Comparison

Trash Goblin vs Unfading

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Discover and clean trinkets
  • Upcycle items into new forms
  • Serve eccentric customers
  • Upgrade and customize your shop
  • Relaxed gameplay with no pressure
Features
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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.

About

Unfading

Experience inspiring true stories through interactive adventures. Make choices that shape your path, play story-driven minigames, and unlock short videos revealing the real people and events behind each narrative. Discover courage and compassion in moments that matter.

Highlights
  • Interactive branching narratives
  • Story-driven minigames
  • Unlockable short videos
  • Decision-based gameplay
  • Real-life inspired stories
  • Character stat building
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Every adventure in Unfading is built around an inspiring true story. The world is more than bleak headlines. In every place and every age, people act with courage, compassion and conviction. Unfading brings their stories to light. Step into the moment, make difficult decisions, win story-driven minigames and unlock short videos revealing the real people and events behind each adventure. THE STORY IS YOURS TO PLAY Choose your path through each adventure. Your decisions shape your stats and can unlock new ways to progress in the story. The strengths you build affect the difficulty of the challenges you face. PLAY THROUGH THE MOMENT Minigames woven into the story put those strengths to the test. Complete the main goals to reach the end—and every optional goal to earn a Golden Seal. DISCOVER WHO REALLY LIVED IT Finish each adventure to unlock a short video about the real people and events behind what you played. FIND STORIES WORTH REMEMBERING Meet ordinary people who faced extraordinary moments—and left behind proof of what people can do when it matters. For fans of branching stories, interactive fiction and visual novels, Unfading brings meaningful choices and minigames together with something rare: inspiring stories rooted in real life. The playable stories are dramatizations inspired by the historical record, not documentaries. Your choices shape how you experience them; they do not change the real act at their center. Dialogue and inner lives may be imagined, timelines compressed, and some characters renamed or combined. Each reveal explores the real history behind the fiction. Made by Mannord Games.

Screenshots

Trash Goblin4 screens
Unfading4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Unfading at 100% against Trash Goblin's 45%. Unfading also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Trash Goblin's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (185 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Trash Goblin sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Unfading sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Unfading holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trash Goblin has 185 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Trash Goblin's written reviews are positive against 100% of Unfading's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trash Goblin ships an update every 6 days, Unfading every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Trash Goblin versus Unfading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrash GoblinUnfading
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (185 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings185 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#52 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size770 MB148 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDoghowl Games Ltd.Mannord Games

Customer experience

Trash Goblin

All ratings185 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral19.0%
Negative36.2%

Unfading

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Trash Goblin

One-time2
  • Base Product Sale$8.99
  • Base Offer$10.49
5 purchases

Unfading

One-time5
  • Tip - a coffee's worth$2.99
  • Complete the Shrine$3.99
  • Tip - bigger$14.99
Show 2 more
  • Tip - generous$49.99
  • Tip - very generous$99.99

Questions

Is Trash Goblin free?
Trash Goblin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unfading free?
Unfading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Trash Goblin or Unfading?
Unfading is rated higher. Trash Goblin averages 4.5 out of 5 from 185 ratings, while Unfading averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Trash Goblin or Unfading have ads?
Neither Trash Goblin nor Unfading shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trash Goblin or Unfading?
Trash Goblin ships an update every 6 days, and Unfading every 5 days. Most recently, Trash Goblin was updated on October 15, 2026 and Unfading on October 9, 2026.

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