Tiny Miners vs Mining Tycoon 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Miners
Tap and build a thriving dwarf town, collecting cash and hatching dragons. Upgrade your township and invest wisely to grow rich, even while offline. Compete with friends in this addictive idle clicker game.
- Super casual gameplay
- Tap and build dwarf town
- Collect cash and hatch dragons
- Upgrade and grow investments
- Unique 3D visuals
- Challenge friends
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Want to GROW RICH? Can you TAP FAST enough? CLICK - TAP - BUILD - COLLECT miners cash every day - even when you're not playing! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 REASONS TO PLAY TINY MINERS ●SUPER CASUAL GAMEPLAY Just keep tapping the screen ● TAP & BUILDBuild your dwarf town, collect money, hatch dragons, upgrade your township! Tap! Tap! Tapped! ● CLICK & CASH Casual & addictive Idle Clicker city Game for everyone! Collect and Grow rich! ● UPGRADE & GROW Plan your cash investments and level up to multiple upgrades ● UNIQUE VISUALS Amazing 3D magical world with greedy dwarves and pet dragons ● CHALLENGE FRIENDS Think you can hatch more happy dragons than your friends? Got more gems? Send them a challenge! PLEASE NOTE! Tiny Miners is free to download and play, however, some game items can also be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. A network connection is also required. Support: Master, are you having problems? Visit mindstorm-studios.helpshift.com/a/tiny-miners/ or contact us in game by going to Settings > Help and Support. ~~~~~~~~~~~ ALREADY in LOVE WITH US? Like us: https://www.facebook.com/tinytycoon/
Mining Tycoon 3D
Dig deep into the earth to unearth precious gems, gold, and diamonds. Hire miners, upgrade their speed, and tap to accelerate your excavation. Become a wealthy mining tycoon by discovering hidden treasures and filling your carts.
- Mine and load carts
- Discover various jewels
- Dig and create paths
- Explore a spiral world
- Hire and upgrade workers
- Tap to speed up mining
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Become a Mining Tycoon! It was never too easy and satisfying until now! Dig down deep in to the earth and extract out Gems, Gold, Diamonds and Treasures hidden from Millions of years by hiring miners and speed up the process by tapping on the screen. The more you mine the richer you become! Mining Tycoon - Idle Game's Features: • Mine & load on the carts. • Discover verities of jewels the deeper you dig • Dig and make paths. • Enjoy the spiral world with multiple paths • Hire workers and upgrade the speed of workers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tiny Miners at 77% against Mining Tycoon 3D's 13%. Tiny Miners also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (806 vs 46). Mining Tycoon 3D's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Tiny Miners sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Mining Tycoon 3D sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tiny Miners holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Miners has 806 ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Tiny Miners's written reviews are positive against 13% of Mining Tycoon 3D's.
Tiny Miners ships an update every 4 weeks, Mining Tycoon 3D every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Miners | Mining Tycoon 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (806 ratings) — better | 3.3 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.0% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 806 — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 279 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mindstorm Studios | Sablo Studio |
Customer experience
Tiny Miners
Mining Tycoon 3D
Bugs and requests
Tiny Miners
Reported bugs
2 issues- Rewards not received after watching ads
- Purchases not registering properly
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to remove ads through one-time purchase
- More diverse gameplay mechanics and content
- Better optimization to reduce crashes and freezes
Mining Tycoon 3D
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tiny Miners
- Red Diamond Chest 70% off$0.99
- Vault Permit 80% off$0.99
- Fiery Pile$0.99
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- Valut Permit 60% off$1.99
- Red Diamond Special Offer$2.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
- Sackful$4.99
- Vault Permit$4.99
- Burning Trunk$4.99
- Shiny Box$9.99
Mining Tycoon 3D
- Handful of Gems$1.99
- Bucket of Gems$4.99
- Barrel of Gems$9.99
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- Remove Unwanted Ads$9.99
- Crate of Gems$24.99
- Wheel Barrow of Gems$44.99
- Truckload of Gems$89.99
Questions
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