Comparison

Mini Mining vs Dig Odyssey

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

Head to head
About

Mini Mining

Embark on an adventure of strategy and mining to uncover the secrets of a mysterious village. Upgrade your abilities, discover unique ores, and collect hidden treasures and dig skins. This pixelated game offers a nostalgic experience for fans of classic mining titles.

Highlights
  • Deep mining exploration
  • Stat upgrades
  • Sell unique ores
  • Discover hidden treasures
  • Collect Dig Skins
  • Nostalgic pixel art style
Features
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Mini Mining is a game that mixes adventures, strategies, and mining with the unique objective to go deeper and deeper and find what makes this little village so intriguing. Upgrade your stats, sell unique ores, and discover an exceptional world full of mysteries and hidden treasures. Try to find every mysterious object deeply buried in the ground and gather every Dig Skin available. If you liked Motherload or Mega Miner, Mini Mining is for you. It will revive the nostalgia of those old games in a pixel mobile version. If you have any ideas for the game, please contact us: minimining.twerto@gmail.com Team behind this game: Léonard Pouliot: Game developer and programmer Marçal Balestero: Esthetic director and drawer Louis-Albert Pouliot: Designer and drawer Benjamin Astorga: Music

About

Dig Odyssey

Explore an exoplanet as a space miner, digging for valuable resources and uncovering a mysterious signal. Upgrade your tools to dig faster and manage your oxygen supply to survive the challenging terrain.

Highlights
  • Explore exoplanet depths
  • Mine metals and gems
  • Uncover mysterious signal
  • Upgrade mining tools
  • Manage oxygen supply
  • Craft and upgrade equipment
Features
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Explore the depths of a distant planet as a space miner in this exciting digging game! Dig deep and uncover valuable metals and precious gems as you search for the source of a mysterious signal. A mysterious signal was received from the depths of the nearest exoplanet to Earth. An experienced miner was sent to investigate it. He has to become an astronaut and uncover the mystery of the signal. Are you ready for an exciting adventure? Your task is to dig the soil and penetrate deeper and deeper until you find the source of the signal. The planet's crust consists of several layers of varying hardness, the mine contains many different metals and precious stones. Collect them - they are needed for crafting and upgrading equipment. You have to dig quickly as you have a limited supply of oxygen! Improve your tools (pickaxe, drill, dynamite, etc.) to dig even faster! With a limited supply of oxygen and challenging terrain to navigate, can you become the fastest ground digger and solve the mystery of the signal? Best of luck!

Screenshots

Mini Mining4 screens
Dig Odyssey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dig Odyssey at 3.4 against Mini Mining's 2.3. Mini Mining's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Mini Mining sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Dig Odyssey sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dig Odyssey holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Mini Mining's written reviews are positive against 39% of Dig Odyssey's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mini Mining versus Dig Odyssey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMini MiningDig Odyssey
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (10 ratings)3.4 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews39.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1020 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB161 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLeonard PouliotAndrey Abrosimov

Customer experience

Mini Mining

All ratings10 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral9.5%
Negative57.1%

Dig Odyssey

All ratings20 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative35.0%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive39.2%
Neutral8.9%
Negative51.9%

Bugs and requests

Mini Mining

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Dig Odyssey

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Game crashes during ads
  • Controls barely function
  • Character swings but doesn't break blocks
  • Cannot return to surface after first pickaxe swing
  • Purchased resource pack not received
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  • Falling indefinitely after reaching the end
  • Game not functioning at all
  • Upgrade station inaccessible
  • Leaderboard scores seem hacked

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more dig sites/planets
  • More upgrades and tools
  • Add a story or mystery
  • Add an end-game sequence
  • Option to turn off vibration
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  • Add browser payment option
  • More content/updates
  • Improve controls (arrows, dedicated bomb button)
  • Add new tools, buffs, skills
  • Ability to dig on other planets

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Mini Mining

One-time6
  • 15 000 coins in Mini Mining$0.99
  • Mini-Dig skin$0.99
  • Shadow-Dig skin$0.99
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  • 40 000 coins in Mini Mining$1.99
  • King-Dig skin$1.99
  • 110 000 coins in Mini Mining$3.99
3 purchases

Dig Odyssey

One-time3
  • Resources$0.99
  • Disable ADS$0.99
  • Resource Pack + NoADS$1.19

Questions

Is Mini Mining free?
Mini Mining is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dig Odyssey free?
Dig Odyssey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mini Mining or Dig Odyssey?
Dig Odyssey is rated higher. Mini Mining averages 2.3 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Dig Odyssey averages 3.4 from 20 ratings.
Do Mini Mining or Dig Odyssey have ads?
Dig Odyssey shows ads; Mini Mining does not.

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