Dig Down vs Gold Miner 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
Gold Miner 3D
Dig for gold and valuable stones using a hoe. Break rocks to unearth treasures and collect them. Experience a simple yet engaging mining adventure.
- Dig for gold and stones
- Break rocks with a hoe
- Collect unearthed treasures
- 3D mining environment
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There are stones, some of which are gold mines. Use your hoe to break the stones and dig the gold back!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gold Miner 3D at none against Dig Down's 1. Gold Miner 3D also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 16 months). Dig Down's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Dig Down sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gold Miner 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Dig Down against 4.0 for Gold Miner 3D. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dig Down has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dig Down ships an update every 16 months, Gold Miner 3D daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dig Down | Gold Miner 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (26 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ammonite Design Studios Ltd | 海龙 詹 |
Customer experience
Dig Down
Gold Miner 3D
In-app purchases
Dig Down
- Remove ads$5.99
Gold Miner 3D
No in-app purchases
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