Builders Idle vs Dig Crossing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Builders Idle
Build iconic world landmarks by tapping to boost and upgrade your builders. Travel the globe to assist in the construction of famous buildings in this engaging simulator.
- Build famous world landmarks
- Tap to boost builders
- Upgrade builders
- Travel around the world
- Construction simulator
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Amazing constructions simulator - create the most famous buildings in the world! Easy to play: tap to boost your builders, upgrade them and build the greatest world landmarks. Travel around the world and help your builders to finish beautiful buildings!
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 ads: Builders Idle at none against Dig Crossing's shown. Builders Idle also leads on review sentiment (29% vs 20%). Dig Crossing's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Builders Idle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dig Crossing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Builders Idle against 4.7 for Dig Crossing. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 312 and 299 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of Builders Idle's written reviews are positive against 20% of Dig Crossing's.
Builders Idle ships an update weekly, Dig Crossing every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Builders Idle | Dig Crossing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (312 ratings) | 4.7 (299 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 312 — better | 299 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 164 MB | 469 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | LittleBit | WONDER GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED |
Customer experience
Builders Idle
Dig Crossing
Bugs and requests
Builders Idle
Reported bugs
8 issues- Crashes offline
- Loses progress after crashing
- Game freezes at new buildings
- Builders not building
- Incomplete structures
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- Game crashes and loses upgrades
- Won't move to next building
- Ad-free purchase doesn't stop ads
Requested features
4 requests- Add more buildings
- Add more levels
- Add better backdrops and scenery
- Add more idle gameplay mechanics
Dig Crossing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Builders Idle
- No ads mode$2.99
Dig Crossing
- Ads Remove$9.99
Questions
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