Replicate War vs Gem Digger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Replicate War
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Replicate War A match 3 game Match blocks to destroy enemies. Drag a block to a neighboring block in order to create a line of 3 or more equal blocks horizontally or vertically. www.maxtimoteo.com
Gem Digger
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Dig into a collapsing cave, grab your gem quota, and reach the exit before the clock runs out. One wrong dig and a boulder lands on your head. Gem Digger is a boulder-physics puzzle game in the classic cave-arcade tradition. The first world and unlimited Endless runs are free; three more worlds are one-time unlocks. Rocks and gems fall and roll by rules you can learn, so a cave is something you solve, not something you grind. FREE, WITH NO TIMERS • Dirt Mines: 60 handcrafted caves • Endless mode: unlimited generated caves, free forever, each one checked against a solver before it is served • No energy meters and no lives to wait out, in the free worlds and the paid ones alike MECHANICS TO MASTER • Drop a boulder on a butterfly and it bursts into the gems you need • Wall the amoeba in and it turns to gems; let it sprawl and it turns to rock • Magic walls turn falling boulders into gems, but not for long • Outsmart fireflies, and learn slime and the falling-rock rules • Chase three stars on every cave; the third one needs a clear under par THREE MORE WORLDS Crystal Caves, Magma Depths and Frozen Hollow add 45 caves each. Each is a one-time in-app purchase, or take all three at once. No subscription, no consumables, nothing expires, and a single purchase restores across your devices. Built for touch: swipe anywhere or use the on-screen pad. Landscape, and it plays offline. Gem Digger shows ads between runs. A one-time Remove Ads purchase turns them off.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Replicate War at none against Gem Digger's 6. Replicate War also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Gem Digger's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 22 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Gem Digger sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Replicate War asks for nothing beyond the download.
Replicate War ships an update every 22 months, Gem Digger every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Replicate War | Gem Digger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Max Timoteo | Seif Ibrahim |
In-app purchases
Replicate War
No in-app purchases
Gem Digger
- Crystal Caves$2.99
- Magma Depths$2.99
- Frozen Hollow$2.99
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- Remove Ads$3.99
- Unlock All Worlds$6.99
- Complete Edition$9.99









