Comparison

Dinkigolf vs Going Up

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

Head to head
About

Dinkigolf

Experience unique golfing adventures across fantastical landscapes like volcanoes and city rooftops. Navigate diverse hazards and obstacles to reach the hole in over 80 challenging levels. Unlock new ball styles as you progress through engaging game modes.

Highlights
  • One-handed portrait mode play
  • Campaign and Endless game modes
  • Varied hazards and obstacles
  • Over 80 levels
  • Skill-based ball style unlocks
  • Single purchase, no ads or IAPs
Features
Read full description

Golfing on the fairway is one thing, but how about inside a volcano, up a mountain, or across city rooftops? In Dinkigolf, the objective of reaching the hole remains, but there may be plenty of varied hazards and obstacles in between! Features: -One-handed portrait mode play: Simply tap, drag and release to launch the ball. -Two game modes: Campaign mode allows progression through the courses, whilst Endless provides a high score challenge for expert players. -Multiple hazards: Alongside traditional water hazards and bunkers, overcome lava, laser barriers and plenty more to reach the hole! -80+ Levels: A large base set of courses and holes, with more to come in future updates. -Skill based unlocks: A variety of ball styles can be unlocked as the player progresses through the campaign. -Single game purchase: Lifetime free content updates, no Ads or IAPs.

About

Going Up

A strategy game where you manage skyscraper elevators to efficiently deliver diverse passengers. Optimize lift movement through increasingly complex systems and unique character behaviors to achieve high scores.

Highlights
  • Manage skyscraper elevators
  • Deliver passengers efficiently
  • Adapt to complex lift systems
  • Deal with unique passenger characters
  • Compete on global leaderboards
  • Discover different skyscraper environments
Features
Read full description

"The vibes here are impeccable" —Vice "Fast, simple, solid, and challenging" —PocketGamer Going Up is a strategy game where you control groups of lifts in a skyscraper to deliver passengers before they lose their patience. Optimise elevator movement as you deal with a fussy cast of passengers—impatient CEOs, mean soldiers and confused tourists. There is no one solution to elevator optimisation: every stage will have its unique bottlenecks, passengers and problems. Can you keep people moving, or will they have to take the stairs? • Deliver your passengers: manage elevators in a skyscraper to deliver passengers up and down to their destinations as efficiently as possible. • Adapt to complex situations: learn to manage increasingly complicated systems of lifts, from multiple lifts, to lifts that operate on different sets of floors, to lifts that completely skip floors. • Placate fussy characters: deal with a cast of seven unique characters, from impatient CEOs to mean soldiers to confused tourists. Learn their behaviours to score the greatest number of points from each of them. • Rack up high scores: compete on a global leaderboard to gain the most points in each level. • Ascend the mysterious skyscraper: discover different environments on each level, playing with different sets of lifts as you climb to the very top. • Play on the go: play one handed, while commuting, queuing in line, or waiting for the lift. Every round lasts at most a few minutes.

Screenshots

Dinkigolf4 screens
Going Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dinkigolf at 5.0 against Going Up's 4.2. Dinkigolf also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). Going Up's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Dinkigolf costs $1.99 and Going Up $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dinkigolf holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Going Up has 44 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dinkigolf ships an update monthly, Going Up fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dinkigolf versus Going Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDinkigolfGoing Up
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.2 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings444 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB156 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA To Play Ltd.Napping Raccoon

Customer experience

Dinkigolf

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Going Up

All ratings43 ratings
Positive79.1%
Neutral11.6%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative5.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dinkigolf

No in-app purchases

None

Going Up

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dinkigolf free?
Dinkigolf costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Going Up free?
Going Up costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dinkigolf or Going Up?
Dinkigolf is rated higher. Dinkigolf averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Going Up averages 4.2 from 44 ratings.
Do Dinkigolf or Going Up have ads?
Neither Dinkigolf nor Going Up shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dinkigolf or Going Up?
Dinkigolf ships an update monthly, and Going Up fortnightly. Most recently, Dinkigolf was updated on November 3, 2026 and Going Up on October 30, 2026.

Other comparisons