Gold Digger FRVR vs Mining Rush
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gold Digger FRVR
Embark on a thrilling mining adventure, digging deep into caves to unearth gold, diamonds, and ancient treasures. Strategically use your pickaxe to avoid falling rocks and connect three or more to blast them for bonus rewards. Save your progress at checkpoints and aim to become a speleology tycoon.
- Dig for gold and treasures
- Avoid falling rocks
- Blast rocks by connecting three or more
- Discover dinosaur bones and diamonds
- Save progress with checkpoints
- Explore cave corners
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Gold Digger FRVR is the best digging game, for both gold rush veterans and mining fans. Take your pickaxe and your helmet and start drilling! Let’s dig day and night, let’s find tons of gold and some treasures, let’s put them on the ground and make some money! But aware of the giant rocks, make smart use of your pickaxe and dig wisely, otherwise they will fall on you and you'll lose all the gold! Instead of that, try to connect three or more rocks to blast them and get even more gold! Explore every corner of the cave and do not leave a stone unexcavated. Who knows what could you find in the depths of a gold mine? Dig up ancient dinosaurs bones, valuable gold nuggets of even shiny diamonds. No rock can stop you from your mining mission! Be careful of underground explosions and use the checkpoint base to save your progress. Start mining and fill your bag with gold and diamonds in the best free digging game ever! Can you become the speleology tycoon?
Mining Rush
Operate a quarry, excavate resources, and earn money to upgrade your machinery. Aim to dig deeper and expand your mining operations.
- Operate a quarry
- Earn money from excavation
- Upgrade mining equipment
- Dig as deep as possible
- Expand quarry operations
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Dig a quarry, make money and upgrade your equipment to dig as deep as possible!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mining Rush at every 4 days against Gold Digger FRVR's every 2 months. Gold Digger FRVR's advantage is review sentiment (37% vs 16%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Gold Digger FRVR sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Mining Rush sells 12 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 — 4.5 for Gold Digger FRVR against 4.4 for Mining Rush. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.5K and 780 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 37% of Gold Digger FRVR's written reviews are positive against 16% of Mining Rush's.
Gold Digger FRVR ships an update every 2 months, Mining Rush every 4 days. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Gold Digger FRVR | Mining Rush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.4 (780 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.1% of reviews — better | 15.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 780 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — 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 | 12.0 — better | 12.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 343 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FRVR ApS | HOMA GAMES |
Customer experience
Gold Digger FRVR
Mining Rush
User reviews
Gold Digger FRVR
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Enjoyable time-killer
- 🚀 Engaging mining mechanics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent glitches and crashes
- 🐛 Progress loss and reset issues
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable performance
Mining Rush
From 780 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good game
- 🚀 Upgrades available
- 💡 Potential for more levels
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant crashing
- 🐛 Game not loading
- 🐛 Digger stops working after upgrades
- 🔒 Paid features not working as expected
Bugs and requests
Gold Digger FRVR
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes and resets progress
- Inventory and items disappearing
- Inability to load or launch game
Requested features
3 requests- Improved save/load functionality
- More content and progression
- Optimization for newer devices
Mining Rush
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes at certain levels
- Digger stops digging after upgrades
- Paid features not working as intended
- Game not loading past splash screen
Requested features
3 requests- More quarries/mining locations
- Increased level cap
- Improved stability and bug fixes
In-app purchases
Gold Digger FRVR
- Handful of 15 Gems$0.99
- Bundle Pack 1$0.99
- Pile of 50 Gems$1.99
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- Remove Ads$2.99
- Bundle Pack 2$2.99
- Bucket of 100 Gems$4.99
- Bundle Pack 3$4.99
- Bundle Pack 4$6.99
- Mountain of 1000 Gems$9.99
- Bucket of 120 Gems$9.99
- Bundle Pack 5$9.99
- Bucket of 300 Gems$19.99
Mining Rush
- Cash offer 1$0.99
- Gems offer 1$0.99
- Railway Forever$1.99
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- Cash offer 2$2.99
- No ads$2.99
- Gems offer 2$2.99
- Mega Drill$4.99
- Cash offer 3$5.99
- Gems offer 3$5.99
- Premium Pack Discount$5.99
- Premium Pack$9.99
- Skip'its pack 3$12.99
Questions
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