Comparison

Monster Messenger vs Zootom

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

Head to head
About

Monster Messenger

This app provides a secure and engaging platform for children to communicate with friends and family. It allows for sharing photos, voice messages, drawings, and text, all under strict parental control and with a zero-tolerance bullying policy.

Highlights
  • Photo, voice, drawing, and text messaging
  • Cute sticker library
  • Photo personalization
  • Collection pinning and sharing
  • Full parental control
  • Reporting and blocking features
  • Zero-bullying policy
Features
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Monster Messenger is a safe instant messaging app for our little monsters. With Monster Messenger, kids communicate with their friends and family in a safe, fun and creative way! GROW UP WITH LOVE! Monster Messenger enables children and their relatives to exchange all these little daily signs of love and reinforcement that are oh-so important to help children to grow up in harmony and confidence. Sharing with your child a photo, a voice message, a drawing or a short text message gives you instant presence by your child, wherever you are. Your child can also safely communicate with family members and closest friends, because you validate all invitations received, and sent. With Monster Messenger, share all day long with your children what matters most for their growth: your love. Loaded with fun features: ‣ Photos, drawings, voice and text messages ‣ Tons of cute stickers to share ‣ Personalize your photos with stickers, drawings and text! ‣ Pin your favorite pictures to your collection ‣ Discover your friends' collections, like their images and enrich your own collection with the best ones A kid-safe experience: ‣ Full parental control: parents manage their children’s accounts, invitations, have access to their contact lists and can block contacts at any time ‣ Simple one-swipe gesture to report a conversation or to block a user ‣ 0-bullying tolerance policy: we invite children to think twice before sending some inappropriate messages ‣ Kid-safe and kid-appropriate content and behavior only are allowed within the App ‣ Professional trained moderators enforce anti-bullying, safe content and behavior policies ‣ Children (and all users') personal data is covered by a public privacy policy. In plain English: all of your children’s personal information (including conversations) is encrypted and never shared with any third party. One more thing: Monster Messenger is 100% free! :) Monster Messenger is created by eduPad, whose educational apps are already used by 10 million children in 146 countries.

About

Zootom

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Zootom is a new multimedia app that allows you to exchange photographs, videos, and texts with their friends under the supervision of their parents. With advanced filters, you can enjoy different creative style with images and can share within their own peers. PHOTOS: Add photos of your choice. VIDEOS: Upload short videos and share with your friends. TEXTS: Use colourful backgrounds and add text posts. FILTERS: Enhance your photos by adding awesome filters. CONNECT: Meet new friends and chat unlimited. VIDEO VERIFICATION: Zootom's video verification adds an additional layer of protection by allowing you to present a short introductory video which will be manually verified by our moderators.  SEPARATE COMMUNITY: We have created separate environments for each age group to allow them to communicate freely with their own peers. ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOUR WARNING: We prompt our users to limit screen time to a maximum of two hours to prevent addictive behaviour patterns developing. 24/7 MODERATION: Users have the power to report anything uploaded to the app. This includes but is not limited to content within posts, comments, chats or profiles. Every submission is investigated by one of our moderators and, if upheld, disciplinary action is taken that could ultimately mean that the offending account will be permanently removed. Zootom is carefully designed by following the guidelines set by COPPA, FERPA, GDPR.

Screenshots

Monster Messenger4 screens
Zootom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Monster Messenger at every 3 weeks against Zootom's every 25 months. Monster Messenger also leads on device support and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monster Messenger ships an update every 3 weeks, Zootom every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Monster Messenger versus Zootom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonster MessengerZootom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (703 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings703 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCentres RelierZepharous Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Monster Messenger

No in-app purchases

None

Zootom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monster Messenger free?
Monster Messenger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zootom free?
Zootom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which is updated more often, Monster Messenger or Zootom?
Monster Messenger ships an update every 3 weeks, and Zootom every 25 months. Most recently, Monster Messenger was updated on October 24, 2026 and Zootom on October 27, 2026.

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