Junkyard Keeper vs Dig Deep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Junkyard Keeper
Manage a junkyard, collect and recycle various types of waste to earn money. Discover hidden treasures and upgrade your vehicles to become more efficient. Enjoy satisfying simulation and arcade gameplay with excellent graphics.
- Collect and recycle different types of garbage
- Find hidden treasures and vehicle parts
- Upgrade and evolve collection vehicles
- Unlock new junkyard locations
- Manage junkyard operations
- Satisfying physics and smooth gameplay
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Run your legendary junkyard and keep finding treasures! Drive your collecting truck and clean up the different kinds of garbage in the huge junkyard: steel garbage, food scraps and more! Transport the garbage back to your base, recycle it and turn it into money! Meanwhile, you'll be scouring the junkyard for the hidden treasures and even parts to assemble new & power vehicles! Keep unlocking new upgrades for your vehicles. Spend money to upgrade your truck, improve the capacity, moving speed, and even evolve your vehicle to next level and become bigger and more efficient! Reasons you'll love Junkyard Keeper: - Exquisite, smooth and enjoyable gameplay - Super satisfying physics - Excellent graphics and animation make you relaxing - Unlock different types of garbage and different junkyard locations - Manage your junkyard and turn waste into treasure Enjoy the simulation & arcade gameplay and keep upgrading unlock more garbage collectors such as vacuum trucks, grinders, and even helicopters! One man's trash is another man's treasure! Start your journey as a junkyard tycoon now!
Dig Deep
Become a mining tycoon by digging underground for treasure. Hire workers to expand your empire and collect gems and diamonds. Amass wealth and become the richest gold miner in this engaging simulator game.
- Dig deep for treasure
- Collect gems and diamonds
- Hire workers to boost empire
- Become a gold miner
- Amass money and get rich
- Idle mining gameplay
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Ready to be a mining diamond tycoon?! It’s time to become a gold digger and shovel your way to success. In this simulator game, go underground and dig deep for treasure. But don’t get stuck down the hole - hire workers to boost your digging empire. This idle miner game is the best digging game there is. Your only goal is to dig deep and look for gems and diamonds. Become the best gold miner there is! And then you can get more gold diggers to boost your mining tycoon. Amass as much money as you can. The more you collect, the more you get rich. Simulator games are sometimes lame - but not this one! To opt out of CrazyLabs sales of personal information as a California resident, please visit the settings page within this app. For more information visit our privacy policy: https://crazylabs.com/app
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Verdict
Junkyard Keeper and Dig Deep both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Dig Deep's written reviews are positive against 29% of Junkyard Keeper's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Junkyard Keeper sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Dig Deep sells 15 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 — 4.6 for Junkyard Keeper against 4.7 for Dig Deep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43K and 111K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of Junkyard Keeper's written reviews are positive against 71% of Dig Deep's.
Junkyard Keeper ships an update monthly, Dig Deep every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Junkyard Keeper | Dig Deep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (43K ratings) | 4.7 (111K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.7% of reviews | 71.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43K | 111K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| 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 | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 602 MB | 253 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ZPLAY (HK) TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED | Crazy Labs |
Customer experience
Junkyard Keeper
Dig Deep
User reviews
Junkyard Keeper
From 43K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Satisfying gameplay
- 👍 Fun and relaxing
- 🚀 Easy to play
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
- 💰 Too many ads
- 🐛 Vehicles/machines not working properly
- 🐛 Game crashes and freezes
Dig Deep
From 111K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive and fun gameplay
- 👍 Minimal ads
- 🚀 Quick progress and upgrades
- 🤩 Variety of pets and customization
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and loss of progress
- 🚧 Glitchy and laggy performance
- 💰 Aggressive monetization with required ads
- 🐢 Slow character movement speed
Bugs and requests
Junkyard Keeper
Reported bugs
4 issues- Vehicles/machines getting stuck or not working
- Inability to progress past certain levels
- Glitches and crashes
- Issues with ads and in-app purchases
Requested features
4 requests- Add more vehicles and machines
- Improve upgrade system for vehicles/machines
- Reduce ads or make them optional
- Fix progression issues and bugs
Dig Deep
Reported bugs
4 issues- Resets progress after crashes
- Minecart collects resources unexpectedly
- Black market and portal features not working
- Freezing and unresponsive controls
Requested features
4 requests- Offline earnings or idle mode
- Ability to teleport between holes
- Upgrade options for speed and capacity
- More varied environments and obstacles
In-app purchases
Junkyard Keeper
- No Ads$4.99
- Money Pack$4.99
- Free Carts$5.99
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- Diamond Pack$6.99
- Discounted Starter Pack$8.99
- Starter Pack$11.99
- Big Diamond Pack$14.99
Dig Deep
- Giant Potion Pack$0.99
- Capacity Pack$0.99
- Rare Egg Bundle$2.49
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- Treasure Chest$2.99
- Forever Magnet$3.99
- Forever Speed$3.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Rare Egg Plus Bundle$5.99
- Forever Instant Cash$7.99
- Bundle #1$9.99
- Bundle #2$9.99
- Coins Pack 3$9.99
- Bundle #3$14.99
- Mega Bundle$18.99
- Super Mega Bundle$24.99
Questions
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