Comparison

Senate Game vs Build Up!!

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

Head to head
About

Senate Game

Test your knowledge of United States senators by dragging them to their correct groups. See how many you can seat accurately and how quickly you can complete the challenge. This game uses publicly available information from the US Senate and Wikipedia.

Highlights
  • Senator identification
  • Drag and drop gameplay
  • Group senators by party/state
  • Timed challenges
  • Uses official Senate data
Features
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Do you know the senators who serve in the United States of America Senate? With the Senate Game you can prove it! Drag the senators to their group to seat them appropriately. How many of them will you seat correctly? How long will it take you? The Senate Game uses images and information downloaded from the United States of America Senate webpage (http://www.senate.gov) and from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org). The Senate Game is NOT an official United States of America Senate application.

About

Build Up!!

Construct your tower as tall as possible by strategically placing building nodes. Collect more nodes as you ascend to reach crucial checkpoints and achieve new heights.

Highlights
  • Build structures high
  • Gather building nodes
  • Reach checkpoints
  • Ascend to new heights
Features
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Build your structure as high as you can! Gather additional building nodes along the way and reach the checkpoints!

Screenshots

Senate Game2 screens
Build Up!!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Senate Game at 100% against Build Up!!'s 34%. Senate Game also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Build Up!!'s advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price and device support 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. Build Up!! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Senate Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Build Up!! holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Build Up!! has 16K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Senate Game's written reviews are positive against 34% of Build Up!!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Senate Game ships an update every 3 months, Build Up!! fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Senate Game versus Build Up!!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSenate GameBuild Up!!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (7 ratings)4.5 (16K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better34.1% of reviews
Number of ratings716K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB266 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAra Tecnologia SLVoodoo

Customer experience

Senate Game

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Build Up!!

All ratings16,019 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral5.8%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews179 reviews
Positive34.1%
Neutral16.2%
Negative49.7%

Bugs and requests

Senate Game

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Build Up!!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Rivet counter malfunction
  • Levels regenerating incorrectly
  • Tower physics issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • More level variety
  • Ability to create custom maps
  • Removal of perfect triangle requirement

In-app purchases

None

Senate Game

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Build Up!!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads.$2.99

Questions

Is Senate Game free?
Senate Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Build Up!! free?
Build Up!! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Senate Game or Build Up!!?
Build Up!! is rated higher. Senate Game averages 3.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Build Up!! averages 4.5 from 16K ratings.
Do Senate Game or Build Up!! have ads?
Build Up!! shows ads; Senate Game does not.
Which is updated more often, Senate Game or Build Up!!?
Senate Game ships an update every 3 months, and Build Up!! fortnightly. Most recently, Senate Game was updated on October 24, 2026 and Build Up!! on November 1, 2026.

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