Builders Idle vs Mini Digger
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!
Mini Digger
Manage a mining company, recruit workers, and excavate historical sites for treasures. Sell your findings, upgrade tools, and invest to grow your business. This idle clicker game offers satisfying gameplay and automatic resource generation.
- Recruit and manage miners
- Excavate heritage sites and treasures
- Sell gold and diamond ore
- Upgrade digging tools
- Explore iconic archaeological maps
- Automatic digging and mining
- Collect idle gold coins
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MINI DIGGER invites you to be the boss of the DiggyAntique company. Here you can lean back in a comfortable boss's chair, grow your mining business and become the idle rich! Recruit your workers and start digging! Excavate and uncover astonishing heritage sites, antiques, treasures, etc. Sell gold and diamond ore, polish your digging skills, invest like a business tycoon and hire more workers to speed up! Collect cultural relics from ancient times! Enjoy the beautiful and fascinating scenes of the historical remains! Start digging in one of the addicting incremental/clicker game! Can’t wait to start? Tap to Dig! HOW TO PLAY • Recruit your miners and start digging! • Profit from selling your gold and diamond ore at the right time, and upgrade your digging tools to dig faster • Find lazy workers and tap to wake them up • Explore iconic maps with archaeological themes: Easter Island, Egyptian Pyramids, and more! • Uncover the mysterious history behind relics and historical remains KEY FEATURES • Super-duper satisfying game! Casual gameplay! Perfect time killer! • Beautiful and refreshing animations and low-poly 3D graphics • Three well-designed thematic maps waiting for you to explore • Automatic digging and mining • Get idle gold coins, even when you are sleeping! • Lots of gifts: daily rewards, lucky wheel, and more! Get some free stuff every day! Mini Digger introduces you to an intriguing way to spend your free time with pleasure, relax your mind and learn background stories about ancient treasures. The delightful simulation idle mining game is definitely worth a try! All it takes for your mining journey to unfold is you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Builders Idle at 4.6 against Mini Digger's 4.0. Builders Idle also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Mini Digger's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Mini Digger sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Builders Idle holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 312 and 96 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Builders Idle's written reviews are positive against 28% of Mini Digger's.
Builders Idle ships an update weekly, Mini Digger every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Builders Idle | Mini Digger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (312 ratings) — better | 4.0 (96 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews — better | 28.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 312 — better | 96 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 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 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LittleBit | Chengdu Warrior Tech Limited |
Customer experience
Builders Idle
Mini Digger
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
Mini Digger
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Builders Idle
- No ads mode$2.99
Mini Digger
- Monthly Subscription 9.99$9.991 Month
- Beginner Pack 0.99$0.99
- Beginner Pack 2$1.99
- Beginner Pack$2.99
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- Remove interstitial ads$2.99
- Second Scene Pack$4.99
- Super Miner 9.99$9.99
- Armor Miner 9.99$9.99
- Monthly Card$9.99
- Double revenue 10.99$10.99
Questions
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