Comparison

Morels 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

Morels

This is a digital adaptation of a beloved card game where players forage for delicious mushrooms in a dappled forest. Compete against others or AI, cook your finds, and strategically collect varieties to win. Includes an expansion with new cards and gameplay elements.

Highlights
  • Digital adaptation of a strategy card game
  • Online asynchronous 2-player games
  • Local pass & play mode
  • Solo play against AI
  • Game modifiers for varied gameplay
  • Interactive tutorial
  • In-app rulebook
Features
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*** Foray is now available! Foray expands Morels with 13 new types of cards including new items, characters, weather, and a more dynamic forest. Last fall, crackling fires wreathed the mountains. This spring, light-wielding thunderstorms roiled the valleys. Now, with summer come early and a glowing moon overhead, the soil is moist and black and delicious mushrooms are peeking up all over the forest. The Foray is on! *** The official digital adaptation of the beloved card game Morels. The woods are old-growth, dappled with sunlight. Delicious mushrooms beckon from every grove and hollow with many tasty varieties awaiting the savvy collector. Forage, sautée with butter over the fire, and cook your way to victory! Highlights: -Elegant digital conversion of the card game by Brent Povis -Online asynchronous 2 player games -Local pass & play -Solo play against 3 AI difficulty levels -Game modifiers: try a new way to play! -Interactive tutorial -In-app rulebook -Translated into: English, German, French, Italian and Spanish -No ads or microtransactions. Awards & Honors: 2014 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Two-players Nominee 2014 Games Magazine Best New Card Game Winner 2014 Fairplay À la carte Winner 2012 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2012 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee

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

Morels3 screens
Imperial Miners4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Morels at 90% against Imperial Miners's 57%. Morels also leads on price ($4.99 vs $7.99) and chart position (#104 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Morels costs $4.99 and Imperial Miners $7.99 up front. Morels sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Imperial Miners sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Morels ships an update fortnightly, Imperial Miners monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Morels versus Imperial Miners: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMorelsImperial Miners
Price$4.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.9 (491 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings491 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#104 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMOSSBARK GAMES LLCPortal Games

Customer experience

Morels

All ratings485 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative4.4%

Imperial Miners

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

Bugs and requests

Morels

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Foray cards not functioning properly
  • Destroying Angel card causing game to get stuck
  • Shiitake log not always creating bonus
  • Butter and cider extras not working together

Requested features

4 requests
  • Online synchronous 2-player mode
  • In-game messaging for online play
  • Faster end-game scoring
  • More player accounts and leaderboards

Imperial Miners

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Morels

One-time1
  • Foray$2.99
1 purchases

Imperial Miners

One-time1
  • Promo Goodies Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Morels free?
Morels costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Imperial Miners free?
Imperial Miners costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Morels or Imperial Miners have ads?
Neither Morels nor Imperial Miners shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Morels or Imperial Miners?
Morels ships an update fortnightly, and Imperial Miners monthly. Most recently, Morels was updated on October 26, 2026 and Imperial Miners on October 25, 2026.

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