Power Dig vs Craft Drill
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!
Craft Drill
Mine valuable resources like coal, iron, gold, and diamonds with an upgradable drill. Switch between various attachments to optimize your extraction and build a prosperous mining empire. Enjoy casual gameplay and complete challenging levels to become the ultimate mining tycoon.
- Drill upgrades
- Resource extraction (coal, iron, gold, diamonds)
- Attachment switching
- Economic strategy
- Casual gameplay
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Uncover hidden riches as you wield a powerful drill, extracting coal, iron, gold, and diamonds. Upgrade your drill and switch between attachments like wooden shovels, stone shovels, iron pickaxes, and diamond pickaxes for optimized resource extraction. GAME FEATURES: - Drill Upgrades: Evolve your drilling capabilities, from basic to unstoppable. - Resource Extraction: Mine coal, iron, gold, and diamonds for wealth and opulence. - Economic Strategy: Manage resources to build and expand your mining empire. - Casual Gaming: Enjoy simple controls and engaging gameplay. Complete challenging levels, improve your drill, and become the ultimate mining tycoon. Tackle intricate challenges as you delve deeper into the earth.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Power Dig at 6K against Craft Drill's 130. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 Craft Drill sells 5 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 4.5 for Craft Drill. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Power Dig has 6K ratings behind it against 130, 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 29% of Craft Drill's.
Power Dig ships an update every 5 weeks, Craft Drill every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Power Dig | Craft Drill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (6K ratings) — better | 4.5 (130 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.0% of reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6K — better | 130 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| 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 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 250 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Supercent, Inc. | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Power Dig
Craft Drill
User reviews
Power Dig
From 6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Satisfying gameplay
- 💡 Unique concept
- 🚀 Smooth performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🔋 High ad frequency
- 🔒 Paid version issues
- 🐛 Progression bugs
Craft Drill
From 130 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun concept
- 👍 Enjoyable gameplay initially
- 👍 Awesome game
- 👍 Very good game
- 👍 Cool game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Game won't load past level select
- 🐛 Game freezes
- 🐛 Purchase not restored
- 🐛 Ads still present after purchase
- 🐛 Game crashes
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
Craft Drill
Reported bugs
19 issues- Game won't load past level select menu after first level
- Game freezes when trying to play
- Purchased ad-free access not restored after reinstalling
- Game crashes and purchase is lost
- App won't load, ads don't load
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- Game bugs out after fully closing the app, requires reinstalling
- Game shows title screen and won't load
- Cannot get past the first level
- Game stays on title screen
- Game glitches out and won't load
- Restore purchases doesn't work
- Game crashes after paying for no ads
- Game won't open after paying for no ads
- Bug where game can't be played after reaching 50% on level 1
- Stopped letting me play after reaching 50% on level 1, only shows title screen
- App has a bug on level 1, won't start after finishing and exiting app
- Game progress reset after update
- Paid for no ads, still getting them
- Review box shuts down mid-review
Requested features
9 requests- Fix the game
- Add new ores, upgrades, and buildings
- Add more content
- Add color to levels
- Fix ads after purchase
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- Fix purchase restoration
- Fix game loading issues
- Fix game freezing issues
- Fix game crashing issues
In-app purchases
Power Dig
- No Ads$3.99
Craft Drill
- Remove Ads$2.99
- 25k Money & Remove Ads$3.99
- 50k Money$4.99
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- 100k Money$7.49
- 250k Money & Remove Ads$9.99
Questions
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