Gold Panning! vs Mining Master
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gold Panning!
Embark on a virtual mining adventure to uncover hidden gems and precious minerals. Clean your finds before smelting to increase their value and use magnets to manage your pan's capacity. Turn your panning skills into virtual riches.
- Discover hidden mines
- Pan for precious gems
- Clean finds before smelting
- Increase gem value
- Use magnets to manage pan
- Make virtual money
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Make your mining dream come true ! Take your pan and find precious mines hidden underground. Be careful to wash your pan before using the furnace in order to make your gems more and more valuable. By the help of our strong magnets, create some space to the new mines and control the capacity of your pan. It’s time to make money with your panning skills !
Mining Master
Embark on a casual yet challenging adventure in this simple mining game. Perfect for quick play sessions, it offers an engaging experience that's harder than it looks.
- Simple touch controls
- Casual gameplay
- Challenging difficulty
- Quick play sessions
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I'm a good miner! It is very simple and casual adventure game :) AND HARDER than you think! · · · · · · Game Feature · · · · · · · » Simply touch to play game » Just play this game on your 10 minutes of free time :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mining Master at 4.6 against Gold Panning!'s 4.1. Mining Master also leads on ratings volume (3.7K vs 179) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Gold Panning!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Mining Master sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Gold Panning! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mining Master holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mining Master has 3.7K ratings behind it against 179, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 22% and 23% positive.
Gold Panning! ships an update fortnightly, Mining Master every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gold Panning! | Mining Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (179 ratings) | 4.6 (3.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 22.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 179 | 3.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 204 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FURTLE GAME OYUN ANIMASYON YAZILIM VE BILISIM TEKNOLOJILERI TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI | MondayOFF LLC |
Customer experience
Gold Panning!
Mining Master
User reviews
Gold Panning!
From 179 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Entertaining gameplay
- 💡 Interesting concept
- 🚀 Good working initially
Room to improve
- 🐛 Game-breaking bugs
- 🐛 Gold spills out
- 🐛 Pan doesn't stop
- 🐛 Furnace/magnet issues
- 🐛 Ads too intrusive
Mining Master
From 3.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Awesome game
- 👍 Fun and addictive
Room to improve
- 🤬 Too many ads
- 🐛 Glitches and crashes
- 💰 Expensive upgrades
Bugs and requests
Gold Panning!
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game stops working at level 24
- Gold spills out of the pan at the end
- Game continues past the finish line
- Furnace causes gold to fall out
- Magnet only collects some gold
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- Pan is too small
- Gold doesn't go on the pan at the end
- Items don't fall out of the magnet
- Game restarts at level 1 after update
- Game mechanics are buggy
Requested features
4 requests- Fix level 24 bug
- Improve gold collection mechanics
- More levels
- Balance upgrade prices
Mining Master
Reported bugs
2 issues- Upgrade issues
- Game freezing and not reopening
Requested features
2 requests- More levels and content
- Improved stability and performance
In-app purchases
Gold Panning!
No in-app purchases
Mining Master
- NoAds$3.99
- Speed Pack$5.99
Questions
Is Gold Panning! free?
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