Comparison

Railbound 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

Railbound

A cozy puzzle game where you guide two dogs on a global train adventure. Bend and connect railways to help carriages reach the locomotive safely, navigating over 240 unique challenges across diverse landscapes. Enjoy a relaxing experience with charming visuals and a soothing soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Bend and connect railways
  • Over 240 clever puzzles
  • Train-inspired mechanics (tunnels, barriers, switches)
  • Comic-book-inspired visuals
  • Relaxing original soundtrack
  • Pick up cute friends
Features
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Railbound is a comfy track-bending puzzle game about a pair of dogs on a train journey around the world. Connect and sever railways across different landscapes and help everyone reach their homes. Solve over 240 clever puzzles ranging from gentle slopes to twisted passageways. BEND RAILS TO MAKE THE TRAIN GO ‘CHOO-CHOO' Place, remove and reroute connections so that carriages safely connect to the locomotive. But be careful and don’t make them run into each other! 240+ PUZZLES TO COMPLETE Our main levels will take you through a variety of locations at a relaxed pace. Forks along the road will lead you to spicy brainteasers that’ll please even the most demanding players! TRAIN-INSPIRED MECHANICS Use tunnels to cover vast distances in an instant. Delay trains using well-timed railway barriers. Switch tracks to reroute cars in different directions. Pick up cute friends on the way and encounter even more challenges on your journey! ART AND MUSIC FULL OF WHOLESOME VIBES Across the game’s world enjoy our comic-book-inspired visuals and a relaxing original soundtrack by the team behind Golf Peaks and inbento.

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
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"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

Railbound4 screens
Going Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Railbound at 4.8 against Going Up's 4.3. Railbound also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and chart position (#64 vs unranked). Going Up's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

Railbound costs $4.99 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

Railbound holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 117 and 43 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Railbound's written reviews are positive against 75% of Going Up's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Railbound ships an update every 3 days, Going Up fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Railbound versus Going Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRailboundGoing Up
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (117 ratings) — better4.3 (43 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings117 — better43
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#64 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB156 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAfterburn Lukasz SpierewkaNapping Raccoon

Customer experience

Railbound

All ratings117 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.9%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.9%
Negative14.1%

Going Up

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

In-app purchases

None

Railbound

No in-app purchases

None

Going Up

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Railbound free?
Railbound costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Going Up free?
Going Up costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Railbound or Going Up?
Railbound is rated higher. Railbound averages 4.8 out of 5 from 117 ratings, while Going Up averages 4.3 from 43 ratings.
Do Railbound or Going Up have ads?
Neither Railbound nor Going Up shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Railbound or Going Up?
Railbound ships an update every 3 days, and Going Up fortnightly. Most recently, Railbound was updated on September 27, 2026 and Going Up on September 28, 2026.

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