Comparison

Mining Inc. vs Building Crafter

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Building Crafter

Mine stones with your truck, process them into valuable materials, and construct buildings to earn wealth. Upgrade your vehicle, hire workers, and build bridges to expand your city.

Highlights
  • Mine stones with a truck
  • Process raw materials
  • Construct and sell/rent buildings
  • Upgrade truck capabilities
  • Hire workers
  • Build bridges to new areas
Features
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Are you ready to take on the challenge of building your own city from scratch? With your trusty truck equipped with a powerful drill, you can mine through different stones of varying difficulties and gather raw materials to construct buildings that will earn you wealth and prestige. You control your own truck and explore different areas to collect raw materials. Every stone area has its own requirements, which you must meet to unlock and access the stones. Once you've gathered enough raw materials, head to the factory and process them to make them more valuable. But your job doesn't end there! You must then deliver these processed materials to different buildings to help construct them. Each building has its own specific stone needs, so it's up to you to fulfill those requirements to start construction. Once all the requirements have been met, you can either sell the building and receive a lump sum or rent it out and collect income over time. To make your job easier, you can upgrade your truck's drill power, speed, and capacity, and even customize it with a fresh coat of paint. You can also hire up to three workers to help you grind stones and deliver materials to the factory. But be careful not to overload your truck, but you can always upgrade your truck’s capacity! In addition, you'll need to build bridges to access new areas and historical landmarks, but the important question is, can you build them all?

Screenshots

Mining Inc.4 screens
Building Crafter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mining Inc. at 4.7 against Building Crafter's 4.2. Mining Inc. also leads on ratings volume (14K vs 61) and review sentiment (42% vs 20%). Building Crafter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. Mining Inc. sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Building Crafter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mining Inc. holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mining Inc. has 14K ratings behind it against 61, 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 20% of Building Crafter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mining Inc. ships an update every 6 weeks, Building Crafter weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Mining Inc. versus Building Crafter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMining Inc.Building Crafter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (14K ratings) — better4.2 (61 ratings)
Positive reviews42.3% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14K — better61
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size426 MB221 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperGreen Panda GamesEla Game

Customer experience

Mining Inc.

All ratings14,076 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews652 reviews
Positive42.3%
Neutral17.6%
Negative40.0%

Building Crafter

All ratings61 ratings
Positive78.7%
Neutral6.6%
Negative14.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

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

Building Crafter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Mining Inc.

One-time9
  • 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
None

Building Crafter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mining Inc. free?
Mining Inc. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Building Crafter free?
Building Crafter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mining Inc. or Building Crafter?
Mining Inc. is rated higher. Mining Inc. averages 4.7 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while Building Crafter averages 4.2 from 61 ratings.
Do Mining Inc. or Building Crafter have ads?
Mining Inc. shows ads; Building Crafter does not.
Which is updated more often, Mining Inc. or Building Crafter?
Mining Inc. ships an update every 6 weeks, and Building Crafter weekly. Most recently, Mining Inc. was updated on October 22, 2026 and Building Crafter on October 19, 2026.

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