Brick Workers vs Shovel World
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brick Workers
Operate construction vehicles to build roads and earn in-game currency. Upgrade your truck and unlock new abilities to increase your earnings and progress through levels.
- Build roads
- Level up truck
- Earn money
- Use upgrades
- Unlock abilities
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Start building the road, level up the truck, earn money, use upgrades and earn more money!
Shovel World
Start as a digger, extracting soil to build lands and structures. Discover valuable gems and artifacts to display in your museum, attracting tourists to your island.
- Dig and extract soil
- Build lands and buildings
- Discover gems and artifacts
- Display artifacts in a museum
- Attract tourists to your island
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You begin as a humble digger and use the soil you extracted to build lands and buildings. You will come across very precious gems and artifacts. You can display your artifacts in a museum and expand your museum to bring tourists to your island.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Brick Workers at 100% against Shovel World's 33%. Brick Workers also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Shovel World's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Brick Workers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Brick Workers's written reviews are positive against 33% of Shovel World's.
Brick Workers ships an update every 4 weeks, Shovel World weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Brick Workers | Shovel World |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 195 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FUBU GAMES OYUN YAZILIM VE BILGI TEKNOLOJILERI TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI | UDO GAMES OYUN YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI |
Customer experience
Brick Workers
Shovel World
In-app purchases
Brick Workers
No in-app purchases
Shovel World
No in-app purchases
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