Ground Digger! vs Idle Orbital Marble
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 !
Idle Orbital Marble
Engage in a relaxing puzzle game with realistic physics. Merge identical marbles to unlock new paths and overcome various challenges. Enjoy stunning 3D graphics and animations as you progress through different levels.
- Realistic physics effects
- Marble merging mechanic
- Unlockable routes
- Multiple challenges
- 3D graphics and animations
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Unlock more routes！ Realistic Physical Effects! Don't forget to merge when you obtain three same balls!! Features: - Easy-to-play game for every player - Different challenges to complete - Amazing animations and great 3D graphics
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Idle Orbital Marble at 76% against Ground Digger!'s 41%. Idle Orbital Marble also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Ground Digger!'s advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Ground Digger! sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Orbital Marble sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Orbital Marble holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.1K and 11K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Ground Digger!'s written reviews are positive against 76% of Idle Orbital Marble's.
Ground Digger! ships an update every 10 days, Idle Orbital Marble every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ground Digger! | Idle Orbital Marble |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7.1K ratings) | 4.8 (11K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | 75.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.1K | 11K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 months |
| 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 | 12.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 219 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HOMA GAMES | Solid Games |
Customer experience
Ground Digger!
Idle Orbital Marble
User reviews
Ground Digger!
From 7.1K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Idle Orbital Marble
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and relaxing game
- 🎮 Satisfying marble mechanics
- 💸 Decent monetization (not too many ads)
Room to improve
- 🔍 Repetitive levels/maps
- 🔋 Too many ads interrupting gameplay
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches (e.g., marbles getting stuck)
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
Idle Orbital Marble
Reported bugs
2 issues- Marbles getting stuck on certain obstacles
- Inconsistent ad placements
Requested features
3 requests- More diverse levels and maps
- Ability to customize/build own tracks
- Offline play without ads
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
Idle Orbital Marble
- No Ads Lite$2.99
- No Ads Plus$4.99
Questions
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