Asteroid Miner 3D vs Garbage Collectors
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Asteroid Miner 3D
Pilot a spaceship to an asteroid and begin mining for valuable resources. Upgrade your equipment as you gather materials to enhance your mining capabilities.
- Spaceship travel
- Asteroid mining
- Resource gathering
- Equipment development
- Ship upgrades
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Travel with your spaceship. Start mining on the asteroid. Gather resources and develop your equipment.
Garbage Collectors
Embark on a mission to clean up a polluted island by collecting trash. Recruit helpful dwarfs to assist in your efforts and restore the island's natural beauty. Can you transform the island back to its green state?
- Island cleanup simulation
- Collect illegal dumping
- Recruit dwarf helpers
- Restore island greenery
- Cooperative gameplay
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There is an island filled with large amounts of illegal dumping. It's not very much, but you are not going to be able to do anything about it alone. With the help of the dwarfs who live on the island, let's pick up the trash and clean it up. Can you make the island green again?
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Verdict
Asteroid Miner 3D and Garbage Collectors both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of Garbage Collectors's written reviews are positive against 14% of Asteroid Miner 3D's. Asteroid Miner 3D's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Asteroid Miner 3D sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Garbage Collectors sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Asteroid Miner 3D against 4.7 for Garbage Collectors. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.4K and 7.5K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 14% of Asteroid Miner 3D's written reviews are positive against 50% of Garbage Collectors's.
Asteroid Miner 3D ships an update weekly, Garbage Collectors every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Asteroid Miner 3D | Garbage Collectors |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.4K ratings) | 4.7 (7.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.4K | 7.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 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 | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 333 MB | 502 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | tatsumaki games |
Customer experience
Asteroid Miner 3D
Garbage Collectors
User reviews
Asteroid Miner 3D
From 4.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Satisfying gameplay
- 💡 Unique concept
- 🚀 Good time-killer
Room to improve
- 🔍 Too many ads
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Ads interfere with gameplay
- 🔍 Ads block important buttons
Garbage Collectors
From 7.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Potential
- 👍 Fun game
- 🌳 Very green
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches
- 💰 Too many ads
- 🔋 Heats up phone and drains battery
Bugs and requests
Asteroid Miner 3D
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes when customizing avatar
- Progress lost after crashes
- Inability to complete certain levels
Requested features
3 requests- Option to remove ads for a fee
- Improved stability and performance
- More variety in planets and challenges
Garbage Collectors
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inaccessible trash on certain levels
- Minions getting stuck and unable to complete levels
- Upgrades resetting between levels
- Inability to finish levels due to glitched items
Requested features
5 requests- More levels
- Option to turn off vacuums
- Option to purchase ad-free version
- Different scenery/backgrounds
- More upgrades and progression
In-app purchases
Asteroid Miner 3D
- No Ads$2.99
- No Ads with Coin$3.99
- No Ads with Coin$5.99
Garbage Collectors
- TimeLimit SpeedUp (Great Deal)$0.49
- Diamonds 7$0.99
- Time Limit Speed Up$0.99
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- One Day No Ads$0.99
- Cashier$1.49
- Goldie Robo Skin$2.49
- No Ads$2.49
- Casual Dude$2.49
- Gem 25$2.99
- Gem 40$4.49
- No Ads + Speed Up (Great deal)$6.99
- Infinity Speed Up$7.99
- Gem 90$9.99
- No Ads + Speed Up$9.99
- Gem 200$20.99
Questions
Is Asteroid Miner 3D free?
Is Garbage Collectors free?
Which has better reviews, Asteroid Miner 3D or Garbage Collectors?
Do Asteroid Miner 3D or Garbage Collectors have ads?
Which is updated more often, Asteroid Miner 3D or Garbage Collectors?
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