Mini Mine vs Minetaverse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Tap to mine rocks
- Unlock rare rocks, elements, and ores
- Upgrade mining equipment
- Travel to new planets
- Build a mining empire
- Explore galactic elements
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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.
Minetaverse
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Mini Mine | Minetaverse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (143 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 143 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apps4Life, 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
Mini Mine
- 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
Minetaverse
- Purchase Monthly VIP Pass$2.991 Month
- Purchase 50 Elemental Axes$0.99
- Purchase 110 Elemental Axes$1.99
- Purchase 170 Elemental Axes$2.99









