Comparison

iBrogueCE vs Mine Crossing

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

Head to head
About

iBrogueCE

Experience a classic roguelike adventure on your iPad. This community-enhanced port offers deep tactical gameplay and challenging dungeons.

Highlights
  • Classic roguelike gameplay
  • Community Edition enhancements
  • Tactical dungeon crawling
  • Challenging gameplay
  • iPad optimized
Features
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iBrogueCE is an iPad OS port of Brian Walker's rogue-like game Brogue. This is the Community Edition version, based on tmewett's development work, and Seth Howard's Objective C port to iPad OS, recently enhanced with Bryan Turner's integration work into the Community Edition repository.

About

Mine Crossing

Features
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Find your way through each level by clearing objects while building and moving rails to prevent your cart from derailing. Some objects gives materials to use for upgrades or slowing down your ever increasing cart speed. Strive to clear all objects so your multiplier increases with each level!

Screenshots

Mine Crossing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: iBrogueCE at none against Mine Crossing's shown. iBrogueCE also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iBrogueCE ships an update every 2 weeks, Mine Crossing every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iBrogueCE versus Mine Crossing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBrogueCEMine Crossing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert TaylorJarenforce AB

In-app purchases

None

iBrogueCE

No in-app purchases

None

Mine Crossing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iBrogueCE free?
iBrogueCE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mine Crossing free?
Mine Crossing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iBrogueCE or Mine Crossing have ads?
Mine Crossing shows ads; iBrogueCE does not.
Which is updated more often, iBrogueCE or Mine Crossing?
iBrogueCE ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mine Crossing every 6 weeks. Most recently, iBrogueCE was updated on November 3, 2026 and Mine Crossing on October 30, 2026.

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