Mining Inc. vs Mining Tycoon 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mining Inc.
Build and manage a vast mining empire, from gold to rare gemstones. Upgrade your facilities, hire skilled managers, and collect unique boosters to maximize your production and become a trillionaire tycoon. Complete challenging quests to unlock new content and expand your operations.
- Discover diverse mining environments
- Uncover precious gemstones like diamonds and rubies
- Improve production with building upgrades
- Hire and assign skilled managers
- Collect unique boosters for faster growth
- Complete challenging quests
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Make it rain with your mining empire! Become the next mining trillionaire, rule the industry, and be the king of all mines! DISCOVER AND ENJOY DIVERSE CONTENT Throughout the game, you will see your environment evolve visually with new buildings, new vehicles, new machines to help you reach your goal of operating the most successful mining company! UNCOVER PRECIOUS GEMSTONES You will start with one production line- a gold mine. As the game progresses, you can unlock mines that are full of diamonds, rubies, and other rare gemstones! IMPROVE YOUR PRODUCTION With the money you earn, you can unlock and upgrade buildings to increase the output of your mining company! HIRE YOUR DREAM TEAM Gather the best managers to tackle all your challenges! Assign them wisely to optimize your production! Hire managers with various unique skills to assign them to different parts of your operation! COLLECT UNIQUE BOOSTERS When you reach specific prestige ranks, you will win unique boosters to make your mining enterprise grow even faster! EMBRACE THE MINING CHALLENGE The user journey is filled with numerous challenging quests. Complete them all to unlock new content! Start drilling today!
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: Mining Inc. at 4.7 against Mining Tycoon 3D's 3.3. Mining Inc. also leads on review sentiment (42% vs 13%) and ratings volume (14K vs 46). Mining Tycoon 3D's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Mining Inc. sells 9 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.
Mining Inc. holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mining Inc. has 14K ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Mining Inc.'s written reviews are positive against 13% of Mining Tycoon 3D's.
Mining Inc. ships an update every 6 weeks, Mining Tycoon 3D every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mining Inc. | Mining Tycoon 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (14K ratings) — better | 3.3 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.2% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 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 | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 426 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Green Panda Games | Sablo Studio |
Customer experience
Mining Inc.
Mining Tycoon 3D
Bugs and requests
Mining Inc.
Reported bugs
4 issues- Rank up requirements not working as intended
- Diamond mine capacity not calculating correctly
- Managers not dropping as expected
- Upgrade buttons becoming locked after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Add more levels and content beyond rank 30
- Improve the diamond mine mechanics and balance
- Introduce new mine types (e.g., silver, ruby)
- Allow managers for the underground mine
Mining Tycoon 3D
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mining Inc.
- Tiny Pack$1.99
- Legendary chest$1.99
- Boost$1.99
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- No Ads$2.99
- Small Pack$4.99
- Starter Pack2 variants$4.99
- Medium Pack$9.99
- Great Leap$12.99
- Large Pack$19.99
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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