Comparison

Ding! Elevator Game vs Skyline Architect

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

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About

Ding! Elevator Game

Features
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Everyone wants to go up. Nobody wants to wait. In Ding!, you run the elevator. Tap a floor to send the car there: some passengers get off, others get on, and every stop counts. Group destinations, watch everyone's patience and save room for suitcases and boxes. CAREER 30 missions across three buildings, from Linden Court through Horizon Offices to the Grand Hotel. Groups to move, bulky boxes, announced rushes and optional side jobs with a bonus: every mission has its own goal and a badge to earn. DAILY CHALLENGE A new short challenge every day. Go for bronze, silver or gold to earn up to 3 stamps, and build three prototypes: Luggage Rack, Flywheel and Destination Selector. WORKSHOP Spend your credits to upgrade five pieces of gear across three levels: Quick Doors, Expandable Car, Forecast Board, Express Mode and Intercom. Take two on each mission and pick your car's finish. FREE PRACTICE Three minutes, one score, no pressure. Beat your best. Animated characters, New York–style facades and a touch of Art Deco in a warm 2D world. Designed for iPhone. Ding! The doors open. Your move.

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Skyline Architect

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Build upward. Keep the building moving. Skyline Architect is a tower-building management game in cross-section. Lay the floors, run the elevators, let the offices and flats, and keep every resident, worker and visitor on the move, from a four-storey block to a tower of five hundred floors. BUILD IN CROSS-SECTION Floors, lobbies, offices, flats, plant rooms and amenities on a metre grid, over a foundation you widen and dig deeper. Every step can be undone. EVERY PERSON SIMULATED Residents, office workers, visitors and your own staff follow their day: to work, out for lunch, home in the evening, all walking and riding for real. ELEVATORS THAT MATTER Banks of cars, express shuttles to sky lobbies, service elevators, three dispatch strategies, and traffic you can see waiting on every landing. TENANTS WITH OPINIONS Prospects weigh rent, access, noise, view and services before they sign, and move out when they are unhappy. Rent your flats out or sell them. RUN THE BUILDING Electricity, water, climate and data from your own plant rooms; janitors and technicians; waste, taxes, energy prices, loans, and a daily closing at 06:00. WEATHER, NIGHT AND FIRE Seasons, storms and heatwaves, a city that lights up at night, and fires your sprinklers and the brigade have to put out. THREE CITIES Buy land in Port Calder, Harrowgate and Saltmere, each with its own market, ground and weather, all on one account. SCENARIOS AND A TUTORIAL A step-by-step tutorial and six scenarios with stars and points, from Opening Day to Lean Tower, plus free play with or without unlocks. MAKE IT YOURS Data-only content packs add cities, rooms and scenarios of your own. FOR EVERY PLAYER Four text sizes, VoiceOver labels, Reduce Motion, full keyboard control on a Mac and an iPad, and a 14-chapter manual inside the game. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. Your game stays on your device. Standard Apple EULA applies; https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ding! Elevator Game4 screens
Skyline Architect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Skyline Architect at none against Ding! Elevator Game's shown. Ding! Elevator Game's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Ding! Elevator Game versus Skyline Architect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDing! Elevator GameSkyline Architect
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolas ZanetteRory Meijer

In-app purchases

None

Ding! Elevator Game

No in-app purchases

None

Skyline Architect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ding! Elevator Game free?
Ding! Elevator Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skyline Architect free?
Skyline Architect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ding! Elevator Game or Skyline Architect have ads?
Ding! Elevator Game shows ads; Skyline Architect does not.

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