Tiny Bookshop vs Trash Goblin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Bookshop
Open a charming bookshop by the sea in this atmospheric story and management game. Load your mobile trailer with books, set up shop in scenic locations, and get to know the locals. Decorate your shop, recommend books, and explore a picturesque coastal town.
- Decorate your bookshop
- Recommend books to customers
- Befriend unique town residents
- Load trailer with different book genres
- Explore a picturesque coastal town
- Discover secrets and collect items
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TRY BEFORE YOU BUY You can try the first three days of the game for free! And if you like it, the full Tiny Bookshop experience is only a one-time purchase away! There are no ads or micro transactions in the game. Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up your own shop in scenic locations, and run your second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals. Tiny Bookshop is an indie game made with love by a small team of book lovers, meant to bring a tiny utopia where bookselling dreams can come true to YOUR screens! HIGHLIGHTS * Decorate your Tiny Bookshop with the items you collect. Are you into absolutely plastering it with plants? Maybe a spooky candle-lit atmosphere is more your style? Every item also has an effect on your customers and can introduce new mechanics. * Recommend real books to your customers, match the right book to the right person – or try to expand their literary horizon! Sometimes they just need a little help finding a book they will love! * Befriend Bookstonbury's quirky cast of characters and help each other out! * Stock books of different genres to satisfy the locals’ reading habits and watch your customers trickle in. Every place around town attracts a slightly different crowd, so get to know your audience and become a master bookseller! * Explore the scenic places of charming Bookstonbury-by-the-Sea and learn the ins and outs of the town. Discover its long history – what happened at the Castle Ruins? And who was the mysterious St. Bookston really? * Discover secrets, collect items and grow your stamp collection as you explore the nooks and crannies of Bookstonbury. Who knows what else you'll find?
Trash Goblin
A cozy shopkeeping game where you discover, clean, and upcycle trinkets for eccentric customers. Customize your shop and tools with no pressure or fail states, focusing on good vibes and creative play.
- Discover and clean trinkets
- Upcycle items into new forms
- Serve eccentric customers
- Upgrade and customize your shop
- Relaxed gameplay with no pressure
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[TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!] Trash Goblin is a wholesome and cosy shopkeeping game where you uncover and clean trinkets for sale! Customise them by upcycling and more to meet the eccentric requests of your endless colourful customers. Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy new and better tools, and customise your space! There is no pressure, no risk, no right way to play - it is not a simulator, it's just good vibes and nice customers to serve. DISCOVER PECULIAR TRINKETS Unearth knick-knacks of all kinds by chipping away at the dirt and cruft they're embedded inside, wrestling with different types of dirt that yield in different ways. RESTORE FORGOTTEN CURIOS TO GLORY Scrub all these strange items up nice and clean with your sponge to get them ready for sale! UPCYCLE INTO IMAGINATIVE NEW FORMS! Customise these curios by combining Trinkets together, turning them into strange and wonderful new items! SELL TO A PARADE OF COLOURFUL CUSTOMERS A wide range of intriguing, odd and charming customers will frequent your store, some with interesting stories to tell, others after a particular object, some just browsing... UPGRADE YOUR WORKSHOP Spend your savings to expand your tool set, and unlock more space to work in. Buy a display mat to tempt customers with specific wares, or a soak tub to clean up overnight, an honesty box for getting rid of unwanted trinkets, and more! TREAT YOURSELF Customise your space, decorate your shelves however you like, get some nice plants, change up the wallpaper and bedclothes; make it your own! MAXIMUM CHILL, ZERO PRESSURE There's a gentle limit to how much you can do in a given day but customers will return, you can potter as much as you like, and there are no fail states.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trash Goblin at 4.5 against Tiny Bookshop's 4.1. Trash Goblin also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (4 vs 2). Tiny Bookshop's advantage is review sentiment (65% vs 45%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 days). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Tiny Bookshop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Trash Goblin sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Trash Goblin holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 354 and 185 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Tiny Bookshop's written reviews are positive against 45% of Trash Goblin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tiny Bookshop ships an update every 3 days, Trash Goblin every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Bookshop | Trash Goblin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (354 ratings) | 4.5 (185 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.6% of reviews — better | 44.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 354 — better | 185 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #90 | #40 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 806 MB | 770 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skystone Games Inc. | Doghowl Games Ltd. |
Customer experience
Tiny Bookshop
Trash Goblin
In-app purchases
Tiny Bookshop
- Unlock Full Game$7.99
Trash Goblin
- Base Product Sale$8.99
- Base Offer$10.49
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