customizations.
- 90 challenging levels
- High score matches with friends
- Unlockable cosmetic items
- Leaderboard rankings
- Precision-based gameplay
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Take aim and launch your Flarts (Flying Darts!) through precision based, obstacle-filled levels. Pop piñatas and aim for a bullseye on the Flartboard. Stretch your thumbs and jump into this quick and quirky arcade-style game. Controls are simple, but Flarts is sure to challenge! Features: • 90 levels to test your Flart flying skills. • Challenge a friend to a high score match. • Unlock some fancy hats and glasses. • Climb up the leaderboards.
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Verdict
Sling Kong and Flarts both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of Sling Kong's written reviews are positive against 61% of Flarts's. Sling Kong also leads on ratings volume (19K vs 3.9K). Flarts's advantage is iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Sling Kong sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Flarts sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Sling Kong against 4.7 for Flarts. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19K and 3.9K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Sling Kong's written reviews are positive against 61% of Flarts's.
Sling Kong ships an update every 5 weeks, Flarts every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sling Kong | Flarts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (19K ratings) — better | 4.7 (3.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better | 61.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 3.9K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 15.0 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 301 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Protostar | BitSmudge LLC |
Customer experience
Sling Kong
Flarts
User reviews
Sling Kong
From 19K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Amazing game!
- 👍 Very fun and addictive
- 🐵 Cute and funny characters
- 💰 Lots of ways to earn coins
- 🎨 Fun themes and events
Room to improve
- 🤑 Expensive prizes and in-app purchases
- 🤖 Too many ads
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🤔 Repetitive gameplay after a while
- 🤯 World average too difficult to beat
Flarts
From 3.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🚀 Unique and creative game mechanics
- 💡 Potential for growth and evolution
- 🎨 Appealing art style and animations
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Unclear game mechanics and objectives
- 🔋 Excessive ads and intrusive monetization
- 🎮 Difficulty curve becomes too steep too quickly
Bugs and requests
Sling Kong
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ads not working properly
- Prizes not showing up correctly
- Saved progress not loading on new devices
- Certain Kongs not displaying properly
Requested features
6 requests- More new and rare Kongs to collect
- Ability to trade or share Kongs with friends
- Hat store to buy hats for specific Kongs
- More mini-games and challenges
- Customizable levels or courses
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- Multiplayer mode to compete against friends
Flarts
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels not unlocking after completing previous ones
- Ads not closing properly, causing crashes
- Game crashing after claiming daily rewards
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to turn off music and sound effects
- More customization options for darts and targets
- Detailed in-game explanations for challenges and goals
- Progress and purchase restoration functionality
In-app purchases
Sling Kong
- Coin Pack 1$0.99
- Coin Special 1$0.99
- Magic Orb Combo!$0.99
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- Spooky Village$0.99
- Under The Sea$0.99
- Coin Pack 2$2.99
- Coin Special 2$2.99
- Mega Theme Bundle 1$2.99
- Coin Pack 3$5.99
- Coin Pack 4$19.99
Flarts
- Sock of Coins$0.99
- Remove Forced Ads$2.99
- Unlimited Bursts$2.99
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- Barrel of Coins$3.99
- Unlimited Bumpers$3.99
- Mountain of Coins$7.99
