Dig Deep! vs Emoji Dungeons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dig Deep!
Embark on a retro mining adventure as a famous miner exploring a randomly generated planet. Gather gold, upgrade your gear, and recruit new miners with special abilities. Enjoy classic pixel art graphics and a chiptune soundtrack in this ad-free experience.
- Retro miner experience
- Randomly generated planet exploration
- One-button controls
- Mining gear upgrades
- Side missions
- Recruit miners with special abilities
- Pixel art graphics
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Unleash your inner gaming beast with the original Dig Deep! The classic ad-free retro miner experience! Get ready to meet Roger - the galaxy's most famous miner with a killer 'stache and epic toupee! Join him and his squad on a treacherous mission into the depths of an ancient planet to gather valuable gold. Are you up for the challenge? • Frenzied gameplay • Explore a randomly generated planet • Simple one button controls • Upgrade your mining gear • Tons of side missions to complete • Recruit new miners with special abilities • Pixel Art graphics and a Chiptune soundtrack that will cause your moustache hairs to stand up • No in-app purchases, No Ads - buy it once and play forever! Dig Deep! is an independent game designed by two friends. By buying it you will not only get a fantastic game but also help us to continue creating new projects :)
Emoji Dungeons
Engage in a fast-paced tapping game where you defeat emojis against the clock. Earn coins to upgrade your abilities, progress through levels, and unlock new content. Experience unique combat scenarios with various tools.
- Tap to defeat emojis
- Beat the clock challenges
- Earn coins for upgrades
- Unlock new content
- Varied combat scenarios
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Tap to defeat the emojis and beat the clock! Spend coins earned to power up, clear levels faster, and unlock more content. - Whack Ducktor with spoons - Smack that ghost with baseballs - Crush a pizza slice with a boomerang
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Emoji Dungeons at 5.0 against Dig Deep!'s 4.6. Emoji Dungeons also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Dig Deep!'s advantage is ratings volume (495 vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Dig Deep! costs $2.99 and Emoji Dungeons $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Emoji Dungeons holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dig Deep! has 495 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Dig Deep!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Emoji Dungeons's.
Dig Deep! ships an update every 4 months, Emoji Dungeons daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dig Deep! | Emoji Dungeons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (495 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 495 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Fernando Garcia Bernal | Mike Dickman |
Customer experience
Dig Deep!
Emoji Dungeons
Bugs and requests
Dig Deep!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to activate character abilities
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- Persistent notification issues
- Stuck on certain levels due to level design
Requested features
5 requests- More characters and abilities
- Additional levels and challenges
- Ability to skip difficult missions
- Option to purchase extra lives
- Improved UI and notifications
Emoji Dungeons
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dig Deep!
No in-app purchases
Emoji Dungeons
No in-app purchases
