Comparison

Mining Tycoon 3D vs Gold Rush

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

Head to head
About

Mining Tycoon 3D

Dig deep into the earth to unearth precious gems, gold, and diamonds. Hire miners, upgrade their speed, and tap to accelerate your excavation. Become a wealthy mining tycoon by discovering hidden treasures and filling your carts.

Highlights
  • Mine and load carts
  • Discover various jewels
  • Dig and create paths
  • Explore a spiral world
  • Hire and upgrade workers
  • Tap to speed up mining
Features
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Become a Mining Tycoon! It was never too easy and satisfying until now! Dig down deep in to the earth and extract out Gems, Gold, Diamonds and Treasures hidden from Millions of years by hiring miners and speed up the process by tapping on the screen. The more you mine the richer you become! Mining Tycoon - Idle Game's Features: • Mine & load on the carts. • Discover verities of jewels the deeper you dig • Dig and make paths. • Enjoy the spiral world with multiple paths • Hire workers and upgrade the speed of workers

About

Gold Rush

Become a gold miner and dig underground for resources like firewood, sand, stones, and gold. Use these materials to upgrade buildings and machines, sell your findings, and automate your mining to become the ultimate tycoon. Enjoy this idle digging game with amazing graphics and offline play.

Highlights
  • Dig underground for resources
  • Upgrade buildings and machines
  • Automate mining workflow
  • Sell resources for profit
  • Offline production
  • Receive gifts and prizes
Features
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Do you like mining games? Welcome to our Gold Rush Idle Simulator. Become a gold miner and dig down underground. You will find various resources thanks to which you will get rich and become a gold tycoon. Gold rush is an idle mining simulator that will help you take a break from everyday routine and feel like a real miner. Enjoy playing our digging game right now! Get various resources: firewood, sand, stones and gold. You need these materials for the construction of buildings, machines and equipment upgrating. Find a lot of gold, let it be a gold rush! Sell it and use the money to extend your business. Automate your mining workflow. Invest cash and become the greatest miner ever in this mining and digging simulator! Features: • Amazing graphics. • This idle game does not require a permanent Internet connection. • Game doesn't have any annoying ads. • Offline production (it's an idle simulator!). • A lot of gifts and prizes for completing tasks. Gold rush: idle simulator — dig it out and make money on gold mining!

Screenshots

Mining Tycoon 3D4 screens
Gold Rush4 screens

Verdict

The call

Mining Tycoon 3D and Gold Rush both sit at 3.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 13% of Mining Tycoon 3D's written reviews are positive against 0% of Gold Rush's. Mining Tycoon 3D also leads on ratings volume (46 vs 6). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mining Tycoon 3D sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Gold Rush sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.3 for Mining Tycoon 3D against 3.3 for Gold Rush. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mining Tycoon 3D has 46 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 13% of Mining Tycoon 3D's written reviews are positive against 0% of Gold Rush's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mining Tycoon 3D versus Gold Rush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMining Tycoon 3DGold Rush
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (46 ratings) — better3.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB287 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSablo StudioAliaksandr Prakarym

Customer experience

Mining Tycoon 3D

All ratings46 ratings
Positive54.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative39.1%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative79.2%

Gold Rush

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Mining Tycoon 3D

One-time7
  • Handful of Gems$1.99
  • Bucket of Gems$4.99
  • Barrel of Gems$9.99
Show 4 more
  • Remove Unwanted Ads$9.99
  • Crate of Gems$24.99
  • Wheel Barrow of Gems$44.99
  • Truckload of Gems$89.99
12 purchases

Gold Rush

One-time12
  • Miner's pack$1.99
  • No ads + keys offer$3.99
  • Jewelry pack$3.99
Show 9 more
  • Red pack$3.99
  • Warrior skin$3.99
  • Gold pack$5.99
  • Digger's pack$5.99
  • VIP skin$6.99
  • Big money pack$11.99
  • Special offer$12.99
  • Shine pack$12.99
  • Huge money pack$16.99

Questions

Is Mining Tycoon 3D free?
Mining Tycoon 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gold Rush free?
Gold Rush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mining Tycoon 3D or Gold Rush?
Mining Tycoon 3D is rated higher. Mining Tycoon 3D averages 3.3 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Gold Rush averages 3.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Mining Tycoon 3D or Gold Rush have ads?
Both Mining Tycoon 3D and Gold Rush show ads.
Which is updated more often, Mining Tycoon 3D or Gold Rush?
Mining Tycoon 3D ships an update every 2 weeks, and Gold Rush every 2 weeks. Most recently, Mining Tycoon 3D was updated on October 24, 2026 and Gold Rush on October 24, 2026.

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