Comparison

Diggerman vs Super Pixel Heroes

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

Head to head
About

Diggerman

Embark on an action-packed gold mining adventure to rescue a kidnapped sweetheart. Dig through treacherous worlds filled with obstacles, traps, and enemies, collecting treasures to earn money and upgrade your abilities. Hire workers and experience a compelling story with a boss fight.

Highlights
  • Arcade digging mechanics
  • Storyline with boss fight
  • Hireable workers
  • Battery upgrades
  • Multiple worlds with traps
  • Passive gold income
  • Game Center integration
Features
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The world was beautiful some time ago. We lived together in our lovely cottage digging some mud every day. Suddenly everything has changed. HUGE ANGRY MOLE has come and kidnapped my beautiful sweetheart. Will you support me? Will you dig with me and help me saving my beloved? Watch out for spikes, spider nets, TNTs, lava and bats! Let’s dig together, let’s find some treasures, let’s put them on the ground and make some money! I’m the Diggerman, I need to dig and rescue my sweetheart. Features: - ultimate digging experience introducing brand new arcade mechanics - story line, the end, treasures, boss fight and much of love - tons of workers to hire - battery upgrades - starring HUGE ANGRY MOLE - 5 worlds, surprising obstacles and traps - passive income but not in bitcoins (gold, gold!) - Game Center, Stickers, the best you can have on your mobile - fully supported on iPhone X - plays better on bigger screen - fully localised to: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Polish! - iCloud support for synchronising all data across multiple iOS devices!

About

Super Pixel Heroes

Engage in epic pixelated battles, creating your own superhero identity to defeat villains. Collect and unlock a diverse roster of hilarious action heroes from various themed worlds, unleashing comical finishers and special abilities in retro-style arcade arenas.

Highlights
  • Create superhero identity
  • Collect legendary heroes
  • Four thematic worlds (Dino, Jungle, Zombies, Robots)
  • Retro-style arcade action
  • Unleash hilarious finishers and SPs
  • Exciting arenas with unique obstacles
  • Open crates for hero parts
Features
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Epic Heroes in Exciting Pixel Battles. Create your own superhero identity and beat the evilest supervillains in the universe on your way to becoming a champion. Laugh out loud as you fight with cool and hilarious action heroes from the dynamic worlds of Dinosaurs, Robots, and Zombies. Choose from an absolutely entertaining roster of champions to begin your journey of endless fun. This wacky arcade-style game has heroic pixel figures of Jungle King Shere Khan, Atom, Zeus, and never-seen-before ZOMBIE super stars – meaning “A Never Ending PIXEL SMASHING Adventure”! Stomp over opponents, push them against obstacles and even chase them as they try to sneak away from you – It’s all about making your moves look cool and quirky. COLLECT LEGENDARY HEROES Unravel legendary super heroes with super-cool abilities and exciting action moves to experience crazy comical action. Unlock cool, funky characters like Dinosaurs, Jungle heroes, Zombies, Sci-fi movie Robots and more. A QUAD-WORLD OF HEROES & PUNKS Now, choose your super heroes from 4 vivid and entertaining thematic worlds – DINO, JUNGLE, ZOMBIES and ROBOTS. Punt opponents in the air as you dance and groove to the vintage 8-bit arcade tunes. Go completely BONKERS in this never experienced before contest of pixel smashing. RETRO-STYLE ARCADE ACTION Make a swooning entrance into the arena and tease opponents with mischievous gestures. Smash & Bash Pixels! Whether kids or adults; have lots of smashy fun while you experience the thrill of winning fights even with one limb remaining. UNLEASH HILARIOUS FINISHERS and SPs Knockout challengers with hilarious finishing moves – smash, dash, bash and even fart - in this amazing pixel smashing game! Chase them, hop on them or squash their bellies using epic abilities of Bleed, Critical Damage, Stun, Force Field, Obstacle Shield, Last Stand & Instant Death special abilities on your road to become the champions of pixel clash. EXCITING ARENAS, INTUITIVE GAMEPLAY Escape rolling fireballs, spiked iron and unique obstacles in vintage art-style arenas - Lava River, Helipad and the Dockyard. Know your moves and dodges with the interactive on-screen tips and suggestions. UNRAVEL POWERFUL CHAMPIONS Open Rare, Epic and Legendary crates with surprise rewards of amazing hero parts. JOIN ‘SUPER PIXEL HEROES’ EXCLUSIVE FAN CLUB Enjoy regular news on game updates, characters, features, views, video tips and more for Free Like us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/reliancegames Follow us on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/reliancegames Watch us on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/reliancegames

Screenshots

Diggerman4 screens
Super Pixel Heroes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Super Pixel Heroes at 78% against Diggerman's 31%. Super Pixel Heroes also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.4). Diggerman's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Diggerman sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Super Pixel Heroes sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Super Pixel Heroes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.8K and 1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Diggerman's written reviews are positive against 78% of Super Pixel Heroes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diggerman ships an update every 2 weeks, Super Pixel Heroes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Diggerman versus Super Pixel Heroes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiggermanSuper Pixel Heroes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.8K ratings)4.6 (1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.7% of reviews78.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better1K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size271 MB379 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDigital MelodyReliance Games

Customer experience

Diggerman

All ratings2,828 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.9%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews257 reviews
Positive30.7%
Neutral11.7%
Negative57.6%

Super Pixel Heroes

All ratings1,037 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews295 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral5.4%
Negative16.6%

User reviews

Diggerman

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive controls
  • 💡 Unique vertical digging concept

Room to improve

  • 🔋 Battery drains too quickly
  • 🔥 Excessive and unskippable ads
  • 🐛 Glitches and crashes
  • 🕰️ Repetitive and short-lived gameplay

Super Pixel Heroes

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🎨 Great pixel art graphics
  • 🔥 Awesome crossover characters
  • 🕹️ Simple and intuitive controls
  • 🎉 Nostalgic and reminiscent of childhood

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Overpowered AI opponents
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 📺 Too many intrusive ads
  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay loop
  • 🔒 Difficulty unlocking new characters

Bugs and requests

Diggerman

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Achievements not working properly
  • Exhibits randomly downgrading
  • Unresponsive controls

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Difficulty options or progression system
  • Ability to disable ads for a fee

Super Pixel Heroes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to connect to servers
  • Rewards not unlocking properly
  • Game crashes after certain playtime
  • Unresponsive controls during fights

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more diverse characters and franchises
  • Implement online multiplayer mode
  • Allow for deeper character customization
  • Introduce new game modes and challenges
  • Improve the reward system for progression

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Diggerman

One-time5
  • 300 coins$0.99
  • 1000 coins$1.99
  • No Ads + Free Continue$1.99
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  • 3000 coins$2.99
  • All characters$3.99
12 purchases

Super Pixel Heroes

One-time12
  • Parry's Pouch$0.99
  • ATOM Common$0.99
  • NOISY BOY Common.$0.99
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  • SPIKE Common.$0.99
  • KING KONG Common.$0.99
  • MIDAS Common.$0.99
  • Rare Starter Pack-Deal$3.99
  • Baloo's Bounty$4.99
  • Epic Starter Pack-Deal$4.99
  • ATOM Legendary.$9.99
  • KING KONG Legendary.$9.99
  • Chuckle's Chest$9.99

Questions

Is Diggerman free?
Diggerman is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Super Pixel Heroes free?
Super Pixel Heroes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diggerman or Super Pixel Heroes?
Super Pixel Heroes is rated higher. Diggerman averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Super Pixel Heroes averages 4.6 from 1K ratings.
Do Diggerman or Super Pixel Heroes have ads?
Super Pixel Heroes shows ads; Diggerman does not.
Which is updated more often, Diggerman or Super Pixel Heroes?
Diggerman ships an update every 2 weeks, and Super Pixel Heroes every 3 months. Most recently, Diggerman was updated on October 11, 2026 and Super Pixel Heroes on October 20, 2026.

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