Digging Run vs Sand Miner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digging Run
Dig deeper into the earth to unlock new levels and hire more workers. Improve your digging speed and expand your operations to progress further. This game offers a simple yet engaging experience focused on resource management and expansion.
- Unlock new worker levels
- Increase digging speed
- Hire more workers
- Dig deeper
- Level progression
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Unlock new levels for workers! Gain more speed & hire more workers! Dig deeper and deeper!
Sand Miner
Embark on a desert adventure to unearth marvelous relics. Experience the life of a mining tycoon in this idle digging game. Power up your excavator and start digging to discover hidden artifacts and become the ultimate idle tycoon.
- Idle mining gameplay
- Excavator simulator
- Artifact discovery
- Desert exploration
- Tycoon progression
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Embark on an adventure to the Land of Sand to dig up some marvelous relics! Try the taste of the mining tycoon life in our ultimate idle game! Our mining simulator takes you to a desert full of abandoned dig sites. Power up your excavator and start digging to find artifacts hidden deep in there. Out of all other gold-mining games, you’ll love our miner tycoon & excavator simulator! So what are you waiting for? Jump on your excavator to get the title of idle tycoon! Download our extraordinary digging game now to try the miner life! Start digging on your excavator to become the ultimate mining tycoon! Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://taketopgames.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sand Miner at 4.6 against Digging Run's 3.7. Sand Miner also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 3). Digging Run's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. Sand Miner sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Digging Run asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sand Miner holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sand Miner has 1.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Digging Run | Sand Miner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (1.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 22.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 1.1 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BOOM GAMES YAZILIM VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI | Take Top Entertainment LLP |
Customer experience
Digging Run
Sand Miner
In-app purchases
Digging Run
No in-app purchases
Sand Miner
- Mirage Treasure$2.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Welcome Pack$4.99
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