Comparison

Cave Driller vs Build Up City

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cave Driller

An idle simulation game where units automatically mine and expand mines, even when offline. Hire managers with special abilities and explore other planets to discover unique minerals. Upgrade equipment and units to achieve a billionaire dream.

Highlights
  • Automatic mine excavation and mineral mining
  • Explore and develop planets
  • Mine 23 types of minerals
  • Upgrade digging and mining equipment
  • Manager system for mine operation
  • Resource conversion system
  • Surprise missions and bonuses
Features
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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

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Build Up City

Features
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Build up your city

Screenshots

Cave Driller4 screens
Build Up City4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Build Up City at none against Cave Driller's 10. Build Up City also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cave Driller sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Build Up City asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cave Driller ships an update every 3 weeks, Build Up City every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cave Driller versus Build Up City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCave DrillerBuild Up City
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB169 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMOBIRIXDK Bilgi Teknolojileri

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cave Driller

One-time10
  • 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
None

Build Up City

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cave Driller free?
Cave Driller is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Build Up City free?
Build Up City is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cave Driller or Build Up City have ads?
Both Cave Driller and Build Up City show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cave Driller or Build Up City?
Cave Driller ships an update every 3 weeks, and Build Up City every 10 days. Most recently, Cave Driller was updated on November 11, 2026 and Build Up City on November 7, 2026.

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