Comparison

DrillKing vs Bouncy Throw

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

Head to head
About

DrillKing

Explore alien planets, mine valuable minerals, and construct your own colony. Upgrade your drill and facilities to unlock new technologies and help your home world. Strategic planning is key to success in this interstellar resource-gathering adventure.

Highlights
  • Explore 5 distinctive planets
  • Mine minerals and resources
  • Build and upgrade colony infrastructure
  • Develop new technologies
  • Complete quests for rewards
  • Trade for minerals
Features
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Drill down planet surface, mine minerals, craft buildings and upgrade your drill to build your own colony! Simply shake your device to handle various events and make progress! Features Drillking is a game where you mine minerals and build colonies on extraterrestrial planets. There are 5 distinctive planets to explore. Colonize each planet, dig up minerals, develop new technology, and help your home world Earth. How to play Drill down Planet surface to mine Minerals. Use them to build and upgrade infrastructures for your colony. Each Planet has its unique set of Minerals. You must plan carefully where to drill and what to upgrade. Some Planets are restricted, due to its strange gravity. To access these Planets, you must upgrade your Drill. DRILL: The main mining device. The deeper you dig, the more Mineral types you'll find. FACTORY: This is where you extract Minerals from ore. Upgrade Factory to increase mining speed. DEPOT: This is where you keep your Minerals. Upgrade Depot to increase its max Mineral capacity. You can trade Star for Minerals in Star Refinery, but you must unlock it first. PRO TIP: Always check Quests! Quest rewards are very helpful for easier progress. Some Quests will unlock super-effective Lab contents. Tap Comm Sat on the left for helpful tips. Synopsis Planet Earth, 327 Space Year. The human race faces a new crisis, as increasing number of population consumed most of available resources. Scientists began a project to craft an All-terrain mining vessel, capable of drilling any surface to mine minerals… …and after 5 years, The vessel is complete, and an inhabitable planet with rich amount of minerals is found. The New Frontier awaits you! Notes Your data is saved in the device. If you change device, or delete the app, all save files will be terminated. Deleting the app will terminate all save files.

About

Bouncy Throw

Features
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Bouncy Throw is a fast-paced strategy game where you recruit and merge soldiers to unleash bouncing axes inside a monster-infested building. Watch as the axes ricochet off walls, taking down enemies before they can reach the attic and endanger your hero. Upgrade your army, perfect your throws, and defend your stronghold!

Screenshots

DrillKing4 screens
Bouncy Throw4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bouncy Throw at none against DrillKing's 3. DrillKing's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DrillKing sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Bouncy Throw asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrillKing ships an update weekly, Bouncy Throw fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DrillKing versus Bouncy Throw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrillKingBouncy Throw
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB146 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJINOH ChoEpiCoro d.o.o.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DrillKing

One-time3
  • DrillKing 100 Stars$0.99
  • DrillKing 350 Stars$2.99
  • DrillKing 1500 Stars$9.99
None

Bouncy Throw

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DrillKing free?
DrillKing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bouncy Throw free?
Bouncy Throw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DrillKing or Bouncy Throw have ads?
Bouncy Throw shows ads; DrillKing does not.
Which is updated more often, DrillKing or Bouncy Throw?
DrillKing ships an update weekly, and Bouncy Throw fortnightly. Most recently, DrillKing was updated on November 2, 2026 and Bouncy Throw on October 28, 2026.

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