Comparison

Skyscrapers by Tinybop vs Future Earth

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

Head to head
About

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

Explore the inner workings of tall buildings from foundation to rooftop. Design facades, investigate utilities, and test structural integrity against natural disasters and unexpected events. Learn how people live and work within these massive structures.

Highlights
  • Explore skyscrapers floor by floor
  • Design building facades and tops
  • Investigate structural foundations
  • Test engineering against disasters
  • Manage building utilities
  • Simulate emergencies and repairs
Features
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Discover how people build, live, and play in skyscrapers. Go up and down, through every floor, and underground. Spark a blackout, fix a pipe, or clog the toilets. Test your building’s engineering when dinosaurs invade, lightning strikes, or the earth quakes. Find out what keeps skyscrapers standing tall and people happy in them all. Skyscrapers is No. 7 in Tinybop’s Explorer’s Library series. Apps in this series have been downloaded more than 5 million times and have won Best of the App Store, App Store Editors’ Choice, Parents’ Choice, and Children's Technology Review Editor’s Choice awards. FEATURES + Explore skyscrapers from the ground, up to the roof. + Design each building’s facade and top with different colors, spires, clock towers, and more. + Investigate a building’s structure, from the foundation to the frame. + See how soil affects a building’s stability. + Test and observe your building’s engineering in lightning storms, earthquakes, and high winds. + Move people throughout the building: up and down in elevators, through bathrooms, and in and out of rooms. + Investigate the utilities: water, electricity, and safety features. + Save the building in emergencies! Put out fires and repair water breaks. + Turn lights on and off. Cause a blackout! FREE handbook Our expert-reviewed handbook is full of facts, interaction hints, and discussion questions to support learning in this app, in the classroom or at home. Download in your app or at: http://tinybop.com/handbooks. Privacy policy We take your and your child’s privacy very seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child, nor do we allow any third-party advertising. When the camera, microphone, and other services are used within an app, your information is neither collected nor distributed outside of the app. Read our complete privacy policy at tinybop.com. Tinybop, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based studio of designers, engineers, and artists. We make toys for tomorrow. We’re all over the internet. Visit us: www.tinybop.com Follow us: twitter.com/tinybop Like us: facebook.com/tinybop Peek behind the scenes: instagram.com/tinybop We love hearing your stories! If you have ideas, or something isn’t working as you expect it to, please contact us: hi@tinybop.com. Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop.

About

Future Earth

Explore potential future geological changes on Earth over the next 250 million years. This app visually depicts the evolution of continents and oceans based on scientific understanding of plate tectonics and geologic history.

Highlights
  • Future geological simulations
  • Continental evolution visualization
  • Oceanic change depiction
  • Plate tectonics based predictions
  • 250 million year timeline
Features
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Would you like to continue your travels forward in time? Well, jump on the Ancient Earth time machine app and travel forward in time to see how the world might change in the next 250 million years. This version of Ancient Earth vividly illustrates how continents and oceans might evolve. How long will the Atlantic Ocean continue to open? Is the world likely to see a new supercontinent? If so, what will it look like? Based on accumulated knowledge of plate motion and geologic history, Future Earth presents one possible future of the world’s continents.

Screenshots

Skyscrapers by Tinybop4 screens
Future Earth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Future Earth at 4.6 against Skyscrapers by Tinybop's 4.1. Future Earth also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 32%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Skyscrapers by Tinybop's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Skyscrapers by Tinybop costs $3.99 and Future Earth $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Future Earth holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 51 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Skyscrapers by Tinybop's written reviews are positive against 60% of Future Earth's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skyscrapers by Tinybop ships an update every 4 months, Future Earth every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Skyscrapers by Tinybop versus Future Earth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkyscrapers by TinybopFuture Earth
Price$3.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.1 (63 ratings)4.6 (51 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.9% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings63 — better51
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTinybop Inc.Thomas L. Moore

Customer experience

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

All ratings63 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive31.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative62.0%

Future Earth

All ratings49 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Background details disappear when zooming out on skyscraper
  • People turn into colored circles at certain zoom levels
  • App crashes immediately on startup
  • Black screen during gameplay
  • Game freezes on loading screen
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  • App won't launch on iPhone/iPad
  • Download fails despite sufficient storage
  • Incorrect language display (simplified Chinese instead of traditional)
  • Location permission requested unnecessarily

Requested features

14 requests
  • Character customization and personalities
  • Apartment/room customization options
  • Social interactions between characters
  • Character families and relationships
  • More building options and facades
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  • Objectives and progression system
  • Rewards and achievement system
  • More interactive tasks for characters
  • Ability to control characters directly
  • More variety in activities and mini-games
  • Level progression system
  • Character AI that acts independently
  • Shops and commercial spaces
  • More building customization elements

Future Earth

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

None

Future Earth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skyscrapers by Tinybop free?
Skyscrapers by Tinybop costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Future Earth free?
Future Earth costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Skyscrapers by Tinybop or Future Earth?
Future Earth is rated higher. Skyscrapers by Tinybop averages 4.1 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Future Earth averages 4.6 from 51 ratings.
Do Skyscrapers by Tinybop or Future Earth have ads?
Neither Skyscrapers by Tinybop nor Future Earth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skyscrapers by Tinybop or Future Earth?
Skyscrapers by Tinybop ships an update every 4 months, and Future Earth every 2 months. Most recently, Skyscrapers by Tinybop was updated on November 1, 2026 and Future Earth on October 24, 2026.

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