Idle Explorer vs Miner Hero!
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 :)
Miner Hero!
Embark on an adventure through dungeons and mines. Upgrade your pickaxe, weapons, and gear to battle creatures and explore new maps. Discover new caves and expand your mining expeditions.
- Explore caves and mines
- Dig with a pickaxe
- Upgrade weapons and gear
- Fight dungeon creatures
- Discover new maps
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Explore caves and dig mines with your pickaxe! Upgrade your weapon and fight with dungeon creatures. Upgrade your pickaxe, ring and guns! Explore new caves and new maps!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Explorer at 4.3 against Miner Hero!'s 2.8. Idle Explorer also leads on ratings volume (295 vs 9). Miner Hero!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Miner Hero! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Idle Explorer holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Explorer has 295 ratings behind it against 9, 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 20% of Miner Hero!'s.
Idle Explorer ships an update fortnightly, Miner Hero! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Explorer | Miner Hero! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (295 ratings) — better | 2.8 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.1% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 295 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 380 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MADBOX | Ugur Gulser |
Customer experience
Idle Explorer
Miner Hero!
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
Miner Hero!
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
Miner Hero!
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Idle Explorer free?
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Do Idle Explorer or Miner Hero! have ads?
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