Mining Inc. vs Giant Excavator
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!
Giant Excavator
Manage your own excavation company, operating heavy machinery to extract ore. Process the collected materials into various products and sell them to expand your factory and become a tycoon.
- Operate excavation machinery
- Collect and process ore
- Produce different products
- Sell products for income
- Expand factory operations
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Operate a excavation company, start your machine, and collect it. Machish the collected ore and produce different products. Then sell them and use these income to continuously expand your factory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Mining Inc. at 14K against Giant Excavator's 547. Mining Inc. also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (42% vs 27%). On price, rating, 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. Mining Inc. sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Giant Excavator sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Mining Inc. against 4.7 for Giant Excavator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mining Inc. has 14K ratings behind it against 547, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of Mining Inc.'s written reviews are positive against 27% of Giant Excavator's.
Mining Inc. ships an update every 6 weeks, Giant Excavator every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mining Inc. | Giant Excavator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (14K ratings) | 4.7 (547 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews — better | 27.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 547 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| 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 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 426 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Green Panda Games | Solid Games |
Customer experience
Mining Inc.
Giant Excavator
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
Giant Excavator
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
Giant Excavator
- No Ads Lite$4.99
- No Ads Plus$9.99
Questions
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