Comparison

Garbage Collection! vs ABC Discovery City

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

Head to head
About

Garbage Collection!

Navigate a city street, collecting trash while avoiding oncoming traffic. Your goal is to clean up the urban environment by safely depositing collected refuse into a garbage truck. Be vigilant to avoid being hit by cars.

Highlights
  • Collect trash
  • Avoid traffic
  • Deposit trash in truck
  • Clean the city
  • Simple controls
Features
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Help cleaning up the city by collecting trash and dropping it in the garbage truck! Careful with incoming traffic and don't get run over by cars!!!

About

ABC Discovery City

An interactive game that makes learning the alphabet engaging for children. Players drive a garbage truck through a city to collect letter bins, with different modes offering varying challenges and gameplay.

Highlights
  • Alphabet collection with garbage truck
  • Multiple difficulty modes (Easy, Normal, Hard)
  • Parent Mode for completion tracking
  • Time Trial with global leaderboard
  • Endless Runner modes
  • Choice of four drivers
Features
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Make learning the alphabet fun with this interactive game featuring an Australian and American style garbage truck. Explore the city in search of bins containing letters of the alphabet. FEATURES: A fun way to learn by collecting all the letters of the alphabet with a garbage truck. Easy, Normal and Hard Modes: Easy Mode allows younger players to enjoy the game by focusing on collecting the letters with location hints. Normal Mode adds vehicle damage. Hard Mode removes the letter location hints and adds fuel being required to drive resulting in game over if it reaches zero before a gas station is found to fill up again. Parent Mode / Complete Game: For when it's time to go to bed and still feel like you have achieved collecting all the letters. Access this from the pause menu during the game. Four drivers to choose from. Time Trial mode to race against the clock and compare your score others with a global Leaderboard. Micro racing game levels for tiny vehicle racers! Endless Runner mode with four game types to play!! Note: This game contains Ads and In-App Purchases. An active internet connection is required to process your privacy options and to make purchases. This game will not work in offline mode. Always ask a parent or guardian for help when making choices about your privacy.

Screenshots

Garbage Collection!4 screens
ABC Discovery City4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Garbage Collection! at none against ABC Discovery City's 5. Garbage Collection! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). ABC Discovery City's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 29). 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. ABC Discovery City sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Garbage Collection! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Garbage Collection! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 100 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Garbage Collection! ships an update every 11 days, ABC Discovery City monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 2 level
Garbage Collection! versus ABC Discovery City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGarbage Collection!ABC Discovery City
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (29 ratings) — better4.3 (100 ratings)
Number of ratings29100 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB403 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClap Clap GamesBware Studios Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Garbage Collection!

All ratings28 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.6%

ABC Discovery City

All ratings89 ratings
Positive78.7%
Neutral10.1%
Negative11.2%

In-app purchases

None

Garbage Collection!

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

ABC Discovery City

One-time5
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Futuristic Grabage Truck$0.99
  • AUS Fire and Rescue Series$0.99
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  • Blocky Grabage Truck$0.99
  • Complete Pass$1.99

Questions

Is Garbage Collection! free?
Garbage Collection! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ABC Discovery City free?
ABC Discovery City is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Garbage Collection! or ABC Discovery City?
Garbage Collection! is rated higher. Garbage Collection! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while ABC Discovery City averages 4.3 from 100 ratings.
Do Garbage Collection! or ABC Discovery City have ads?
ABC Discovery City shows ads; Garbage Collection! does not.
Which is updated more often, Garbage Collection! or ABC Discovery City?
Garbage Collection! ships an update every 11 days, and ABC Discovery City monthly. Most recently, Garbage Collection! was updated on November 3, 2026 and ABC Discovery City on November 3, 2026.

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