Comparison

Small Airplane vs Going Up

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

Head to head
About

Small Airplane

Features
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A plane shooting game, currently only has one level and a boss level. Single-point touch controls the plane, while two-point touch on the screen unleashes a special attack.

About

Going Up

A strategy game where you manage skyscraper elevators to efficiently deliver diverse passengers. Optimize lift movement through increasingly complex systems and unique character behaviors to achieve high scores.

Highlights
  • Manage skyscraper elevators
  • Deliver passengers efficiently
  • Adapt to complex lift systems
  • Deal with unique passenger characters
  • Compete on global leaderboards
  • Discover different skyscraper environments
Features
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"The vibes here are impeccable" —Vice "Fast, simple, solid, and challenging" —PocketGamer Going Up is a strategy game where you control groups of lifts in a skyscraper to deliver passengers before they lose their patience. Optimise elevator movement as you deal with a fussy cast of passengers—impatient CEOs, mean soldiers and confused tourists. There is no one solution to elevator optimisation: every stage will have its unique bottlenecks, passengers and problems. Can you keep people moving, or will they have to take the stairs? • Deliver your passengers: manage elevators in a skyscraper to deliver passengers up and down to their destinations as efficiently as possible. • Adapt to complex situations: learn to manage increasingly complicated systems of lifts, from multiple lifts, to lifts that operate on different sets of floors, to lifts that completely skip floors. • Placate fussy characters: deal with a cast of seven unique characters, from impatient CEOs to mean soldiers to confused tourists. Learn their behaviours to score the greatest number of points from each of them. • Rack up high scores: compete on a global leaderboard to gain the most points in each level. • Ascend the mysterious skyscraper: discover different environments on each level, playing with different sets of lifts as you climb to the very top. • Play on the go: play one handed, while commuting, queuing in line, or waiting for the lift. Every round lasts at most a few minutes.

Screenshots

Small Airplane1 screens
Going Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Going Up at fortnightly against Small Airplane's every 12 months. Going Up also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Small Airplane's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, 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

Small Airplane costs $0.99 and Going Up $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Small Airplane ships an update every 12 months, Going Up fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Small Airplane versus Going Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmall AirplaneGoing Up
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating—4.2 (44 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—44 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB156 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBosian LiouNapping Raccoon

In-app purchases

None

Small Airplane

No in-app purchases

None

Going Up

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Small Airplane free?
Small Airplane costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Going Up free?
Going Up costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Small Airplane or Going Up have ads?
Neither Small Airplane nor Going Up shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Small Airplane or Going Up?
Small Airplane ships an update every 12 months, and Going Up fortnightly. Most recently, Small Airplane was updated on November 1, 2026 and Going Up on October 30, 2026.

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