Comparison

Ground Digger! vs Lifting Hero

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

Head to head
About

Ground Digger!

Become a treasure hunter and dig deep into the earth with your drilling machine. Collect gems, find hidden keys, and unlock powerful boosters to progress faster. Upgrade your equipment and explore various biomes to reach the Center of the Earth.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade drilling machines
  • Collect gems and treasures
  • Find hidden keys to unlock secret zones
  • Unlock powerful boosters
  • Customize machines with skins and mini-bots
  • Explore sand, ice, and lava biomes
Features
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Welcome to Ground Digger The new favorite digging game of all explorers and other treasure hunters that want to dig deep down the hole with a shovel or excavator, drill down the ground and avoid hot lava like a dig master! Here’re some of the game’s totally mind blowing features for becoming a stone miner dig master: BUILD your drilling machine to dig down the hole in the ground and collect gems and other treasures (skulls, robots, infinity stones, gold ...) ! FIND the hidden keys while you dig deep into the ground to unlock secret zones and buried chests ! UNLOCK powerful boosters to progress and dig in faster (dynamite, mini-bots, unlimited fuel, giant digger...) UPGRADE your drill parts (wheels, fuel tank, drill size, shovel, excavator ...) to dig in even deeper ! CUSTOMISE your machine by buying new skins & color looks + CREATE your very own mini-bots army ! EXPLORE sand, ice, hot lava biome... dig this land through all the layers to reach the Center of the Earth like a stone miner pro !

About

Lifting Hero

Embark on a journey to build immense muscle by lifting weights. Start small, sell your gains to acquire better equipment, and continuously increase your lifting capacity. Click your way to becoming a muscle-bound titan and discover if you can conquer the largest objects.

Highlights
  • Lift weights to gain muscle
  • Sell muscle for upgrades
  • Buy new objects
  • Click to lift faster
  • Develop muscles
  • Progress to bigger objects
Features
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Are you ready to become a giant by lifting weights? Start with small weights, sell the muscle you gained Buy new objects and lift more weights Click click click and lift faster, develop your muscles Can you reach the biggest objects?

Screenshots

Ground Digger!4 screens
Lifting Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lifting Hero at 4.7 against Ground Digger!'s 4.4. Lifting Hero also leads on ratings volume (94K vs 7.1K). Ground Digger!'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.5 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Ground Digger! sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Lifting Hero sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lifting Hero holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lifting Hero has 94K ratings behind it against 7.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Ground Digger!'s written reviews are positive against 39% of Lifting Hero's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ground Digger! ships an update every 10 days, Lifting Hero weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ground Digger! versus Lifting Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGround Digger!Lifting Hero
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7.1K ratings)4.7 (94K ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.3% of reviews — better39.4% of reviews
Number of ratings7.1K94K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.5 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB338 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHOMA GAMESRollic Games

Customer experience

Ground Digger!

All ratings7,052 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative10.9%
Written reviews375 reviews
Positive41.3%
Neutral14.4%
Negative44.3%

Lifting Hero

All ratings94,446 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews414 reviews
Positive39.4%
Neutral9.7%
Negative51.0%

User reviews

Ground Digger!

From 7.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and entertaining
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 💡 Great concept

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Repetitive gameplay
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly
  • 🔒 Lack of privacy controls
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs

Lifting Hero

From 94K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive and fun
  • 👍 Good for long car rides
  • 💪 Lifting mechanics are enjoyable

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Copied from Roblox
  • 🔋 Requires internet despite claims
  • 💸 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches

Bugs and requests

Ground Digger!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress reset without warning
  • Inability to progress past certain levels
  • Drill size and power upgrades not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • More upgrades and customization options
  • Ability to reset progress and start over
  • Improved mini-bot functionality
  • Reduced ad frequency or ad-free option

Lifting Hero

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to access inventory/bag
  • Battles are rigged and unfair
  • Offline mode doesn't work as advertised

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more objects to lift
  • Implement a progression system
  • Allow player movement and exploration
  • Fix high score reset issue

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Ground Digger!

One-time16
  • Companion Limit$1.99
  • Double Fuel$1.99
  • No Ads$2.99
Show 13 more
  • Small Chest$2.99
  • Size Upgrade 1$2.99
  • Size Upgrade 3$2.99
  • Size Upgrade 2$2.99
  • Large Chest$3.99
  • Destroyer Skin Bundle$3.99
  • Digger Skin Starter Pack$3.99
  • Golden Skin Bundle$3.99
  • Extra Starter Bundle$3.99
  • Small Starter Bundle$4.99
  • Golden Skin Bundle$7.99
  • Small Starter Bundle$9.99
  • Extra Starter Bundle$15.99
4 purchases

Lifting Hero

One-time4
  • Double Arm$5.99
  • Double Muscle$5.99
  • No Ads$7.99
Show 1 more
  • Auto Click$9.99

Questions

Is Ground Digger! free?
Ground Digger! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lifting Hero free?
Lifting Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ground Digger! or Lifting Hero?
Lifting Hero is rated higher. Ground Digger! averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7.1K ratings, while Lifting Hero averages 4.7 from 94K ratings.
Do Ground Digger! or Lifting Hero have ads?
Both Ground Digger! and Lifting Hero show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ground Digger! or Lifting Hero?
Ground Digger! ships an update every 10 days, and Lifting Hero weekly. Most recently, Ground Digger! was updated on October 17, 2026 and Lifting Hero on October 18, 2026.

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