Idle Explorer vs Mining Tycoon 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Explorer
Become a settler and discover new lands in this idle simulation game. Hire workers, gather resources, and earn money to upgrade your team and skills. Enjoy a super easy-to-play experience focused on exploration and profit.
- Explore new lands
- Hire and upgrade workers
- Gather resources
- Earn in-game currency
- Upgrade skills
- Become a settler
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Always wanted to become a settler, discover new lands, AND take profit on it? Welcome to Idle Explorer! Idle Explorer is an Idle game, super easy to play, where you dock on a new land, and hire worker to find ressources to earn tons of money! Select your dream team, upgrade its skill, and become the best settler. We hope you will have fun playing our game! We put a lot of passion in it, do not hesitate to let us some feedback! Enjoy :)
Mining Tycoon 3D
Dig deep into the earth to unearth precious gems, gold, and diamonds. Hire miners, upgrade their speed, and tap to accelerate your excavation. Become a wealthy mining tycoon by discovering hidden treasures and filling your carts.
- Mine and load carts
- Discover various jewels
- Dig and create paths
- Explore a spiral world
- Hire and upgrade workers
- Tap to speed up mining
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Become a Mining Tycoon! It was never too easy and satisfying until now! Dig down deep in to the earth and extract out Gems, Gold, Diamonds and Treasures hidden from Millions of years by hiring miners and speed up the process by tapping on the screen. The more you mine the richer you become! Mining Tycoon - Idle Game's Features: • Mine & load on the carts. • Discover verities of jewels the deeper you dig • Dig and make paths. • Enjoy the spiral world with multiple paths • Hire workers and upgrade the speed of workers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Explorer at 4.3 against Mining Tycoon 3D's 3.3. Idle Explorer also leads on review sentiment (24% vs 13%) and ratings volume (283 vs 46). On price, update cadence, 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. Idle Explorer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Mining Tycoon 3D sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Explorer holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Explorer has 283 ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Idle Explorer's written reviews are positive against 13% of Mining Tycoon 3D's.
Idle Explorer ships an update fortnightly, Mining Tycoon 3D every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Idle Explorer | Mining Tycoon 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (283 ratings) — better | 3.3 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.1% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 283 — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | 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 | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MADBOX | Sablo Studio |
Customer experience
Idle Explorer
Mining Tycoon 3D
Bugs and requests
Idle Explorer
Reported bugs
8 issues- Cannot go to the next world/island
- Stuck on islands/levels
- App doesn't open (gray screen)
- Game crashes, especially with ad boosters
- Progress reset after update
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- Difficulty getting maps from chests
- Cannot level up past a certain point
- Force you to watch ads even when declining
Requested features
6 requests- Add music and sound effects
- Option to buy ad freedom
- More content/features
- Fix progress reset bug
- Improve map collection rate
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- Add a storyline
Mining Tycoon 3D
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Idle Explorer
- Small profit boost$0.99
- Small speed boost$0.99
- Large speed boost$3.99
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- Large profit boost$3.99
- Enormous profit boost$9.99
- Enormous speed boost$9.99
Mining Tycoon 3D
- Handful of Gems$1.99
- Bucket of Gems$4.99
- Barrel of Gems$9.99
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- Remove Unwanted Ads$9.99
- Crate of Gems$24.99
- Wheel Barrow of Gems$44.99
- Truckload of Gems$89.99
Questions
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