Ground Digger! vs Cannon Defense Vertical 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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 !
Cannon Defense Vertical 3D
Defend against enemy waves by strategically upgrading your vertical turrets. Become a cannon master and protect your territory in this action-packed defense game.
- Upgrade vertical turrets
- Defend against enemy hordes
- Strategic upgrades
- Action-packed gameplay
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Be a cannon master and defend against hordes of enemies by strategically upgrading your vertical turrets!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ground Digger! at 4.4 against Cannon Defense Vertical 3D's 1.0. Ground Digger! also leads on ratings volume (7.1K vs 1). Cannon Defense Vertical 3D's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads, 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. Ground Digger! sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Cannon Defense Vertical 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ground Digger! holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ground Digger! has 7.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ground Digger! ships an update every 10 days, Cannon Defense Vertical 3D every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ground Digger! | Cannon Defense Vertical 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7.1K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.5 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 219 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | HOMA GAMES | Pandora Educacao Ludica Ltda |
Customer experience
Ground Digger!
Cannon Defense Vertical 3D
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
Cannon Defense Vertical 3D
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ground Digger!
- Companion Limit$1.99
- Double Fuel$1.99
- No Ads$2.99
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- 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
Cannon Defense Vertical 3D
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ground Digger! free?
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