Comparison

Mini Mine vs Minetaverse

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

Head to head
About

Mini Mine

Tap to mine rocks and earn money in this addictive idle game. Unlock rarer resources, upgrade your equipment, and expand your mining empire across different planets. Explore new worlds and discover valuable elements.

Highlights
  • Tap to mine rocks
  • Unlock rare rocks, elements, and ores
  • Upgrade mining equipment
  • Travel to new planets
  • Build a mining empire
  • Explore galactic elements
Features
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Don't let the playful dwarf smile fool you. This game is more addicting and fun than you can possibly imagine! You will never have boring spare-time again! Claim your Mini Mine today! Start with a tiny dwarf pick axe and start tapping (mining)! As you mine rocks you will make money, spend that money on unlocking more rare rocks, elements, ores, and mini mines! Once you earn enough you will be able to afford a rocket ship off your planet and onto a rarer one with galactic new elements, rocks, and ores worth even more coins! Grow your mini mine empire today and explore new worlds and ores! Play today! - Mini Mine is a term of Apps4Life, LLC. - 2016 Mini Mine is for entertainment purposes only.

About

Minetaverse

Features
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Minetaverse is a challenging mining game. You can earn points and metal rocks in every 20 minutes. Coal Miners The mining capacity can be increased by hiring Miners. More points can be collected with more capacity in each time. Moreover, each miner can explore and collect metal rocks. Metal Forging Different kind of metals has different reselling price. By metal forging, there is a chance to forge metals into rarer metals. Market There are items can be traded in the market, by using points or elemental axes. Points can be also used to redeem prizes like e-gift card. Elemental Axes and VIP Subscription Elemental axes can be purchased in the app. The VIP subscription offers player multiple benefits, which significantly increase mining efficiency. For example, mining speed doubled, 2 more miners can be hired, daily gifts, etc. Note: Apple is not a sponsor or involved in the activities related to any prizes.

Screenshots

Mini Mine4 screens
Minetaverse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mini Mine at every 5 days against Minetaverse's every 2 months. Mini Mine also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mini Mine sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Minetaverse sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mini Mine ships an update every 5 days, Minetaverse every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mini Mine versus Minetaverse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMini MineMinetaverse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (143 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings143 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApps4Life, LLC.Wing Kai Wong

Bugs and requests

Mini Mine

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Achievements not registering properly
  • Offline earnings not always credited
  • Freezing and lagging issues
  • Compatibility problems on older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Reduce frequency of ads
  • Improve mini-game difficulty and fairness
  • Add more variety to gameplay
  • Optimize performance for longer play sessions

Minetaverse

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Mini Mine

One-time6
  • Small bag of Crystals$1.99
  • Tote full of Crystals$4.99
  • Crate full of Crystals$9.99
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  • Chest full of Crystals$19.99
  • Dungeon full of Crystals$49.99
  • Empire's worth of Crystals$99.99
4 purchases

Minetaverse

Subscriptions1
  • Purchase Monthly VIP Pass$2.991 Month
One-time3
  • Purchase 50 Elemental Axes$0.99
  • Purchase 110 Elemental Axes$1.99
  • Purchase 170 Elemental Axes$2.99

Questions

Is Mini Mine free?
Mini Mine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minetaverse free?
Minetaverse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mini Mine or Minetaverse have ads?
Neither Mini Mine nor Minetaverse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mini Mine or Minetaverse?
Mini Mine ships an update every 5 days, and Minetaverse every 2 months. Most recently, Mini Mine was updated on October 24, 2026 and Minetaverse on October 6, 2026.

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