Comparison

Going Up vs TENSEI

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

Head to head
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.

About

TENSEI

Embark on a serene journey of self-discovery through an ultra-casual endless action game. Leap and fall through calming Zen landscapes, mimicking the flow of ink on paper, to escape daily stress and find deep immersion.

Highlights
  • Ultra-casual endless action gameplay
  • Soothing Zen landscapes
  • Relaxed journey into the sky
  • Immersive experience
  • Brush stroke-like movement
Features
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An experience of self-discovery set in soothing Zen landscapes. "Tensei" is an ultra-casual endless action game. Leap and fall over and over in the style of a brush flowing across paper, and go on a relaxed journey into the sky. Leave the hectic routine of life behind for a chance to enjoy this deeply immersive experience.

Screenshots

Going Up4 screens
TENSEI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TENSEI at 4.9 against Going Up's 4.3. TENSEI also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Going Up's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and chart position (#198 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Going Up costs $1.99 and TENSEI $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TENSEI holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Going Up's written reviews are positive against 100% of TENSEI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Going Up ships an update fortnightly, TENSEI every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Going Up versus TENSEI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoing UpTENSEI
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.3 (43 ratings)4.9 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43 — better13
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#198 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB405 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNapping RaccoonNEURON AGE CO.,LTD.

Customer experience

Going Up

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

TENSEI

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Going Up

No in-app purchases

None

TENSEI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Going Up free?
Going Up costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TENSEI free?
TENSEI costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Going Up or TENSEI?
TENSEI is rated higher. Going Up averages 4.3 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while TENSEI averages 4.9 from 13 ratings.
Do Going Up or TENSEI have ads?
Neither Going Up nor TENSEI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Going Up or TENSEI?
Going Up ships an update fortnightly, and TENSEI every 5 months. Most recently, Going Up was updated on September 23, 2026 and TENSEI on September 12, 2026.

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