Comparison

Tiny Tower vs ThePaperPlane

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

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About

Tiny Tower

Build and manage your own pixel-art skyscraper, inviting unique residents and assigning them jobs to grow your tower's economy. Interact with friends, trade residents, and explore their creations in this charming idle simulation game.

Highlights
  • Build unique skyscraper floors
  • Invite and manage charming bitizens
  • Assign jobs to bitizens
  • Collect earnings and reinvest
  • Upgrade the elevator
  • Connect and trade with friends
  • Explore BitBook social network
Features
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Welcome to the delightful world of Tiny Tower, a pixel-art paradise that allows you to experience the thrill of being a building tycoon! Immerse yourself in an idle simulation game where creativity, strategy, and fun merge into one entertaining package. Dreamt of being a tower builder? Look no further! With Tiny Tower, you get to construct your very own skyscraper, floor by floor, in an enchanting pixel art environment. OUR UNIQUE GAMEPLAY OFFERS YOU THE CHANCE TO: - Play as a building tycoon and oversee the construction of numerous unique floors, each reflecting your creativity and style. - Invite a host of charming bitizens, each with their own personalities and quirks, to inhabit your tower. - Assign jobs to your bitizens and watch your tower’s economy grow. - Collect earnings from your bitizens, reinvesting them to expand your tower’s potential. - Upgrade your elevator, enhancing its speed and efficiency to match your tower’s grandeur. Tiny Tower is more than just a building sim; it’s a vibrant, virtual community bursting with life. Every bitizen and every floor is intricately designed, adding a touch of personality to your tower. Want a bitizen in a dinosaur costume? Go ahead and make it happen! After all, the fun lies in the tiny details! INTERACT, EXPLORE, AND SHARE IN TINY TOWER: - Connect with your friends, trade bitizens, and tour each other’s towers. - Peek into the thoughts of your bitizens with the “BitBook”, your tower’s very own virtual social network. - Celebrate the pixel art aesthetic, bringing a distinctive visual appeal to your tower’s design. In Tiny Tower, there is no limit to your creativity and strategic thinking. Reach for the skies and construct the tower of your dreams, where each pixel, each floor, and each tiny bitizen contributes to your towering success! The life of a tower tycoon awaits, are you ready to build your legacy?

About

ThePaperPlane

Control a paper plane through various backyard challenges. Master simple tap-and-hold controls to navigate hoops, pop balloons, and knock over objects. Maintain your daily streak to progress through increasingly difficult levels.

Highlights
  • Tap-and-hold controls
  • Backyard obstacle courses
  • Balloon popping
  • Object knocking
  • Daily seeded challenges
  • Unlockable named planes
Features
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Throw a folded paper plane across a chain of back gardens. Tap to throw. Hold anywhere to lift the nose and climb. Keep holding and the dart loops over the top and flies the other way. Pull down to dive. Let go to glide. That is the whole control scheme. Thread hula hoops, pop every balloon, and knock over the stacks people left lying around: cardboard, bottles, crates, bricks. Clear a yard to walk into a harder one without leaving the sitting. There is one seeded chain of yards each day. Finish the first garden to keep your streak. Miss a day and it goes back to one. Coins, planes, and stickers stay on your phone. Fold named planes in the Shed, each with its own power, plus a workshop that never runs out of scraps. No accounts, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Tiny Tower4 screens
ThePaperPlane3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ThePaperPlane at none against Tiny Tower's 11. ThePaperPlane also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Tiny Tower's advantage is ratings volume (55K vs 5) and chart position (#63 vs unranked). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tiny Tower sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. ThePaperPlane asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ThePaperPlane holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Tower has 55K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Tiny Tower's written reviews are positive against 100% of ThePaperPlane's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Tiny Tower versus ThePaperPlane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny TowerThePaperPlane
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (55K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings55K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#63 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size482 MB33 MB
Age rating+124+
DeveloperNimbleBit LLCShazad Devani

Customer experience

Tiny Tower

All ratings55,021 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews2,668 reviews
Positive84.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.1%

ThePaperPlane

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tiny Tower

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Losing progress and tower data
  • Ads not rewarding the promised bux
  • Issues with restoring old towers

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for bitizens and floors
  • Ability to move bitizens between floors
  • Increased chances of winning golden tickets
  • More mini-games and interactive elements
  • Better social features to connect with friends

ThePaperPlane

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Tiny Tower

One-time11
  • Chain Offer Tier 1$0.99
  • pack of 10 Tower Bux$0.99
  • Tiny Bux Pack$0.99
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  • Piggy Bank Contents$2.99
  • pack of 100 Tower Bux$4.99
  • Medium Bux Pack$4.99
  • Dice Roll - Tier 4$9.99
  • Giant Bux Pack (50% OFF!)$14.99
  • 500 Tower Bux$19.99
  • VIP Package (50% OFF!)$19.99
  • pack of 1,000 Tower Bux$29.99
None

ThePaperPlane

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tiny Tower free?
Tiny Tower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThePaperPlane free?
ThePaperPlane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tiny Tower or ThePaperPlane?
ThePaperPlane is rated higher. Tiny Tower averages 4.7 out of 5 from 55K ratings, while ThePaperPlane averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Tiny Tower or ThePaperPlane have ads?
Tiny Tower shows ads; ThePaperPlane does not.

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