Power Dig vs Giant Excavator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Power Dig
Operate an upgraded excavator to crush earth, ice, and even cities. Discover hidden jewels and demolish everything for an electrifying and fun experience. Perfect for explorers and treasure hunters seeking to dig deep.
- Upgrade excavator machine
- Find hidden jewels
- Crush earth, ice, and cities
- Demolish everything
- Excavator digging gameplay
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Want to Dig dipper? Upgrade your machine! Upgrade the excavator machine and Find the Hidden Jewels Crush Earth, ice, even cities! Demolish everything and Feel fun and electrified! This is an interesting digging game of all explorers and other treasure hunters that want to dig deep down the hole with an excavator!
Giant Excavator
Manage your own excavation company, operating heavy machinery to extract ore. Process the collected materials into various products and sell them to expand your factory and become a tycoon.
- Operate excavation machinery
- Collect and process ore
- Produce different products
- Sell products for income
- Expand factory operations
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Operate a excavation company, start your machine, and collect it. Machish the collected ore and produce different products. Then sell them and use these income to continuously expand your factory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Power Dig at every 5 weeks against Giant Excavator's every 4 months. Power Dig also leads on ratings volume (6.2K vs 547). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Power Dig sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Giant Excavator sells 2 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 — 4.6 for Power Dig against 4.7 for Giant Excavator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Power Dig has 6.2K ratings behind it against 547, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 23% of Power Dig's written reviews are positive against 27% of Giant Excavator's.
Power Dig ships an update every 5 weeks, Giant Excavator every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Power Dig | Giant Excavator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (6.2K ratings) | 4.7 (547 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.0% of reviews | 27.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.2K — better | 547 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 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 | 12.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 250 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Supercent, Inc. | Solid Games |
Customer experience
Power Dig
Giant Excavator
Bugs and requests
Power Dig
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes at certain levels
- Drill/tool disappearing bug
- Restart issues after crashes
Requested features
3 requests- Vibration control option
- Ability to save progress
- Less intrusive ads
Giant Excavator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Power Dig
- No Ads$3.99
Giant Excavator
- No Ads Lite$4.99
- No Ads Plus$9.99
Questions
Is Power Dig free?
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