Comparison

DigDigDrill vs Drillbound

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Drillbound

Features
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Drillbound is a portrait mining-extraction adventure about going deeper without losing everything. Guide a rugged drill robot through dangerous planets, choose how far to push your run, collect rare ores, and return to the depot before the cave collapses. Start with World 1 for free. Upgrade your robot with permanent improvements, manage fuel, hull integrity, cargo, and consumables, and unlock a five-world journey. Every descent is a risk-and-reward decision: drill through layered rock, discover new materials, balance your route home, and decide when to turn back. Use repair kits, energy cells, beacons, and dynamite when a run turns dangerous. Sell what you recover and invest in a stronger, more efficient machine. Keep your bearings with the in-game logbook and planet progression. Buy the one-time Full Game unlock to continue beyond World 1 and experience the complete Drillbound journey. No subscriptions. No ads. No premium currency. Designed for focused portrait play, Drillbound delivers offline exploration with tactile touch controls and a persistent upgrade loop.

Screenshots

DigDigDrill4 screens
Drillbound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Drillbound at none against DigDigDrill's shown. DigDigDrill's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, in-app purchases 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. DigDigDrill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Drillbound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DigDigDrill versus Drillbound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigDigDrillDrillbound
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperToki MatsuiNico Wurthenberger

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DigDigDrill

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
1 purchases

Drillbound

One-time1
  • Full Game Unlock$3.99

Questions

Is DigDigDrill free?
DigDigDrill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drillbound free?
Drillbound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DigDigDrill or Drillbound have ads?
DigDigDrill shows ads; Drillbound does not.

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