MONOPOLY GO!

Is Monopoly GO safe?

Monopoly GO is safe from the problems parents usually worry about in online games, and weak on the one that costs money. There is no open chat inside the game, no violent content of note, and we found no fine or regulatory order against it since it launched in April 2023. But the game is designed around running out of dice and buying more. Apple rates it 9+ and, in the same listing, says it contains loot boxes. The US App Store lists purchases from $1.99 up to $99.99.

We score it 55/100. That puts it between Coin Master (52), whose core loop is a slot machine and which Apple rates 18+, and Candy Crush (57), which sells extra moves but nothing random.

How Monopoly GO makes its money

You roll dice to move around a board, collect money and upgrade landmarks. Events run for a few days at a time and reward players who roll more during that window. When the free rolls run out, the shop offers more, along with boosts and bundles. Apple's listing flags loot boxes: purchases that give you a chance at a reward rather than a known item. The game also runs sticker albums, and its App Store description points players to Facebook trading groups to swap the stickers they are missing.

Scopely's terms are clear that this money does not come back. Purchases of virtual items are "final and non-refundable, unless otherwise determined by us", and Scopely can change or remove items at any time. The privacy policy adds that Scopely may use what it knows about you to "offer discounts or personalized pricing", so two players may not see the same offers.

Behind the game, Scopely has been a wholly owned company of Savvy Games Group, the Saudi games group, since 2023, and in 2025 it also bought Niantic's games, including Pokémon GO and Monster Hunter Now.

What Monopoly GO tracks

Apple's label lists five types of data that may be used to track you across other companies' apps and websites: location, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics and other data. Linked to your identity, it adds purchase history, coarse location, name, email address, user and device IDs. Google Play's data safety section says the app shares approximate location and device IDs with other companies, for advertising and analytics among other uses.

Scopely's privacy policy, last modified in January 2025, names its advertising partners: Meta, Google, AppLovin, LiveRamp, Criteo, IronSource and Microsoft, "and their partners". Its table for US state privacy laws says identifiers, device and network data, the value of your in-game purchases and inferences about your preferences are shared or sold to analytics and advertising partners. Scopely says it has no knowledge of selling or sharing the data of players under 16, and that it collects less from younger players.

Children and contact with other players

Most of the game is played alone. Friends can raid each other's boards and work together in team events, but Apple's rating lists no messaging or chat, and we found no open chat in the game. Conversation happens elsewhere. Scopely also runs MONOPOLY GO!Chat, a separate messaging app for planning trades and team events, which Apple rates 18+. The Facebook trading groups the game promotes are open to anyone.

Monopoly GO is one of two Scopely games, with Stumble Guys, that the privacy policy says allow younger players, with "certain features" limited by age. The terms require a parent's permission for anyone under 18. Neither document says which features are switched off for children, so do not count on that to limit spending.

Scams around stickers and dice

Where players trade, sellers follow. Third-party sites and apps offer stickers, free dice links and finished albums. Scopely's terms ban selling accounts or "prizes or rewards obtained in connection with the Services", so a purchase from a stranger can cost you the account as well as the money. Anyone who asks for your Facebook or Scopely login wants the account itself. Claim rewards only inside the game or from Scopely's own pages.

On the security side, Scopely runs a paid bug bounty on HackerOne that lists Monopoly GO for iOS and Android as in scope, which is more than many game publishers offer. We found no reported breach of the game's accounts.

How to set up Monopoly GO for a child

1. Turn on purchase approval: Ask to Buy on iPhone, or a password for every purchase in Google Play. The game has no spending cap of its own.
2. Refuse tracking when iPhone asks, or delete the advertising ID in Android's settings, to limit what ad partners receive.
3. Keep children out of MONOPOLY GO!Chat and the Facebook trading groups.
4. Explain that sticker sellers and dice generators are not part of the game.
5. Use datarequests.scopely.com or the in-game support ticket to see or delete the data on an account.

How we scored it

Regulatory record (87) is the strongest factor, because we found no fine or ruling, though no regulator has examined the game in depth. Scams and harmful content (48) reflects loot boxes and large purchases in a 9+ game and the trading scene around it. Privacy (40) is the weakest: five tracking categories on Apple's label and data shared or sold to a long list of ad partners.