Mining Sims vs Heavy Machines Simulator Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mining Sims
Experience the realistic operations of an underground mine. Purchase and upgrade machinery, hire workers, and process ore to expand your mining empire from a small site to a fully automated operation. Manage maintenance and sell minerals to grow your profits.
- Realistic underground mine machinery
- Purchase and upgrade trucks
- Hire and manage workers
- Process ore for profit
- Expand and automate mine site
- 3D graphics and realistic landscapes
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Mining Sims has been designed specifically with the exact machinery used in real underground mines around the world. You will purchase and upgrade various trucks, hire workers to operate the machinery and run your mine, as you process ore to make money and maintain services to keep your mine operational. Mining Sims is the closest you will come to the real-life experience of working in an underground mine. You will oversee the maintenance all your machinery, keeping the mine running and selling the different minerals mined. Using the 3D graphics and the most realistic landscapes, expand your mine and develop your ability to produce, starting from a small rundown mine, and expanding to a fully automated site. Using the profits from the minerals sold, you will be able to purchase more trucks and upgrade the machinery to bigger and better. Mining Sims offers in-app purchases to upgrade your machinery and purchase extra trucks.
Heavy Machines Simulator Game
Experience the thrill of a mining area by operating heavy machinery. Complete timed tasks like digging coal with excavators, transporting materials with trucks, and processing resources to create valuable items. Each level offers new adventures and challenges.
- Operate excavators, trucks, and other heavy machines
- Complete timed mining and construction tasks
- Dig coal and process it into diamonds
- Transport materials and passengers
- Engaging and addictive levels
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Have you been in any mining area? Do you love mining and heavy machine games? Then this game is for you. Enjoy the thrill of being in a mining area, drive various vehicles like excavators, trucks and many more heavy machines. Each level you will be assigned various tasks and you have to complete the task within time to complete the level. Drive truck to pick and drop passengers at mining area, use excavator to dig and drill the coal, use turning machine to make diamonds out of coal and much more. Each level is packed with adventure and you will love playing this game. Drive towards the mining rock and start drilling using the excavator. Once all the rocks are broken, you can use a loading excavator and load the rocks into the truck. Drive the truck towards turning area and use these coal rocks to generate diamonds. Pack and export these diamonds. Each level is linked and you will enjoy playing this game. Features: * Amazing Mining Area * Many Vehicles to Drive * Mining and Construction Game * Easy and Smooth Controls * Fun to Play * Addictive Levels
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Mining Sims at none against Heavy Machines Simulator Game's shown. Heavy Machines Simulator Game's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (979 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, 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. Mining Sims sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Heavy Machines Simulator Game sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Heavy Machines Simulator Game holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heavy Machines Simulator Game has 979 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Mining Sims's written reviews are positive against 38% of Heavy Machines Simulator Game's.
Mining Sims ships an update every 20 months, Heavy Machines Simulator Game every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mining Sims | Heavy Machines Simulator Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.3 (979 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 37.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 979 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 790 MB | 373 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | DYNAMIC VISION AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | Frigate Games |
Customer experience
Mining Sims
Heavy Machines Simulator Game
Bugs and requests
Mining Sims
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Heavy Machines Simulator Game
Reported bugs
2 issues- Invisible barriers preventing access
- Ads still shown despite paid version
Requested features
3 requests- Add unloading goods from dump truck
- Improve career mode flow
- Add more levels and content
In-app purchases
Mining Sims
- 350 Gold$0.99
- 5M coins$0.99
- 10M coins$0.99
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- 5 diamond$0.99
- 10 diamond$0.99
- 950 Gold$2.99
- 25M coins$2.99
- 25 diamonds$2.99
- 2250 Gold$5.99
- 75M coins$5.99
- 75 diamonds$5.99
Heavy Machines Simulator Game
- No Ads$1.99
- 10000Coins Offer$1.99
- 10000 Coins$4.99
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- Unlock All Levels$9.99
- 50000 coins$9.99
- Unlock All Vehicles$14.99
- 100000 Coins$14.99
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