Dig Down vs Mining Tycoon 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dig Down
Explore procedurally generated worlds by mining deep to find treasure and upgrade your gear. Battle monsters and traps as you aim to beat your previous depth records. Trade loot to earn gold for powerful upgrades.
- Mine ores for crafting
- Upgrade equipment
- Battle monsters and traps
- Trade loot for profit
- Discover rare items
- Beat depth records
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Dig Down is a treasure-hunting roguelike adventure game. In each world you visit, mine as deep as possible before your pick loses durability. Each dig will see you face increasingly challenging monsters, traps and the opportunities to seek out precious gold and ores to upgrade your equipment, and find rare items you can trade. As you amass wealth and craft new equipment you will be able to dig deeper and deeper, beating your previous depth records and finding increasingly rare treasure. • Mine ores to smelt and craft new equipment to improve your ability to dig further and fight monsters • Gain loot from treasure chests or dropped by monsters to trade • Buy items low and sell them high in different worlds to make gold for profit • Spend your gold on upgrades, hats and skins
Mining Tycoon 3D
Dig deep into the earth to unearth precious gems, gold, and diamonds. Hire miners, upgrade their speed, and tap to accelerate your excavation. Become a wealthy mining tycoon by discovering hidden treasures and filling your carts.
- Mine and load carts
- Discover various jewels
- Dig and create paths
- Explore a spiral world
- Hire and upgrade workers
- Tap to speed up mining
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Become a Mining Tycoon! It was never too easy and satisfying until now! Dig down deep in to the earth and extract out Gems, Gold, Diamonds and Treasures hidden from Millions of years by hiring miners and speed up the process by tapping on the screen. The more you mine the richer you become! Mining Tycoon - Idle Game's Features: • Mine & load on the carts. • Discover verities of jewels the deeper you dig • Dig and make paths. • Enjoy the spiral world with multiple paths • Hire workers and upgrade the speed of workers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dig Down at 3.9 against Mining Tycoon 3D's 3.3. Dig Down also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 13%). Mining Tycoon 3D's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 16 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Dig Down sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mining Tycoon 3D sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dig Down holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 46 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Dig Down's written reviews are positive against 13% of Mining Tycoon 3D's.
Dig Down ships an update every 16 months, Mining Tycoon 3D every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dig Down | Mining Tycoon 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (25 ratings) — better | 3.3 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ammonite Design Studios Ltd | Sablo Studio |
Customer experience
Dig Down
Mining Tycoon 3D
In-app purchases
Dig Down
- Remove ads$5.99
Mining Tycoon 3D
- Handful of Gems$1.99
- Bucket of Gems$4.99
- Barrel of Gems$9.99
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- Remove Unwanted Ads$9.99
- Crate of Gems$24.99
- Wheel Barrow of Gems$44.99
- Truckload of Gems$89.99
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