Catabomber vs Gem Digger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Catabomber
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Get the Catabomber and start exploring mysterious dungeons. This is an old-school arcade game from the 80s - 90s. Remember your forgotten childhood! Features: Beautiful old-fashioned pixel-art style graphic design. Classic strategic, maze-based style gameplay disposes to a leisurely pleasant game. Pleasant and a bit gloomy soundtrack from Edvard Grieg. Play offline, no internet connection required. Game contains a single player campaign with 100 levels. Defeat an unusual edible boss in the final showdown. You don't have to earn money to upgrade your hero. Just play, because you are a cat. Forget about timers, play calmly! How to play: Create your own collection of rare artifacts, just for fun. Find a way through different levels full of dangerous monsters and numerous puzzles. Blow up enemies with bombs. Destroy walls and objects. Solve puzzles. Use the map and radar to survive in an underground maze. Use the zoom for comfortable gaming. Completed levels can be played over and over again if you want. The destruction of the last monster is your victory. Do it quickly or stretch the pleasure. Don't waste bombs, use them wisely. Be careful with flasks and cans, they contain biohazards. Prizes are hidden in the walls, look for them. Game objects: Solid walls - they cannot be destroyed. Soft walls - can be destroyed by explosion. May contain prizes. Bomb Box - Contains 10 extra bombs for you. Can detonate from fire. Bamboo Box - Wooden box that is easy to move and can be destroyed. Explosive steel box - It can be moved. Explosive object. Has a large radius of damage. Biohazard glass jar - There are three different sizes. Contain cockroaches. Biohazard fuel canister - There are three different sizes. Contain armored cockroaches. Stone cube - It cannot be destroyed, but it can be moved. Still Barrier - It can be moved. Not destroyed. Does not protect against explosions. Concrete Barrier - It can be moved. Not destroyed. Protects against explosions. Rotating door - A miracle of mechanics with a spring mechanism inside. Flipper door - The door allows one way and does not let back. This could be a trap. Portal - moves you from point A to point B and back. Nuke - Nuclear button destroying all enemies in the maze Helmet Box - A box with a helmet inside. The helmet protects you from the enemy once. Your enemies: Cockroaches - dumb, blind and slow. Armored cockroaches - very slow and blind, but have the iron shell. Red bugs - can see you and show aggression. They suffer from diarrhea. Scrambled eggs - not an omelet, a dangerous creature that multiplies like an infusorian. Piglets - just meat for your bombs. The swamp is not your enemy. It's safe ... almost. Landmine - hides in the ground. Don't step on it. Turrets - unable to walk, but this does not make them less dangerous. Electric turret - fries you through any walls and objects. Electric Barrier - suitable for roasting enemies and cats. Tank - a stun gun on wheels. Boss - He's really terrible. It's edible but terrible.
Gem Digger
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Dig into a collapsing cave, grab your gem quota, and reach the exit before the clock runs out. One wrong dig and a boulder lands on your head. Gem Digger is a boulder-physics puzzle game in the classic cave-arcade tradition. The first world and unlimited Endless runs are free; three more worlds are one-time unlocks. Rocks and gems fall and roll by rules you can learn, so a cave is something you solve, not something you grind. FREE, WITH NO TIMERS ⢠Dirt Mines: 60 handcrafted caves ⢠Endless mode: unlimited generated caves, free forever, each one checked against a solver before it is served ⢠No energy meters and no lives to wait out, in the free worlds and the paid ones alike MECHANICS TO MASTER ⢠Drop a boulder on a butterfly and it bursts into the gems you need ⢠Wall the amoeba in and it turns to gems; let it sprawl and it turns to rock ⢠Magic walls turn falling boulders into gems, but not for long ⢠Outsmart fireflies, and learn slime and the falling-rock rules ⢠Chase three stars on every cave; the third one needs a clear under par THREE MORE WORLDS Crystal Caves, Magma Depths and Frozen Hollow add 45 caves each. Each is a one-time in-app purchase, or take all three at once. No subscription, no consumables, nothing expires, and a single purchase restores across your devices. Built for touch: swipe anywhere or use the on-screen pad. Landscape, and it plays offline. Gem Digger shows ads between runs. A one-time Remove Ads purchase turns them off.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Catabomber at none against Gem Digger's 6. Gem Digger's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Gem Digger sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Catabomber asks for nothing beyond the download.
Catabomber ships an update every 7 months, Gem Digger every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Catabomber | Gem Digger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months ā better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexey Romanov | Seif Ibrahim |
In-app purchases
Catabomber
No in-app purchases
Gem Digger
- Crystal Caves$2.99
- Magma Depths$2.99
- Frozen Hollow$2.99
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- Remove Ads$3.99
- Unlock All Worlds$6.99
- Complete Edition$9.99
Questions
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