DigDigDrill vs SlidePuzzle8Expert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DigDigDrill
Embark on an underground mining adventure where you dig for minerals and treasures. Use your collected items to craft unique drills with customizable effects. Enjoy a relaxing, no-pressure experience with no enemies or time limits.
- Underground mining and resource collection
- Craft original drills with a hack-and-slash system
- Collect various minerals and treasures
- Forge drills using collected materials
- Random special drill effects
- Relaxing gameplay with no enemies or time limits
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Dig, Dig, and Dig! This game is an underground mining and resource collecting game. Dig freely for minerals and treasures. Use the items you collect to forge your original drills in a hack-and-slash style equipment system. ◆Recommended for◆ *Those who enjoy grinding games. *Those who want to collect many items. *Those who enjoy creating builds in hack-and-slash games. *Those who seek a relaxing game. ◆Game Flow◆ 1: Dig and collect ores and treasure boxes. 2: Sell collected ores to get coins. 3: Use coins and materials to forge new drills. 4: With new equipment, you can dig deeper and faster. ◆Features◆ -Many Materials- There are many minerals underground. You may find special items in gold treasure boxes! -Puzzle Forging- Use the collected minerals to create new drills. You might create the ultimate drill if you fit the ores into the blueprint smartly. -Random Special Effects- Your drill might gain special effects. Combine them effectively to strengthen your power! * Focus on movement speed for carrying resources quickly? * Enhance explosions for massive destruction? The choice is yours! -Zen-like Relaxing Game- No enemies. No time limit. No story. All you have to do is just mine! ◆Credits◆ Sound: Koukaonrabo, Koukaonziten, OtoLogic BGM: Music Atelier Amacha
SlidePuzzle8Expert
A classic number sliding puzzle game with two modes: normal and expert. In expert mode, numbers disappear periodically, adding a challenge. Enjoy an ad-free experience to focus on solving the puzzle.
- Number sliding puzzle gameplay
- Normal mode
- Expert mode with disappearing numbers
- Ad-free experience
- Simple interface
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Familiar puzzle 8! ! A simple puzzle game where you slide pieces and arrange numbers in order. In this Expert, Equipped with a normal mode where you can play normally and an expert mode where numbers disappear for a certain period of time! ! No ads are displayed. You can concentrate on the game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DigDigDrill at Free against SlidePuzzle8Expert's $0.99. DigDigDrill also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (81 vs 1). SlidePuzzle8Expert's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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
DigDigDrill is free to download; SlidePuzzle8Expert costs $0.99 up front. DigDigDrill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SlidePuzzle8Expert asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for DigDigDrill against 5.0 for SlidePuzzle8Expert. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DigDigDrill has 81 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DigDigDrill ships an update monthly, SlidePuzzle8Expert every 12 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | DigDigDrill | SlidePuzzle8Expert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (81 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Toki Matsui | Junichi Mori |
Customer experience
DigDigDrill
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In-app purchases
DigDigDrill
- Remove Ads$2.99
SlidePuzzle8Expert
No in-app purchases
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