Comparison

Mine Survival vs Echo Dig

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

Head to head
About

Mine Survival

Survive a zombie apocalypse by gathering resources, crafting tools, and building defenses. Manage your character's basic needs like hunger and thirst while fending off nightly zombie attacks. Explore different environments and challenge powerful foes to unlock new game modes.

Highlights
  • Resource collection and hunting
  • Crafting tools and buildings
  • Zombie defense systems
  • Survival needs management
  • Multiple game modes
  • Boss battles
Features
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How long can you survive? Don't Die! Don't Stop eating and drinking! Through collections and hunting, you can create tools and buildings. Through it Protect yourself from zombies and survive for a long time. Adapted to five mode environment, Create a space protecting yourself from zombies! ■ Find a place where there is plenty of water and build a settlement! ■ Build various items and buildings through collection and hunting! ■ At night, zombies appear! ■ You can stop zombies by installing walls, snares, towers, and Canon! ■ Body temperature, hunger, water, and poo management are very important! ■ Put him on the altar, call him, fight him! You can obtain the key for the next mode! ■ Build an altar, call him, and fight! * Cave, new ore, added in 2.0 version * * Custom game added in 2.1 version * * To stop 'Control Center' in the App * ( Problem when dragging up from the bottom ) Device > Settings > Control Center > Access within App > Off [ Game Guide Link ] https://wildsoda.wordpress.com

About

Echo Dig

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The mine below owes nobody anything. The only way out is down. ECHO DIG is an endless arcade digger set in a mine that's pitch black. Your headlamp reaches a few feet, and the only map is the sonar echo you fire into the dark. Every ping reveals gems, tunnels, lava... and tells whatever lives down there exactly where you are. DIG BY FEEL, SURVIVE BY EAR - One-thumb controls: drag to steer, pull down to gun the drill - Tap with a second finger to fire an echo. Light up the dark, mark the gems, find the safe path - Blast charges punch through rock and lava when steering isn't enough - Grab the overcharge star and nothing can touch you. Briefly. THE DEEPER, THE STRANGER - Four zones, each with its own rules: Topsoil, Magma Core, Crystal Caverns, and The Abyss - World events flip the game mid-run. A Gem Rush floods the walls with treasure while the ceiling comes down; a Blackout kills your lamp and leaves you navigating by echo alone - Something down there hunts by sound. Every ping is a choice: see more, or stay unheard - Hand-placed discoveries in the deep: an abandoned drill, fossil bones, a cable that descends farther than it should... - And beneath The Abyss... The Sunken Sea: an underground ocean where oxygen is life, currents own the water, and your echo cuts through the silt FAIR, NOT SOFT Every death has one cause and it's usually your greed. No cheap kills, no unwinnable rooms. Just rocks, lava, falling debris, and decisions you'll swear you'd make differently. Then you press DIG AGAIN. FOR THE FAMILY Joe isn't digging for glory. Every gem is a debt payment, a roof patch, a meal. How deep would you go? FREE TO PLAY, HONESTLY Every new player gets the COMPLETE game (The Abyss, Zen Mode, all of it) free for their first 5 days. After that, the mine is free to 240 meters, with no ads, no energy timers, no nagging. One single purchase opens the sealed hatch forever. No subscriptions. Ever. - Quick runs: a full dive takes a couple of minutes - Works in silent mode, pauses for calls, saves your best depth - iPhone and iPad The mine is dark. The debt is due. Descend. Privacy Policy: https://stillwrinkled.github.io/echo-dig-support/privacy.html

Screenshots

Mine Survival4 screens
Echo Dig4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Echo Dig at none against Mine Survival's shown. Echo Dig also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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

Both are free to download. Mine Survival sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Echo Dig sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mine Survival ships an update every 2 months, Echo Dig every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mine Survival versus Echo Dig: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMine SurvivalEcho Dig
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (345 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings345 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKyoungA JungAmit Abhishek

Bugs and requests

Mine Survival

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearing game progress
  • Unresponsive controls
  • Compatibility issues on certain devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Difficulty settings
  • Expanded crafting and building options
  • Longer day/night cycle
  • Respawn/save system

Echo Dig

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Mine Survival

One-time9
  • 16 Ruby Pack$0.99
  • Unlock Hard Mode$3.99
  • Unlock Master Mode$3.99
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  • Unlock Hell Mode$3.99
  • 100 Ruby Pack$4.99
  • 240 Ruby Pack$9.99
  • 500 Ruby Pack$19.99
  • 1300 Ruby Pack$49.99
  • 2800 Ruby Pack$99.99
1 purchases

Echo Dig

One-time1
  • The Deep$4.99

Questions

Is Mine Survival free?
Mine Survival is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Echo Dig free?
Echo Dig is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mine Survival or Echo Dig have ads?
Mine Survival shows ads; Echo Dig does not.
Which is updated more often, Mine Survival or Echo Dig?
Mine Survival ships an update every 2 months, and Echo Dig every 3 weeks. Most recently, Mine Survival was updated on October 18, 2026 and Echo Dig on October 7, 2026.

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