UFO Puzzle vs Gem Digger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UFO Puzzle
Navigate challenging 3D mazes in an alien world to collect gems and power your ship to return home. This adventure game features hand-crafted levels and engaging space music, offering hours of addictive fun without distractions.
- 3D puzzle adventure
- Collect all gems
- Navigate difficult mazes
- Hand-made graphics and levels
- Space music
- No ads
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Fly a little UFO home through mazes in space. Tilt your phone to steer, collect the gems to open the way out, and keep away from the lava. A small alien borrowed the family saucer and flew straight into a comet storm. Now the saucer is dented, its engine is in pieces, and home is a long way off. You fly it back, one maze at a time. HOW IT PLAYS Tilt your phone and the saucer drifts that way, a bit like rolling a marble around a box. It's a little wobbly on purpose, so you learn to fly gently. Whatever angle you're holding the phone at when a level starts counts as flat, so you can play sitting up, lying down or on the bus. If you'd rather not tilt, switch to an on-screen stick in Settings. Collect every gem in a maze to open the gate, then fly through it. Lava damages the saucer, and a few hits will bring it down. The bigger mazes have checkpoints, and the ship's computer explains each new thing the first time you run into it. EVERY WORLD PLAYS DIFFERENTLY You'll fly past lava pools and erupting vents, slide across ice, open doors with switches, carry batteries with a tractor beam past lasers, slip through wormholes, and dodge falling comets in the dark. MORE TO DO - Find the small lost creature hidden in each level and bring it home with you. - Earn stars on every level for finishing, for finishing without a scratch, and for finishing fast. - Follow the story between worlds, told through messages from home. - Spend what you collect on new saucers, hats and trails. - Compete on Game Center leaderboards and unlock achievements. ALSO - Music, sound effects and vibration, each with its own switch. - Plays on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. On Apple TV, steer with the Siri Remote or a game controller. - Plays offline. Ads and Game Center need a connection. - No account needed. Your progress stays on your device. ADS AND PURCHASES UFO Puzzle is free and has ads. Video ads only play when you choose to watch one, to repair the saucer or to double what you earned in a level. You'll sometimes see an ad between levels, but never during one. A one-time purchase turns those ads off. You can also buy in-game currency to unlock looks sooner, but you never need to: everything can be earned by playing. There are no ads or purchases on Apple TV.
Gem Digger
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Dig into a collapsing cave, grab your gem quota, and reach the exit before the clock runs out. One wrong dig and a boulder lands on your head. Gem Digger is a boulder-physics puzzle game in the classic cave-arcade tradition. The first world and unlimited Endless runs are free; three more worlds are one-time unlocks. Rocks and gems fall and roll by rules you can learn, so a cave is something you solve, not something you grind. FREE, WITH NO TIMERS • Dirt Mines: 60 handcrafted caves • Endless mode: unlimited generated caves, free forever, each one checked against a solver before it is served • No energy meters and no lives to wait out, in the free worlds and the paid ones alike MECHANICS TO MASTER • Drop a boulder on a butterfly and it bursts into the gems you need • Wall the amoeba in and it turns to gems; let it sprawl and it turns to rock • Magic walls turn falling boulders into gems, but not for long • Outsmart fireflies, and learn slime and the falling-rock rules • Chase three stars on every cave; the third one needs a clear under par THREE MORE WORLDS Crystal Caves, Magma Depths and Frozen Hollow add 45 caves each. Each is a one-time in-app purchase, or take all three at once. No subscription, no consumables, nothing expires, and a single purchase restores across your devices. Built for touch: swipe anywhere or use the on-screen pad. Landscape, and it plays offline. Gem Digger shows ads between runs. A one-time Remove Ads purchase turns them off.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Gem Digger at every 3 months against UFO Puzzle's every 23 months. Gem Digger also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. UFO Puzzle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gem Digger sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
UFO Puzzle ships an update every 23 months, Gem Digger every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | UFO Puzzle | Gem Digger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris DeWeese | Seif Ibrahim |
In-app purchases
UFO Puzzle
- Remove Ads$0.99
Gem Digger
- Crystal Caves$2.99
- Magma Depths$2.99
- Frozen Hollow$2.99
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- Remove Ads$3.99
- Unlock All Worlds$6.99
- Complete Edition$9.99
Questions
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