Sling Kong vs Jumping Joe!
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!
Jumping Joe!
Guide a square character on an endless vertical climb, navigating treacherous platforms and obstacles. Compete for highscores and customize your character's appearance.
- Endless vertical platforming
- Highscore chasing and sharing
- Tap or swipe controls
- Dynamic shifting colors
- Unlockable power-ups
- Character customization
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It’s a long way to the top (if you wanna hop ‘n’ bolt)! Fly high in Jumping Joe, a vertical non-stop platformer so addictive that it will make you jump right outta the stratosphere! # # # HIP TO BE SQUARE # # # Meet Joe. He is a square. Literally speaking, not figuratively. But he is not just any kind of square. He is a square with ambition. Help this jumpy fella on his upwards journey through a wild world full of gaps, traps and obstacles. Dodge roaring cannonballs, flic-flac over pointy spikes and leap across bottomless pits as you go higher and higher – slamming your friends’ highscores and leaving the other jumpers in the dust! # # # JUMPING JOE’S GO-GETTING FEATURES # # # ■ ONE DIRECTION: Reach for new heights and go up high… waayyy up high! ■ SUPER-ADDICTIVE: Chase highscores and share them with your friends! ■ MIGHT AS WELL JUMP: Leap from platform to platform via tap or swipe controls! ■ SHIFTING COLORS: Enter Joe’s ever-changing world – are you up for it? ■ LIL’ HELPERS: Rocket [x]… helmet [x]… magnet [x]… bomb [x] ■ DRESS TO IMPRESS: Customize Joe with dozens of new helmets, trails and faces!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Sling Kong at 19K against Jumping Joe!'s 62. Sling Kong also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Jumping Joe!'s advantage is review sentiment (95% vs 85%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Sling Kong sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Jumping Joe! sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sling Kong holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sling Kong has 19K ratings behind it against 62, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Sling Kong's written reviews are positive against 95% of Jumping Joe!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sling Kong ships an update every 5 weeks, Jumping Joe! every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sling Kong | Jumping Joe! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (19K ratings) — better | 4.5 (62 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews | 94.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 62 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| 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 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 301 MB | 424 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Protostar | MOBASO |
Customer experience
Sling Kong
Jumping Joe!
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
Jumping Joe!
From 62 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Highly addictive and engaging gameplay
- 👍 Simple and easy to learn mechanics
- 🎨 Cute and colorful graphics
- 🧩 Multiple game modes and customization options
- ⚡ Fast-paced and challenging gameplay
Room to improve
- 💰 Ad removal purchase doesn't work
- 🐛 Game crashes and fails to load
- 📞 Unresponsive developer support
- ⚠️ Incompatible with older devices
- 🎯 Difficult mission requirements
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
Jumping Joe!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ad removal purchase not functioning
- Game freezes on startup
- Incompatibility with iPad 3 and older devices
- Occasional game crashes
Requested features
3 requests- Gesture controls for power-ups instead of touch icons
- Improved mission balance and difficulty tuning
- Better power-up drop rate mechanics
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
Jumping Joe!
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Humble Pack2 variants$1.99
- Special Offer$1.99
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- Cats character pack$1.99
- Politicians character pack$1.99
- Piggy Bank (+ no ads)$4.99
- Piggy Bank$4.99
- Treasure Chest (+ no ads)$9.99
- Bank Heist (+ no ads)$19.99
