Idle Digging vs Dig Crossing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Digging
Manage workers to dig and build houses, earning gold to upgrade tools for faster digging. Experience an addictive idle game focused on resource management and wealth accumulation.
- Manage workers
- Dig and build houses
- Earn gold
- Upgrade digging tools
- Addictive gameplay
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Welcome to Idle Digging. In this game, you will manage your workers to dig and build beautiful houses. Earn gold and upgrade your digging tools to dig faster. Enjoy the addictive digging game and become the rich!
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 ratings volume: Idle Digging at 38K against Dig Crossing's 299. Idle Digging also leads on review sentiment (39% vs 20%). Dig Crossing's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, rating, 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 Digging sells 7 one-off in-app purchases 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 Idle Digging against 4.7 for Dig Crossing. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Digging has 38K ratings behind it against 299, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 39% of Idle Digging's written reviews are positive against 20% of Dig Crossing's.
Idle Digging ships an update every 3 weeks, Dig Crossing every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Digging | Dig Crossing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (38K ratings) | 4.7 (299 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.4% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38K — better | 299 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | 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 | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 286 MB | 469 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Zplay (Beijing) Info. Tech. Co.,Ltd. | WONDER GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED |
Customer experience
Idle Digging
Dig Crossing
Bugs and requests
Idle Digging
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads not working as expected
- Progress loss after updates
- Crashes and freezes
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Offline earnings
- Customization options
- Improved ad system
Dig Crossing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Idle Digging
- Diamond Pack 1$1.99
- Remove Pop-up Ads$1.99
- Special Bundle$2.99
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- Diamond Pack 2$4.99
- Diamond Pack 3$9.99
- Diamond Pack 4$19.99
- Diamond Pack 5$49.99
Dig Crossing
- Ads Remove$9.99
Questions
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