Ground Driller vs Dig Crossing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ground Driller
An idle digging game where you excavate gems and minerals with automated miners and upgradable equipment. Discover rare treasures deep underground and earn coins even when offline. Explore new content like research, fishing, and mini-games.
- Automated digging and mining
- Collect diverse gems and minerals
- Upgrade excavators and miners
- Offline coin earnings
- Mining research, fishing, mini-games
- Achievements and leaderboards
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Mine diverse gems and minerals with a powerful excavator and cute miners. Rarest gems are found only in the deepest part of the earth so dig as deep as possible. - No control required. Digging and mining are done automatically! - Uranium, nickel, copper, coal, iron ore and other minerals can be collected. - You must upgrade your excavator to get deep into the earth. - Capable miners can mine more minerals than others. - There are various surprise events! - You can earn Coins even while you're offline. - New content has been added, including mining research, fishing, and mini-games. - Achievement & Leaderboard supported. - This is an offline game that does not require Data or WiFi connection. - Supports English.
Dig Crossing
Explore and discover mines in this popular idle game. Assign workers to dig tirelessly, earning coins and treasures. Upgrade attributes and unlock new mines for continuous progress, even offline.
- Tap to make workers dig faster
- Upgrade attributes for efficient digging
- Unlock various mine types
- Receive bonuses and offline rewards
- Recruit more workers
- Play without internet
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NEW! Welcome to Idle Miner, the most popular idle game on mobiles. Explore and discover the mine whenever you want! Digging the mine can be hard and often thankless work. However, in Idle Miner, you will have a group of workers who will keep digging without a break just to provide you a bag of coins and other surprise treasures. Game Features: • Tap fast to make worker harder • Upgrade attribute to dig more mine in a short time • Unlock many kinds of mines • Free to get bonuses and offline reward • Worker skins are free to be selected • Recruit workers as much as possible • Play without internet
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ground Driller at 60% against Dig Crossing's 20%. Dig Crossing's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Ground Driller sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Dig Crossing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dig Crossing holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 498 and 297 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Ground Driller's written reviews are positive against 20% of Dig Crossing's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ground Driller ships an update monthly, Dig Crossing every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ground Driller | Dig Crossing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (498 ratings) | 4.7 (297 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.2% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 498 — better | 297 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | 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 | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 234 MB | 469 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Fevergames inc. | WONDER GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED |
Customer experience
Ground Driller
Dig Crossing
Bugs and requests
Ground Driller
Reported bugs
3 issues- Coin count not visible on iPhone X/XS/XR
- Timers not counting down when app is closed
- Ads not loading properly
Requested features
5 requests- Offline resource generation
- Bulk upgrade options
- Competitive/social features
- More end-game content
- Compatibility improvements for newer iPhones
Dig Crossing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ground Driller
- 300 Dia$1.99
- 1200 Dia$6.99
- Speed-up 3x$6.99
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- Remove Bad News$6.99
- 4200 Diamonds$19.99
- 8000 Dia$34.99
- 18000 Dia(Limited)$34.99
- 18000 Diamonds$69.99
Dig Crossing
- Ads Remove$9.99
Questions
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