Comparison

Inventioneers Full Version vs Skyscrapers by Tinybop

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

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About

Inventioneers Full Version

Unleash your creativity by building unique inventions with the help of tiny characters. Explore real-time physics concepts like air, fire, and magnetism. Share your creations with friends and even classmates.

Highlights
  • Create your own inventions
  • Learn real-time physics
  • Share inventions with friends
  • 120 inventions across 8 chapters
  • Over 100 objects to use
  • 18 characters to help
Features
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* FROM THE CREATORS OF PETTSON'S INVENTIONS DELUXE * *** Winner of Parents' Choice Gold Award *** BE CREATIVE! In this game you can create your own crazy, fun inventions! With the help of the Inventioneers, our tiny helpers with unique characteristics, you can invent fun, creative and often quite weird inventions. A lot of inventions are included in the game, the more you solve the more parts you receive for your own inventions! LEARN ABOUT PHYSICS! Inventioneers is an outstanding tool for learning about realtime physics and the science behind different features like air, fire, magnetism and jumping bunnies. What you can do with the tool is virtually endless. SHARE WITH FRIENDS! Invite friends to share their crazy inventions and you can share yours too! If you are a teacher you can set up the whole classroom as a user and share with other classes! The full version: • 8 chapters with a total of 120 inventions! • Create! - A fully working tool to create your own inventions • Share up to 16 inventions with your friends! • 100+ objects • 18 characters that you can help • 8 Inventioneers with unique features - "Windy", "Blaze", "Sporty", "Zappy", "Bunny", "Magneta", "Freezy" and "Maggie"

About

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

Explore the inner workings of tall buildings from foundation to rooftop. Design facades, investigate utilities, and test structural integrity against natural disasters and unexpected events. Learn how people live and work within these massive structures.

Highlights
  • Explore skyscrapers floor by floor
  • Design building facades and tops
  • Investigate structural foundations
  • Test engineering against disasters
  • Manage building utilities
  • Simulate emergencies and repairs
Features
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Discover how people build, live, and play in skyscrapers. Go up and down, through every floor, and underground. Spark a blackout, fix a pipe, or clog the toilets. Test your building’s engineering when dinosaurs invade, lightning strikes, or the earth quakes. Find out what keeps skyscrapers standing tall and people happy in them all. Skyscrapers is No. 7 in Tinybop’s Explorer’s Library series. Apps in this series have been downloaded more than 5 million times and have won Best of the App Store, App Store Editors’ Choice, Parents’ Choice, and Children's Technology Review Editor’s Choice awards. FEATURES + Explore skyscrapers from the ground, up to the roof. + Design each building’s facade and top with different colors, spires, clock towers, and more. + Investigate a building’s structure, from the foundation to the frame. + See how soil affects a building’s stability. + Test and observe your building’s engineering in lightning storms, earthquakes, and high winds. + Move people throughout the building: up and down in elevators, through bathrooms, and in and out of rooms. + Investigate the utilities: water, electricity, and safety features. + Save the building in emergencies! Put out fires and repair water breaks. + Turn lights on and off. Cause a blackout! FREE handbook Our expert-reviewed handbook is full of facts, interaction hints, and discussion questions to support learning in this app, in the classroom or at home. Download in your app or at: http://tinybop.com/handbooks. Privacy policy We take your and your child’s privacy very seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child, nor do we allow any third-party advertising. When the camera, microphone, and other services are used within an app, your information is neither collected nor distributed outside of the app. Read our complete privacy policy at tinybop.com. Tinybop, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based studio of designers, engineers, and artists. We make toys for tomorrow. We’re all over the internet. Visit us: www.tinybop.com Follow us: twitter.com/tinybop Like us: facebook.com/tinybop Peek behind the scenes: instagram.com/tinybop We love hearing your stories! If you have ideas, or something isn’t working as you expect it to, please contact us: hi@tinybop.com. Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop.

Screenshots

Inventioneers Full Version4 screens
Skyscrapers by Tinybop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Inventioneers Full Version at 79% against Skyscrapers by Tinybop's 32%. Inventioneers Full Version also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1). Skyscrapers by Tinybop's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $5.99). On ratings volume, 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

Inventioneers Full Version costs $5.99 and Skyscrapers by Tinybop $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inventioneers Full Version holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 115 and 63 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Inventioneers Full Version's written reviews are positive against 32% of Skyscrapers by Tinybop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inventioneers Full Version ships an update every 5 months, Skyscrapers by Tinybop every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Inventioneers Full Version versus Skyscrapers by Tinybop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInventioneers Full VersionSkyscrapers by Tinybop
Price$5.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.5 (115 ratings) — better4.1 (63 ratings)
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews — better31.9% of reviews
Number of ratings115 — better63
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB144 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilimundus ABTinybop Inc.

Customer experience

Inventioneers Full Version

All ratings115 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative15.2%

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

All ratings63 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive31.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative62.0%

User reviews

Inventioneers Full Version

From 115 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🧠 Teaches problem solving
  • 💡 Encourages spatial reasoning
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fun for all ages
  • ✨ Nostalgic and engaging
  • 💯 High-quality and educational

Room to improve

  • 💰 Perceived as a rip-off
  • 🐌 Slow puzzle creation
  • 📈 Some levels too hard
  • ⚠️ Update ruined experience
  • ❌ Can't restore progress

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

From 63 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Beautiful and detailed graphics
  • 🧒 Engaging for young children (4-8 years old)
  • 🏗️ Creative building and customization features
  • 📚 Educational content about building systems
  • 😄 Humorous hidden features and easter eggs

Room to improve

  • ❌ Lacks clear objectives or goals
  • 📖 No tutorial or instructions provided
  • 😴 Gets boring quickly for older children/adults
  • 🎮 Not a traditional game with progression
  • 💰 Expensive for limited content ($2.99-$3.99)

Bugs and requests

Inventioneers Full Version

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • App crashes when not on WiFi
  • App crashes on launch (black screen)
  • Worlds/places won't click
  • Spinny thingy turns on its side
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  • Incompatible with older OS versions
  • Cannot sign in to old account
  • Japanese language not displayed
  • Full version won't open

Requested features

13 requests
  • Add more levels
  • Add more animals
  • Add cockroaches and socks
  • Add a cat named Carlile
  • Add a second game
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  • Add more places
  • Add disco ball item
  • Add new character: force man
  • Add sky and ground levels
  • Bring back present collection
  • Allow level skipping
  • Add rock and cheese slide to level
  • Restore progress/account feature

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Background details disappear when zooming out on skyscraper
  • People turn into colored circles at certain zoom levels
  • App crashes immediately on startup
  • Black screen during gameplay
  • Game freezes on loading screen
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  • App won't launch on iPhone/iPad
  • Download fails despite sufficient storage
  • Incorrect language display (simplified Chinese instead of traditional)
  • Location permission requested unnecessarily

Requested features

14 requests
  • Character customization and personalities
  • Apartment/room customization options
  • Social interactions between characters
  • Character families and relationships
  • More building options and facades
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  • Objectives and progression system
  • Rewards and achievement system
  • More interactive tasks for characters
  • Ability to control characters directly
  • More variety in activities and mini-games
  • Level progression system
  • Character AI that acts independently
  • Shops and commercial spaces
  • More building customization elements

In-app purchases

None

Inventioneers Full Version

No in-app purchases

None

Skyscrapers by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Inventioneers Full Version free?
Inventioneers Full Version costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skyscrapers by Tinybop free?
Skyscrapers by Tinybop costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Inventioneers Full Version or Skyscrapers by Tinybop?
Inventioneers Full Version is rated higher. Inventioneers Full Version averages 4.5 out of 5 from 115 ratings, while Skyscrapers by Tinybop averages 4.1 from 63 ratings.
Do Inventioneers Full Version or Skyscrapers by Tinybop have ads?
Neither Inventioneers Full Version nor Skyscrapers by Tinybop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inventioneers Full Version or Skyscrapers by Tinybop?
Inventioneers Full Version ships an update every 5 months, and Skyscrapers by Tinybop every 4 months. Most recently, Inventioneers Full Version was updated on September 22, 2026 and Skyscrapers by Tinybop on September 21, 2026.

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