Comparison

Dig This! vs Pull the Pin

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

Head to head
About

Dig This!

Engage your mind with a unique physics-based puzzle game. Dig with your finger to create paths and guide a ball to its destination, overcoming clever challenges and using gravity and momentum to your advantage. Discover thousands of handcrafted levels that test your logic and creativity.

Highlights
  • Unique digging gameplay
  • Realistic physics puzzles
  • Thousands of handcrafted levels
  • Logic and creativity challenges
  • Fun mechanics like bombs
  • Hints and solutions available
Features
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Dig, think, and solve! Just dig with your finger and guide the ball to the cup. Simple to learn — but every level hides a clever trick waiting to be discovered. Use gravity, momentum, and creativity to crack satisfying physics puzzles. Sometimes you need to build speed. Sometimes objects must collide. And sometimes the simplest path is the smartest one. With over 10,000 handcrafted levels and fresh ones added every week — there's always something new to dig into. Features • Unique digging gameplay found nowhere else • Simple to learn, endlessly satisfying to master • Realistic, physics-based puzzles • 10,000+ handcrafted levels • New levels added every week • Fun mechanics: bombs, multi-colored balls, and more • Clean, colorful 3D graphics • Stuck? Hints and solutions are always available

About

Pull the Pin

A physics-based puzzle game where you must strategically remove pins to guide colored balls into a pipe. Solve increasingly complex levels by understanding gravity and color mechanics.

Highlights
  • Physics-based gameplay
  • Strategic pin removal
  • Color-spreading mechanics
  • Challenging levels
  • Satisfying graphics
Features
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In this game full of satisfying graphics and innovative levels, you can challenge yourself, your brain, and your friends! It’s you against physics and the tricky levels — WHO WILL WIN? All balls have to go into the pipe … can you remove the pins in the right order and make it happen? It should be simple: gravity pulls the balls down towards the pipe. But then pins are in the way! Can you help out and flip away the pins and get the balls to where they are supposed to be? But wait: there is another level of trickery! Sometimes some of the balls are colourless: before they go into the pipe, they need to touch a color ball, so the color spreads to them as well. So simple yet so tricky!

Screenshots

Dig This!4 screens
Pull the Pin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dig This! at 55% against Pull the Pin's 14%. Dig This! also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Pull the Pin's advantage is update cadence (weekly 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dig This! sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Pull the Pin sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dig This! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 632K and 250K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Dig This!'s written reviews are positive against 14% of Pull the Pin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dig This! ships an update monthly, Pull the Pin weekly. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dig This! versus Pull the Pin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDig This!Pull the Pin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (632K ratings) — better4.4 (250K ratings)
Positive reviews55.2% of reviews — better14.4% of reviews
Number of ratings632K — better250K
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size334 MB417 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperRaketspel ABPopcore GmbH

Customer experience

Dig This!

All ratings631,712 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral4.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews1,802 reviews
Positive55.2%
Neutral9.9%
Negative34.9%

Pull the Pin

All ratings250,208 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral8.1%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews1,917 reviews
Positive14.4%
Neutral13.5%
Negative72.1%

User reviews

Dig This!

From 632K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent game if you like to problem solve
  • 🚀 Challenging and enjoyable
  • 👍 Fun and addictive
  • 👍 Great physics and gameplay
  • 👍 Clever and inventive puzzles

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Too many ads
  • 🔍 Ads are intrusive and disruptive
  • 🔍 Ads appear too frequently
  • 🐛 Game crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Levels can feel too random or based on luck

Pull the Pin

From 250K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and relaxing gameplay
  • 💰 Ability to earn coins by watching ads
  • 🌈 Variety of ball and background customizations

Room to improve

  • 🚧 Levels do not increase in difficulty
  • 💤 Repetitive and boring after a while
  • 📺 Excessive number of ads interrupting gameplay
  • 🐛 Glitches causing levels to fail unfairly

Bugs and requests

Dig This!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not saving progress
  • Hints not working as expected
  • Ads not closing properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Earn hints by watching ads or completing levels
  • More levels and content updates
  • Option to reset progress and start over
  • Ability to skip levels without using a hint

Pull the Pin

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Puzzle pieces not registering as collected
  • Levels freezing or failing without player input
  • Ads failing to load and preventing progress

Requested features

3 requests
  • More challenging and varied puzzle levels
  • Ability to spend earned coins on meaningful upgrades
  • Option to disable ads for a one-time fee

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Dig This!

One-time12
  • Random Skin$0.99
  • Solutions - Small Pack$1.99
  • Easter Levels$3.99
Show 9 more
  • Reduced price 4th of July$3.99
  • Special Offer$4.99
  • Seasonal Event – Easter$4.99
  • No ads$4.99
  • Seasonal event 4th of July$4.99
  • Solutions - Medium Pack$5.99
  • Solutions – Big Pack$14.99
  • Mega Pack$14.99
  • Solutions – Huge Pack$24.99
14 purchases

Pull the Pin

One-time14
  • Bunch of cash$0.99
  • Skip Tickets$1.99
  • Remove Ads$7.99
Show 11 more
  • Get All Sumer Event Rewards$7.99
  • Easter Offer2 variants$9.99
  • Summer Event$9.99
  • Back to School Offer$9.99
  • Halloween Offer$9.99
  • Halloween Event Offer$9.99
  • Thanksgiving Offer$9.99
  • Christmas Offer$9.99
  • Winter Event$9.99
  • Back to School$9.99
  • Suitcase of Cash$59.99

Questions

Is Dig This! free?
Dig This! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pull the Pin free?
Pull the Pin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dig This! or Pull the Pin?
Dig This! is rated higher. Dig This! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 632K ratings, while Pull the Pin averages 4.4 from 250K ratings.
Do Dig This! or Pull the Pin have ads?
Both Dig This! and Pull the Pin show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dig This! or Pull the Pin?
Dig This! ships an update monthly, and Pull the Pin weekly. Most recently, Dig This! was updated on September 25, 2026 and Pull the Pin on September 25, 2026.

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