Comparison

Pen Dig vs Craft Drill

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

Head to head
About

Pen Dig

Engage in a clicker idle game where you dig the ground with a pen to earn money. Upgrade your digging tools and use your earnings to construct a city, opening new areas and creating your own unique playstyle.

Highlights
  • Clicker idle gameplay
  • Earn coins by digging
  • Upgrade various pen tools
  • Build a city from mines
  • Create a personalized playstyle
  • Develop a prosperous city
Features
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Dig the ground using a pen and build a city! Our game is a fun clicker idle game that gets you started with a school pencil. You will earn money by digging and breaking stones and you will improve your pens by earning money. There are many types of pens in the game, from the ordinary pen to the stone-filled pen, the digger-shaped pen, and the pointed pen. In the second stage of the game, you will try to make a city by digging your mines. Travel around the city with the vehicle carrying the stones and build buildings and open new areas when you build the whole city. Throughout your game, you will create a game style that suits you and you will try to make a rich city. Features: -Fun clicker idle game -Earn coins by digging and breaking stones -Many different types of pens -Dig mines to build a city -Create your own style of play -Strive to make a rich city Pen Dig is a game that can be played with pleasure and played on many different levels. Earn money using a pen, build a city, and have fun! Download and play our game now!

About

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.

Highlights
  • Drill upgrades
  • Resource extraction (coal, iron, gold, diamonds)
  • Attachment switching
  • Economic strategy
  • Casual gameplay
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Pen Dig4 screens
Craft Drill3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pen Dig at 3.6K against Craft Drill's 130. Pen Dig also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Craft Drill's advantage is review sentiment (29% vs 11%). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pen 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pen Dig against 4.5 for Craft Drill. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pen Dig has 3.6K ratings behind it against 130, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 11% of Pen Dig's written reviews are positive against 29% of Craft Drill's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pen Dig ships an update monthly, Craft Drill every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pen Dig versus Craft Drill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPen DigCraft Drill
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.6K ratings) — better4.5 (130 ratings)
Positive reviews11.3% of reviews28.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.6K — better130
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB169 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDoDo Game CoYso Corp

Customer experience

Pen Dig

All ratings3,557 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive11.3%
Neutral11.3%
Negative77.4%

Craft Drill

All ratings130 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral4.6%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral20.0%
Negative51.4%

Bugs and requests

Pen Dig

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Pencil/drill stops collecting materials at certain depths
  • Progress resets or gets stuck after reaching certain milestones
  • Inability to progress past first city/area

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and content to extend gameplay
  • Reduce frequency of ads
  • Improve stability and fix bugs

Craft Drill

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pen Dig

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
5 purchases

Craft Drill

One-time5
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 25k Money & Remove Ads$3.99
  • 50k Money$4.99
Show 2 more
  • 100k Money$7.49
  • 250k Money & Remove Ads$9.99

Questions

Is Pen Dig free?
Pen Dig is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Craft Drill free?
Craft Drill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pen Dig or Craft Drill?
Pen Dig is rated higher. Pen Dig averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.6K ratings, while Craft Drill averages 4.5 from 130 ratings.
Do Pen Dig or Craft Drill have ads?
Both Pen Dig and Craft Drill show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pen Dig or Craft Drill?
Pen Dig ships an update monthly, and Craft Drill every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pen Dig was updated on September 22, 2026 and Craft Drill on September 14, 2026.

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