Going Up vs Mini Airways
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Manage skyscraper elevators
- Deliver passengers efficiently
- Adapt to complex lift systems
- Deal with unique passenger characters
- Compete on global leaderboards
- Discover different skyscraper environments
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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.
Mini Airways
Guide airplanes for takeoff and landing as an air traffic controller. Manage busy airspace, avoid collisions, and showcase your skills at global airports. Overcome challenges with unique runway configurations and tools.
- Minimalist game interface
- Real-time flight control
- Global airport maps
- Airport upgrades
- Emergency incident handling
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"Mini Airways" is a minimalist real-time aviation management game. You’ll play as a busy air traffic controller, guiding airplanes for takeoff and landing, directing them to their destinations, and most importantly, avoiding collisions! Show off your superior commanding skills at airports around the world, such as London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Washington, and more. Use unique runway configurations and various tools to manage the airspace as long as possible in the face of increasingly dense flights. [Game Features] Minimalist game interface Real-time control of flights taking off and landing Global real-world airport maps Classic historical events recreated Emergency handling of unexpected incidents [Full Content] 17 classic airports from countries around the world Over 10 types of airport upgrades and historical events [Contact Us] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IndieGamePublisherErabit Discord: https://discord.com/invite/hupT49uQQF Email: support@erabitstudios.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mini Airways at 4.6 against Going Up's 4.3. Mini Airways also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and chart position (#60 vs #198). 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
Going Up costs $1.99 and Mini Airways $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mini Airways holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 118 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Going Up's written reviews are positive against 79% of Mini Airways's.
Going Up ships an update fortnightly, Mini Airways weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Going Up | Mini Airways |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (43 ratings) | 4.6 (118 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 | 118 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #198 | #60 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 1.0 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Napping Raccoon | Erabit Studios |
Customer experience
Going Up
Mini Airways
Bugs and requests
Going Up
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Mini Airways
Reported bugs
2 issues- Parallel approach upgrade stops the scenario
- Crashes on open sometimes
Requested features
2 requests- Voice control for planes
- Faster gameplay speed options (e.g., 5x)
In-app purchases
Going Up
No in-app purchases
Mini Airways
No in-app purchases









