Comparison

Sea Lords vs Mining Master

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

Head to head
About

Sea Lords

Embark on a survival, building, and battle arcade game. Hire a crew to gather resources, trade goods for gold, and equip your sailors for ship combat to loot treasure.

Highlights
  • Collect resources (fish, wood, metal)
  • Trade goods with merchants
  • Battle other ships and loot treasure
  • Unlock new swords and armors
  • Hire and manage crew for trading and battles
Features
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Collect, Trade and Battle Sea Lords is an arcade game about survival, building & battles. Hire your crew to sell goods and earn gold Equip you crew with armors and attack on other ships FEATURES: * COLLECT: Catch fish, collect wood, pull metal * TRADE: Sell goods to merchants and earn gold * BATTLE: Invade other ships and loot treasure chests * GEARS: Unlock new swords and armors * SIMULATION: Hire crew and use them in trading and battles

About

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.

Highlights
  • Simple touch controls
  • Casual gameplay
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Quick play sessions
Features
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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 :)

Screenshots

Sea Lords4 screens
Mining Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mining Master at 4.6 against Sea Lords's 3.1. Mining Master also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 57). Sea Lords'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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mining Master sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Sea Lords asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mining Master holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mining Master has 3.7K ratings behind it against 57, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Sea Lords's written reviews are positive against 23% of Mining Master's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sea Lords ships an update every 3 months, Mining Master every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sea Lords versus Mining Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSea LordsMining Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (57 ratings)4.6 (3.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.2% of reviews — better22.9% of reviews
Number of ratings573.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB190 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperYso CorpMondayOFF LLC

Customer experience

Sea Lords

All ratings57 ratings
Positive47.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative42.1%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive29.2%
Neutral16.7%
Negative54.2%

Mining Master

All ratings3,696 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive22.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative70.0%

Bugs and requests

Sea Lords

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

None

Sea Lords

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Mining Master

One-time2
  • NoAds$3.99
  • Speed Pack$5.99

Questions

Is Sea Lords free?
Sea Lords is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mining Master free?
Mining Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sea Lords or Mining Master?
Mining Master is rated higher. Sea Lords averages 3.1 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Mining Master averages 4.6 from 3.7K ratings.
Do Sea Lords or Mining Master have ads?
Both Sea Lords and Mining Master show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sea Lords or Mining Master?
Sea Lords ships an update every 3 months, and Mining Master every 5 days. Most recently, Sea Lords was updated on November 3, 2026 and Mining Master on November 12, 2026.

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