Comparison

Colony Setup vs Imperial Miners

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

Head to head
About

Colony Setup

This app helps board game players create randomized setups for variable cards. Customize card appearance frequency, from "Always On" to "Always Off", to tailor your game experience. It also includes options for card type balance and conditional defense card availability.

Highlights
  • Customizable randomized setups
  • Adjust card appearance frequency
  • Exclude disliked cards
  • Ensure specific cards appear
  • Balance card types
  • Conditional defense card logic
Features
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The Colony Setup app is designed to be used with the boardgame "Colony" from Bezier Games, Inc. It provides customizable randomized setups of all variable cards in the game. If there's a card you don't like, set it to "Unlikely" and it won't show up all that often. Despise a card? Set it to "Always Off" and it will never show up. Want to always see a card in your random setups? Set it to "Always On". There are a number of other options as well, including the ability to always have one of each type of card, and to ensure that defense cards are only present if there are attack cards available.

About

Imperial Miners

This digital board game challenges you to build an efficient mine over 10 rounds. Collect crystals and fill carts to earn victory points. Navigate unique events and advance on progress boards for bonus actions.

Highlights
  • Mine building simulation
  • Resource collection
  • Leaderboards for high scores
  • Unique round events
  • Progress board advancements
  • Solo gameplay
Features
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Imperial Miners is the official digital version of board game hit from Portal Games. It is a solo game and it has the leaderboards to compare your best results with others. In Imperial Miners you have 10 rounds to build your Mine as efficiently as possible. Your goal is to collect as many Crystals and full Carts as possible, which will count as Victory Points at the end of the game. You have 4 levels of mine and one card to place in each round. After placing card in your Mine you activate its effect and then effects of adjacent card on above level until your reach the Mine surface. Than you activate the action from the Surface board. Some of the actions gives you a chance to advance on the Progress boards where you can activate additional actions. In each round you have unique Event to resolve, some of them are good some are bad, so be prepared for the unknown. IMPORTANT INFO - READ BEFORE YOU BUY: If you use your phone to play, look at the screen shots available in the description on your target device before purchasing the game, to make sure that the size of the letters on the small screen will be sufficient for comfortable gaming.

Screenshots

Colony Setup3 screens
Imperial Miners4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Colony Setup at Free against Imperial Miners's $7.99. Colony Setup also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Imperial Miners's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 113 months). On review sentiment, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Colony Setup is free to download; Imperial Miners costs $7.99 up front. Imperial Miners sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Colony Setup asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colony Setup ships an update every 113 months, Imperial Miners monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Colony Setup versus Imperial Miners: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColony SetupImperial Miners
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 113 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBezier Games, Inc.Portal Games

Customer experience

Colony Setup

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Imperial Miners

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

Colony Setup

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Imperial Miners

One-time1
  • Promo Goodies Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Colony Setup free?
Colony Setup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Imperial Miners free?
Imperial Miners costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Colony Setup or Imperial Miners have ads?
Neither Colony Setup nor Imperial Miners shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Colony Setup or Imperial Miners?
Colony Setup ships an update every 113 months, and Imperial Miners monthly. Most recently, Colony Setup was updated on October 16, 2026 and Imperial Miners on October 25, 2026.

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