Mining Tycoon 3D vs Tunnel Digger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Mine and load carts
- Discover various jewels
- Dig and create paths
- Explore a spiral world
- Hire and upgrade workers
- Tap to speed up mining
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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
Tunnel Digger
Dig tunnels through mountains to reach the other side. Improve your drilling equipment and vehicle capacity to dig faster and more powerfully. Test your digging skills and see how far you can go.
- Dig tunnels
- Upgrade drill
- Upgrade truck capacity
- Improve digging speed
- Improve digging power
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Your company is in charge of digging tunnels. Dig to the other side of the mountain. Upgrade your drill, and truck bed capacity and improve your digging speed and power.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tunnel Digger at 75% against Mining Tycoon 3D's 13%. Tunnel Digger also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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 Tycoon 3D sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Tunnel Digger asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tunnel Digger holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tunnel Digger has 406 ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Mining Tycoon 3D's written reviews are positive against 75% of Tunnel Digger's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mining Tycoon 3D | Tunnel Digger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (46 ratings) | 4.8 (406 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 | 406 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 233 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sablo Studio | 7WARE S.R.L. |
Customer experience
Mining Tycoon 3D
Tunnel Digger
In-app purchases
Mining Tycoon 3D
- Handful of Gems$1.99
- Bucket of Gems$4.99
- Barrel of Gems$9.99
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- Remove Unwanted Ads$9.99
- Crate of Gems$24.99
- Wheel Barrow of Gems$44.99
- Truckload of Gems$89.99
Tunnel Digger
No in-app purchases
Questions
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