Comparison

Ground Digger! vs Dead Phone

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

Dead Phone

Features
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Charge your phone! Play with just one finger. Connect all the plugs to a matching socket. A casual and colorful game with simple controls and realistic physics. But, as in real life, it isn't as easy as it sounds! Connect wires and sockets, solve problems, and pass levels. You will find a lot of interesting mechanics and original solutions. Game Features: ·Easy to play with just one finger, but hard to master. ·On-The-Go stress reliever ·Suitable for all age groups Can you enjoy charging fun?

Screenshots

Ground Digger!4 screens
Dead Phone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dead Phone at none against Ground Digger!'s 16. Dead Phone also leads on 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ground Digger! sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Dead Phone asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ground Digger! ships an update every 10 days, Dead Phone every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ground Digger! versus Dead Phone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGround Digger!Dead Phone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHOMA GAMES运生 史

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

Dead Phone

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

Dead Phone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ground Digger! free?
Ground Digger! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dead Phone free?
Dead Phone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ground Digger! or Dead Phone have ads?
Both Ground Digger! and Dead Phone show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ground Digger! or Dead Phone?
Ground Digger! ships an update every 10 days, and Dead Phone every 2 days. Most recently, Ground Digger! was updated on October 31, 2026 and Dead Phone on October 25, 2026.

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