Comparison

Mineblast!! vs Not Another Weekend

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

Head to head
About

Mineblast!!

Explore a dangerous mine and blast your way out using TNTs in this platformer destruction game. Utilize the fully destructible environments to create paths, uncover gems, and find hidden secrets. Enjoy hours of creative fun with pixel art graphics and chiptune music.

Highlights
  • Fully destructible environments and physics
  • Pixel art graphics and chiptune music
  • Hidden secrets and levels
  • Creative pathfinding with TNT
  • Gem collection
Features
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Explore a dangerous mine and blast your way out using TNTs. Mineblast!! is a platformer destruction game with fully destructible environments. Blast walls to open your way, blast soil and crates to find precious gems, blast wooden platforms to use them as a bridge, there is no limit to your creativity. Features: • Fully destructible environments and physics. • Quality pixel art graphics and chiptune music. • Lots of hidden secrets and levels. • Super Cat Tales characters. • Hours and hours of fun!

About

Not Another Weekend

Embark on a humorous point-and-click adventure set in the '80s. Play as a peculiar bellboy with a dark plan to clear out a high-class hotel over a single weekend. Experience a unique story filled with twists, strange characters, and challenging puzzles.

Highlights
  • Pixel art graphics
  • Unique story with twists
  • Strange characters and funny dialogues
  • Adult humor
  • Challenging puzzles
  • Original soundtrack
Features
Currently charting
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For all the fans of pixel art out there, get ready for one wacky adventure! You play as a bellboy, Mike Melkout, who works in a high-class hotel. Mike may seem crazy, or even peculiar, or he might as well be. However, he has only one plan. A dark plan! To kick everyone out in a single Weekend. A humorous point-and-click adventure game set in the ’80s as a tribute to the pop culture of that era. Key Features: - Beautiful pixel art graphics. - A unique story with lots of twists. - Strange characters, depicting some famous 80’s icons, and funny dialogues. - Adult humor and challenging puzzles. - Original soundtrack.

Screenshots

Mineblast!!4 screens
Not Another Weekend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mineblast!! at Free against Not Another Weekend's $4.99. Mineblast!! also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). Not Another Weekend's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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

Mineblast!! is free to download; Not Another Weekend costs $4.99 up front. Mineblast!! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Not Another Weekend asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Not Another Weekend holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 153 and 53 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Mineblast!!'s written reviews are positive against 79% of Not Another Weekend's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mineblast!! ships an update every 3 months, Not Another Weekend every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Mineblast!! versus Not Another Weekend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMineblast!!Not Another Weekend
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.0 (153 ratings)4.8 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.9% of reviews78.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings153 — better53
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#188 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB264 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGionathan PesaresiDionous Games

Customer experience

Mineblast!!

All ratings153 ratings
Positive70.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive55.9%
Neutral18.9%
Negative25.2%

Not Another Weekend

All ratings53 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative15.2%

Bugs and requests

Mineblast!!

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Levels freezing or not loading properly
  • Inability to progress past certain stages
  • Saved data being lost after updates
  • Ads causing the game to crash or become unresponsive

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add checkpoint system to avoid restarting levels
  • Introduce more playable characters and customization options
  • Implement an option to remove ads for a one-time fee
  • Improve level design to reduce frustrating dead ends

Not Another Weekend

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mineblast!!

One-time2
  • Gate Ticket$0.99
  • Premium$2.99
None

Not Another Weekend

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mineblast!! free?
Mineblast!! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Not Another Weekend free?
Not Another Weekend costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mineblast!! or Not Another Weekend?
Not Another Weekend is rated higher. Mineblast!! averages 4.0 out of 5 from 153 ratings, while Not Another Weekend averages 4.8 from 53 ratings.
Do Mineblast!! or Not Another Weekend have ads?
Mineblast!! shows ads; Not Another Weekend does not.
Which is updated more often, Mineblast!! or Not Another Weekend?
Mineblast!! ships an update every 3 months, and Not Another Weekend every 10 months. Most recently, Mineblast!! was updated on September 20, 2026 and Not Another Weekend on September 22, 2026.

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