Trash Monsters vs Virtual Cities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trash Monsters
Embark on a puzzle adventure to sort trash correctly and help friendly monsters save planet AfA-X. Engage in quests, minigames, and an endless mode to learn about climate change and achieve high scores. Fun for the whole family, this game offers an innovative and enjoyable learning experience.
- Puzzle and quest gameplay
- Friendly monster characters
- Exciting story and minigames
- Endless mode for high scores
- Learn about climate change
- Family-friendly fun
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"Hello, and welcome! We are the Trash Monsters. Enter our world of puzzles and quests and help us to put the trash where it belongs." MEET FRIENDLY MONSTERS! - Shicycle the recycling monster with her many helpful arms - Bioblurp the well-natured lover of organic waste - he has a strong stomach! - Ashes the cynical trash-burning dragon and many more unique and quirky characters... DISCOVER AN EXCITING STORY Play through hours of adventure, quests and minigames. Solve the mystery surrounding planet AfA-X, befriend its inhabitants, and become the all-time master of sorting! CHALLENGE YOURSELF Play with the "endless mode" and try to reach the highest score as more and more trash comes rushing in. Or try to beat your own record in the various exciting minigames. HAVE FUN & SAVE THE WORLD - Learn real-world skills to fight climate change every day - Made for children as well as and grown-ups. Filled with fun for the whole family! - Innovative design makes learning enjoyable NEED MORE REASONS TO PLAY? - Awarded several times at technology conventions - Exhibited at the ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art in Karlsruhe, Germany - Made with love by independent and idealistic designers - 100% free, no hidden costs, and no ads!
Virtual Cities
A game designed for students to learn about the circular economy. Players manage cities, making them more circular by implementing projects and understanding economic principles. It aims to educate on strategies for increasing global circularity.
- Circular economy simulation
- Resource management
- City building
- Educational gameplay
- Multiplayer mode
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Virtual Cities is a game for high school and university students, about circular economy. Groups of 3-5 players play to make their world as circular as possible by following circular economy principles. Each player has a city that spends and generates resources both natural and man-made, in a linear fashion. The goal is to combine different projects to make their city more circular, and contribute the most to the global circularity, enlightening the players on the way. Virtual Cities aims to educate players on circular economy (CE) principles in cities, and to understand how CE principles can be used as strategies to increase circularity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trash Monsters at 5.0 against Virtual Cities's 3.0. Virtual Cities's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Trash Monsters holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Trash Monsters ships an update every 3 months, Virtual Cities every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trash Monsters | Virtual Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 392 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bunny & Gnome GbR | Serious Games Interactive |
Customer experience
Trash Monsters
Virtual Cities
In-app purchases
Trash Monsters
No in-app purchases
Virtual Cities
No in-app purchases
