Comparison

Idle Mining 3D vs Gather Inc

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

Head to head

Idle Mining 3D

Mining Time

Free

🎮 Games

★ 5.02 ratingsView app →

Gather Inc

Collect, fight and build!

Free

🎮 Games

★ 4.7176 ratingsView app →

About

Idle Mining 3D

Dig for valuable ores, sell ingots, and enhance your mining tools. Explore diverse caves filled with different resources to discover.

Highlights

Break stones
Unlock valuable ores
Sell ingots
Upgrade pickaxe
Explore caves

Features

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Break the stones, unlock tens of valuable ores, sell ingots, and upgrade your pickaxe. Don't forget to explore the caves with different ores.

About

Gather Inc

Gather resources through various activities like chopping, fishing, and mining to upgrade your capabilities. Trade valuable items for powerful gear and recruit allies to enhance your progress. Defend your loot from nocturnal zombie threats.

Highlights

Resource gathering (chopping, fishing, mining)
Trading for gear
Pet adoption for bonuses
Crew recruitment
Zombie defense
Epic upgrades

Features

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Gather. Trade. Survive. Thrive! Chop, fish, mine, and explore your way to greatness! Whether you're harvesting everyday resources or hunting down rare treasures, every move gets you closer to epic upgrades. - Chop trees - or hire a lumberjack to do the hard work! - Collect crystals and trade them for legendary gear! - Reel in rare fish and exchange them for powerful upgrades! - Adopt a pet to boost your gathering power! - Recruit a crew to speed things up! But watch out…Zombies come out at night - and they’re after your loot!

Screenshots

Idle Mining 3D4 screens

Gather Inc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Idle Mining 3D at 100% against Gather Inc's 63%. Idle Mining 3D also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 13) and ads (none vs shown). Gather Inc's advantage is ratings volume (176 vs 2). 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. Gather Inc sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Mining 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Mining 3D holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gather Inc has 176 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Idle Mining 3D's written reviews are positive against 63% of Gather Inc's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level

Idle Mining 3D versus Gather Inc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Idle Mining 3D	Gather Inc
Price	Free	Free
Rating	5.0 (2 ratings) — better	4.7 (176 ratings)
Positive reviews	100.0% of reviews — better	63.2% of reviews
Number of ratings	2	176 — better
Update frequency	—	Fortnightly
Ads	No — better	Yes
In-app purchases	No — better	Yes
Monetization	Free — better	Free with in-app purchases
Devices	iPhone, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS	10.0 — better	15.0
Further details — not scored
Size	145 MB	376 MB
Age rating	4+	9+
Developer	Core Game Studio	A Creative Endeavor