Comparison

Junkyard Keeper vs Circuit Detective

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

Head to head
About

Junkyard Keeper

Manage a junkyard, collect and recycle various types of waste to earn money. Discover hidden treasures and upgrade your vehicles to become more efficient. Enjoy satisfying simulation and arcade gameplay with excellent graphics.

Highlights
  • Collect and recycle different types of garbage
  • Find hidden treasures and vehicle parts
  • Upgrade and evolve collection vehicles
  • Unlock new junkyard locations
  • Manage junkyard operations
  • Satisfying physics and smooth gameplay
Features
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Run your legendary junkyard and keep finding treasures! Drive your collecting truck and clean up the different kinds of garbage in the huge junkyard: steel garbage, food scraps and more! Transport the garbage back to your base, recycle it and turn it into money! Meanwhile, you'll be scouring the junkyard for the hidden treasures and even parts to assemble new & power vehicles! Keep unlocking new upgrades for your vehicles. Spend money to upgrade your truck, improve the capacity, moving speed, and even evolve your vehicle to next level and become bigger and more efficient! Reasons you'll love Junkyard Keeper: - Exquisite, smooth and enjoyable gameplay - Super satisfying physics - Excellent graphics and animation make you relaxing - Unlock different types of garbage and different junkyard locations - Manage your junkyard and turn waste into treasure Enjoy the simulation & arcade gameplay and keep upgrading unlock more garbage collectors such as vacuum trucks, grinders, and even helicopters! One man's trash is another man's treasure! Start your journey as a junkyard tycoon now!

About

Circuit Detective

Features
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Step into your electronics workshop and learn to solve faults, one measurement at a time. Circuit Detective combines a diagnostic game with a virtual 3D laboratory. Inspect components, follow circuit traces, place your probes and test your ideas against measurements. 77 MISSIONS TO BUILD YOUR SKILLS Start with resistors, LEDs and switches. Then explore capacitors, diodes, transistors, rectification and signals. Measure, calculate, choose a component or identify a fault. INVESTIGATIONS AND GUIDED PROJECTS Finish the progression with four investigations: measure, find the fault and check your repair. Three guided breadboard projects take you step by step through building a circuit. After each successful mission, explore the schematic and the explanation of your result. HANDS-ON VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS Use a multimeter, a two-channel oscilloscope, a function generator and an adjustable power supply. Rotate around circuit boards, zoom in on components and inspect the solder side. A WORKSHOP FOR EXPERIMENTS Practice diagnostics and repairs, replace components and build circuits on a virtual breadboard. UNDERSTAND AS YOU PLAY Read lessons, component datasheets and hints. Use the built-in calculator to work through your measurements. Your progress is saved on your device. ONE PURCHASE, THE COMPLETE GAME All missions and the workshop are included. No ads, subscription or in-app purchases. Play offline without creating an account. Available in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese (Portugal) Traditional Chinese and Japanese on iPhone and iPad. Circuits are educational simulations: measurements and components are modeled for learning.

Screenshots

Junkyard Keeper4 screens
Circuit Detective4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Junkyard Keeper at Free against Circuit Detective's $6.99. Junkyard Keeper also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Circuit Detective's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Junkyard Keeper is free to download; Circuit Detective costs $6.99 up front. Junkyard Keeper sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Circuit Detective asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Junkyard Keeper ships an update monthly, Circuit Detective every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Junkyard Keeper versus Circuit Detective: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJunkyard KeeperCircuit Detective
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating4.6 (43K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings43K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size602 MB21 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperZPLAY (HK) TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDSOHEIL RAMEZANI

Bugs and requests

Junkyard Keeper

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Vehicles/machines getting stuck or not working
  • Inability to progress past certain levels
  • Glitches and crashes
  • Issues with ads and in-app purchases

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more vehicles and machines
  • Improve upgrade system for vehicles/machines
  • Reduce ads or make them optional
  • Fix progression issues and bugs

Circuit Detective

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Junkyard Keeper

One-time7
  • No Ads$4.99
  • Money Pack$4.99
  • Free Carts$5.99
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  • Diamond Pack$6.99
  • Discounted Starter Pack$8.99
  • Starter Pack$11.99
  • Big Diamond Pack$14.99
None

Circuit Detective

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Junkyard Keeper free?
Junkyard Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Circuit Detective free?
Circuit Detective costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Junkyard Keeper or Circuit Detective have ads?
Junkyard Keeper shows ads; Circuit Detective does not.
Which is updated more often, Junkyard Keeper or Circuit Detective?
Junkyard Keeper ships an update monthly, and Circuit Detective every 6 days. Most recently, Junkyard Keeper was updated on November 7, 2026 and Circuit Detective on October 31, 2026.

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