Mr Dig vs Tower Buster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mr Dig
Guide a character through over 50 challenging levels to reclaim stolen treasures and food from underworld monsters. Dig, leap, and strategize to defeat enemies and collect items, ensuring an escape route to return to the surface.
- Over 50 progressively tricky levels
- Tap to dig left, right, or down
- Leap up to 2 tiles in any direction
- Destroy boulders from above or push from the side
- Collect treasures and defeat monsters
- Return to surface to complete levels
- In-game contact author for hints
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Mr. Dig loves collecting gems. One day he dug too deep. Monsters escaped from the underworld and stole his treasures and food! Help Mr. Dig and his friends battle his way through over 50 progressively tricky levels to get his stuff back. Tap to dig left, right, or down. Leap up to 2 tiles in any direction. Destroy boulders from above or push them from the side. Tap the hero for a menu of game options. To complete each level, collect treasures then return to surface. Make sure to leave an escape path! On monster-only levels, defeat all monsters then return to surface to clear. Stuck? Support page and handy in-game "Contact Author" button can be used to request hints.
Tower Buster
A casual game where you aim and release bubbles to break down colorful towers. Match bubble colors to trigger chain reactions and earn points as unsupported bubbles fall.
- Aim and release bubbles
- Match adjacent colors
- Chain reactions
- Earn points for falling bubbles
- One-hand controls
- Attractive color towers
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Tower Buster is a fun and addictive new game experience involving a tower of colorful bubbles which you must break down with more bubbles! How to play: -Keep your finger pressed on the screen to start aiming at the tower. -Release your finger to throw your bubble. If your bubble hits another color matching one, all adjacent color bubbles will break. -All other bubbles which are no longer being supported by the tower will fall down and earn points! Features: -An instinctive one-hand input controller. -Attractive color towers and various structures. -Fun and rewarding destruction animations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mr Dig at 100% against Tower Buster's 47%. Mr Dig also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Tower Buster's advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Mr Dig sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tower Buster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mr Dig holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tower Buster has 16K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Mr Dig's written reviews are positive against 47% of Tower Buster's.
Mr Dig ships an update every 2 weeks, Tower Buster every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mr Dig | Tower Buster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (16K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 46.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 16K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 296 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Easy 8 Software | A Small Game AB |
Customer experience
Mr Dig
Tower Buster
Bugs and requests
Mr Dig
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tower Buster
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sound cutting out and not returning without restarting
- Coins/progress disappearing after updates
- Certain color combinations difficult for color-blind players
Requested features
3 requests- More challenging and varied tower formations
- Ability to use earned coins for upgrades or bonuses
- Frequent content updates with new towers and levels
In-app purchases
Mr Dig
- Remove Ads$0.99
Tower Buster
- No Ads$1.99
Questions
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