Cave Driller vs Popo's Mine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cave Driller
An idle simulation game where units automatically mine resources and expand your mine. Hire managers with special abilities and explore other planets to discover unique minerals. Strengthen your units and equipment to achieve a billionaire dream.
- Automatic mine excavation and mineral mining
- Explore and develop planets
- Mine 23 types of minerals
- Hire and strengthen managers
- Various digging and mining equipment
- Surprise missions and bonuses
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Cave Driller is a new type of an idle simulation game. Unlike other clicker idle games, Cave Driller does not required touch frequently, thus units will be mining automatically without clicking and touching, and drills will dig the ground to expand mine. Hire and strengthen the important managers with special abilities, such as emptying warehouses, repairing broken mines, and increasing the efficiency of units to mine the minerals faster. Not only mining on the earth, but also expand and build mine to get unique minerals in other planets by space exploring. Special and valuable 23 types of minerals can be acquired as deeper the mine. Achieve the best manager of the mine to fulfill billionaire dream by strengthening units, and equipment to earn more. [Game Feature] - Automatic mine excavation and mineral mining even if left unattended without special operation - Explore and develop Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - Mining the totals 23 types of minerals such as zircon, emerald, cobalt, and iridium - Various digging equipment is available such as turbo, hurricane, super, and Thor - Various mining equipment is available such as blade, claw, and destroyer - Various elevator equipment is available such as dash, lightning, and warp - Various storage vehicle equipment is available such as armor, bore, and jumbo - The manager system that helps mine operation to more convenient - A resource conversion system that able to recycle resources to strengthen various abilities - Various surprise mission such as mine closure, treasure chest, meteorite, and mineral vein discovery - News system that provides buff and de-buff effects in real time - Provided dozens of various missions - Provided various bonuses such as mini-games and space exploration - Supported 16 languages - Supported achievement and leaderboards - Supported tablet devices Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mobirixplayen YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/user/mobirix1
Popo's Mine
Manage your own mine to become an industrial tycoon and earn idle profits. Automate workflows, hire managers with special abilities, and invest wisely to maximize your cash, even offline.
- Automate workflow for idle income
- Earn idle cash offline
- Smart investment for profit
- Hire managers to boost motivation
- Managers with special effects
- Offline play supported
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Become an industrial tycoon by managing your mine and idle profit! Expand your empire & give it a boost with managers. Take on the challenge and discover the best mining strategy and earn as much cash as possible! FEATURES: • Automate your workflow to increase your idle income • Get idle cash, even when you are offline • Profit from a smart investment • Hire managers to increase your workers’ motivation • Every manager has a special effect • No internet connection needed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Popo's Mine at 323 against Cave Driller's 2. Popo's Mine also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). Cave Driller's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, 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. Cave Driller sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Popo's Mine sells 19 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cave Driller holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Popo's Mine has 323 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Cave Driller's written reviews are positive against 93% of Popo's Mine's.
Cave Driller ships an update every 3 weeks, Popo's Mine weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cave Driller | Popo's Mine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (323 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 92.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 323 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — 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 | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MOBIRIX | STORMX |
Customer experience
Cave Driller
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In-app purchases
Cave Driller
- ruby 900$2.99
- Beginner Bonus Box Package$4.99
- ruby 1,500$4.99
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- Start Package$9.99
- Premium Bonus Box Package$9.99
- ruby 3,300$9.99
- ruby 10,800$29.99
- ruby 19,500$49.99
- Master Package$99.99
- ruby 45,000$99.99
Popo's Mine
- 300 Rubies$1.99
- Special offer 2$2.99
- 800 Rubies$4.99
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- Offline Earning x2$4.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Special offer 3$4.99
- Daily Delivery$4.99
- Special offer 4$8.99
- 1700 Rubies$9.99
- Earning x2$9.99
- Special Daily Delivery$9.99
- Royale Pass$12.99
- Legendary Chest Packgage$17.99
- Research Package$17.99
- 3600 Rubies$19.99
- Special offer 6$21.99
- Special offer 8$44.99
- Income Boost Package$44.99
- Special offer 9$99.99
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