Comparison

Trash Goblin vs Duskroot

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

Head to head
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

Duskroot

Cultivate crops, manage a shop, and explore dangerous mines in this cozy farming adventure. Develop your character through a unique skill tree and make strategic decisions in both commerce and combat.

Highlights
  • Farming and crop cultivation
  • Shop management and haggling
  • Mine exploration with combat
  • Branching skill tree progression
  • Optional rewarded ads
  • Cosmetic in-app purchases
Features
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Your grandmother Wren left you her farm. She left the shop too, and the hole in the ground under the field, and not much of an explanation. Water both, she said. Duskroot is a cosy farming game with a mine underneath it. FARM BY DAY Clear the ground, till it, plant it, water it, and bring it in. What you grow is what you have to sell. RUN YOUR OWN SHOP Put a thing on a shelf and put a price on it. Villagers come in, look at what you are asking, and decide. Too dear and they wince. Too cheap and you have fed them for nothing. Nobody ever tells you what anything is worth. You work it out by selling. DELVE BY DUSK Take a pick and a sword down and see how far you get. A sword combo, a bow you hold to draw, slimes, skeletons and a couple of things that are worse. Fall down there, or stay past midnight, and half of what you are carrying stays behind. ONE TREE, TWO LIVES Farming, fighting, mining, fishing and haggling all feed one pool of stars, and one branching tree spends them. There is no class to pick at the start. What you spend it on is who you turn into. FREE, AND IT STAYS FREE There is no paywall anywhere in Duskroot. Two moments offer you a short advert in exchange for a favour: a hint at the shop, and a hand up when you fall in the mine. Both are optional, both are capped, and skipping them costs you nothing. If you would rather never see an advert, the Rootkeeper's Pact takes the adverts away and leaves the favours. There is also a pet to follow you around and a night bloom for the tree, if you want to say thanks. Both are just for looks. Grow it. Sell it. Go down and get more.

Screenshots

Trash Goblin4 screens
Duskroot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Trash Goblin at 4.5 against Duskroot's 2.0. Trash Goblin also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Duskroot's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 Duskroot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trash Goblin holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trash Goblin has 155 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Trash Goblin's written reviews are positive against 25% of Duskroot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trash Goblin ships an update weekly, Duskroot daily. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Trash Goblin versus Duskroot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrash GoblinDuskroot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (155 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews42.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings155 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#45 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size770 MB332 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDoghowl Games LtdMidknight Entertainment LTD.

Customer experience

Trash Goblin

All ratings124 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive42.0%
Neutral18.0%
Negative40.0%

Duskroot

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Trash Goblin

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

Duskroot

One-time1
  • Rootkeeper's Pact$3.99

Questions

Is Trash Goblin free?
Trash Goblin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Duskroot free?
Duskroot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Trash Goblin or Duskroot?
Trash Goblin is rated higher. Trash Goblin averages 4.5 out of 5 from 155 ratings, while Duskroot averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Trash Goblin or Duskroot have ads?
Duskroot shows ads; Trash Goblin does not.
Which is updated more often, Trash Goblin or Duskroot?
Trash Goblin ships an update weekly, and Duskroot daily. Most recently, Trash Goblin was updated on October 11, 2026 and Duskroot on October 9, 2026.

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