Move Forward! vs Garbage Collectors
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Move Forward!
Command your soldiers to clear waves of enemies by strategically crossing fronts. Utilize special abilities to accelerate your attacks and defeat powerful bosses to win the game.
- Create soldiers
- Clear enemy waves
- Use special abilities
- Beat bosses
- Cross fronts
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Create your soldiers, clear the wave of enemies by crossing the fronts, use abilities to destroy the enemy faster, beat the boss and win the game!
Garbage Collectors
Embark on a mission to clean up a polluted island by collecting trash. Recruit helpful dwarfs to assist in your efforts and restore the island's natural beauty. Can you transform the island back to its green state?
- Island cleanup simulation
- Collect illegal dumping
- Recruit dwarf helpers
- Restore island greenery
- Cooperative gameplay
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There is an island filled with large amounts of illegal dumping. It's not very much, but you are not going to be able to do anything about it alone. With the help of the dwarfs who live on the island, let's pick up the trash and clean it up. Can you make the island green again?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Garbage Collectors at 4.7 against Move Forward!'s 1.7. Garbage Collectors also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 25%) and ratings volume (7.5K vs 6). Move Forward!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Garbage Collectors sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Move Forward! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Garbage Collectors holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garbage Collectors has 7.5K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Move Forward!'s written reviews are positive against 50% of Garbage Collectors's.
Move Forward! ships an update every 10 days, Garbage Collectors every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Move Forward! | Garbage Collectors |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (7.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 7.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 502 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FUBU GAMES OYUN YAZILIM VE BILGI TEKNOLOJILERI TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI | tatsumaki games |
Customer experience
Move Forward!
Garbage Collectors
Bugs and requests
Move Forward!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Garbage Collectors
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inaccessible trash on certain levels
- Minions getting stuck and unable to complete levels
- Upgrades resetting between levels
- Inability to finish levels due to glitched items
Requested features
5 requests- More levels
- Option to turn off vacuums
- Option to purchase ad-free version
- Different scenery/backgrounds
- More upgrades and progression
In-app purchases
Move Forward!
No in-app purchases
Garbage Collectors
- TimeLimit SpeedUp (Great Deal)$0.49
- Diamonds 7$0.99
- Time Limit Speed Up$0.99
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- One Day No Ads$0.99
- Cashier$1.49
- Goldie Robo Skin$2.49
- No Ads$2.49
- Casual Dude$2.49
- Gem 25$2.99
- Gem 40$4.49
- No Ads + Speed Up (Great deal)$6.99
- Infinity Speed Up$7.99
- Gem 90$9.99
- No Ads + Speed Up$9.99
- Gem 200$20.99
Questions
Is Move Forward! free?
Is Garbage Collectors free?
Which has better reviews, Move Forward! or Garbage Collectors?
Do Move Forward! or Garbage Collectors have ads?
Which is updated more often, Move Forward! or Garbage Collectors?
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