Garbage Fly vs Big City Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Garbage Fly
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You're a fly caught in a trash can. And your hungry. Fly and navigate to eat the incoming food, avoiding any hazardous objects. Try to survive the many different lethal Rumbles, such as bombs, lasers, enemy flies and gas. Catch the falling Dolares to buy cool new flies. Can you make it into the worldwide hall of famous flies?
Big City Run
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Big City Run v1.1.0 focuses on progression quality, mission clarity, and overall stability. This update refines how mission rewards are represented and processed, making it easier to expand content while keeping behavior predictable for players. We improved the mission reward model by separating shared reward values from daily-specific rewards, creating a cleaner structure for future balancing and live updates. Reward UI and mission flow were updated to match this model, with better consistency across mission screens and notifications. This release also includes reliability improvements in mission service lifecycle handling and event cleanup, reducing edge-case issues during long sessions and repeated scene transitions. Together, these changes make progression systems more maintainable and more robust for future features. As always, Big City Run keeps its fast-paced endless runner action with responsive controls, colorful city environments, and competitive leaderboard gameplay.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Garbage Fly at none against Big City Run's shown. Garbage Fly also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Garbage Fly ships an update weekly, Big City Run fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garbage Fly | Big City Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly โ better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 โ better | 15.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oscar Lundqvist | Serhii Budianskyi |
In-app purchases
Garbage Fly
No in-app purchases
Big City Run
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Garbage Fly free?
Is Big City Run free?
Do Garbage Fly or Big City Run have ads?
Which is updated more often, Garbage Fly or Big City Run?
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