Comparison

Minecraft vs Mini World

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

Head to head
About

Minecraft

Explore an infinite open world, gather resources, and build anything you can imagine. Survive dangerous nights or create freely in various modes. Play solo or with friends across multiple platforms.

Highlights
  • Open-world exploration
  • Building and crafting
  • Survival mode
  • Creative mode
  • Multiplayer gameplay
  • Cross-platform play
  • Marketplace for add-ons
Features
Read full description

Dive into an open world of building, crafting and survival. Gather resources, survive the night, and build whatever you can imagine one block at a time. Explore and craft your way through a completely open world where you can play with friends, build a city, start a farm, mine deep into the ground, face mysterious enemies, or just experiment to the limits of your imagination! The possibilities are endless. Embark on an epic adventure and play with friends, building from the ground up. Build and expand in Creative mode, where you can craft from unlimited resources. Survive the night, face intense battles, craft tools, and fend off danger in Survival mode. With seamless cross-platform and multiplayer gameplay on Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, you can adventure solo or with friends, and discover an infinite, randomly generated world filled with blocks to mine, biomes to explore, and mobs to befriend (or battle)! In Minecraft, the world is yours to shape! CREATE YOUR WORLD • Build anything from the ground up • Craft from special resources and tools to create brand new structures and landscapes • Explore an endless open world full of different biomes and creatures • Minecraft Marketplace – Get creator-made add-ons, thrilling worlds, and stylish cosmetics on Minecraft Marketplace • Connect with millions of players on community servers, or subscribe to Realms Plus to cross-play with up to 10 friends on your own private server • Slash commands – Tweak how the game plays: you can change the weather, summon mobs, change the time of day, and more • Add-ons – Customize your experience even further with add-ons! If you're more tech-inclined, you can modify your game to create new resource packs MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMES • Join free massive multiplayer servers and play with thousands of others • Multiplayer servers allow you to play with up to 4 players online with a free Xbox Live account • Build, battle and explore other realms. With Realms and Realms Plus, you can play with up to 10 friends cross-platform, anytime, anywhere on Realms, your own private server that we host for you • With Realms Plus, get instant access to over 150 Marketplace items with new additions each month. Share with friends on your own private Realms server* • Connect and play with players across the world, wherever they are, and join in on MMO battles for survival in other worlds • Discover gigantic community-run worlds, compete in unique mini-games and socialize in lobbies full of fellow Minecrafters SUPPORT: https://www.minecraft.net/help LEARN MORE: https://www.minecraft.net/ Here are the links to our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions: Privacy Policy: https://www.minecraft.net/privacy/gdpr Terms and Conditions: https://account.mojang.com/terms MINIMUM RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATION To check the requirements for your device visit: https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/4409172223501 *Realms & Realms Plus: Try a free 30-day trial in-app. Minecraft may request the following optional permissions, which require your consent. You can continue to use Minecraft without granting these permissions; however, some features may be limited or unavailable. For more information, please see below: • Local Network: To find other devices on the same Wi‑Fi network for multiplayer gameplay. • App Tracking: To deliver personalized ads and improve application experience

About

Mini World

Unleash your creativity in a vast sandbox world where you can build anything you imagine, from houses to entire cities. Explore diverse game modes, play with friends online, and customize your character. This app offers a powerful game editor for creating your own unique experiences.

Highlights
  • Build and create anything imaginable
  • Explore expansive sandbox world
  • Multiple game modes (survival, creation, RPG)
  • Play and socialize with millions of players
  • Powerful in-app game editor
  • Character customization with skins
Features
Read full description

BUILD YOUR OWN ADVENTURE GAME Mini World is the ultimate dream game for you to let your creativity fly! Create and build anything you can imagine, a house, apartment, castle or even a city of your own! This is the best free game for teens, join now to play and have fun with millions of players in the Mini World global community. Your adventure begins now! SANDBOX WORLD WITH INFINITE CONTENTS Explore an expansive sandbox world with a variety of unique cute monsters, blocks, materials. Survival mode, creation mode, epic role playing mode, and various mini games created by the community. PLAY FREE AND BE SOCIAL! Jump into a friend's game with friendly fire turned on, or start a new world on your own. Chat with your friends’ game buddies online using private chat or group chat. Share your game with friends, or join other players from all over the world. Colorful boys & girls skins to customize your own character. POWERFUL GAME-EDITOR Various types of mini-games available, from parkour, to puzzle, to FPS, to strategy etc... all can be built by our powerful game-editor that is available even on mobile devices. You can truly build your own world anywhere. JOIN OUR COMMUNITY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miniworldtech Twitter: @miniwantech Discord: https://discord.gg/88GZq34 CS email: MiniworldCustomerService@gmail.com

Screenshots

Minecraft4 screens
Mini World4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mini World at Free against Minecraft's $6.99. Mini World also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Minecraft's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (845K vs 8.3K). On update cadence, 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

Mini World is free to download; Minecraft costs $6.99 up front. Minecraft sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Mini World sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Minecraft holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minecraft has 845K ratings behind it against 8.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Minecraft's written reviews are positive against 61% of Mini World's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minecraft ships an update every 2 weeks, Mini World every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Minecraft versus Mini World: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinecraftMini World
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (845K ratings) — better4.2 (8.3K ratings)
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews — better61.2% of reviews
Number of ratings845K — better8.3K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#1 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.3 GB1.2 GB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMojangMiniwan Tech

Customer experience

Minecraft

All ratings844,279 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews13,050 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral6.9%
Negative16.9%

Mini World

All ratings8,282 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews1,663 reviews
Positive61.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative27.7%

User reviews

Minecraft

From 845K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Amazing game
  • 👍 Endless creativity
  • 🎮 Engaging gameplay
  • 🌳 Peaceful survival mode
  • 🔥 Exciting updates

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • ⚠️ Complicated controls and UI
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🔌 Performance issues on older devices
  • 🤖 Unwanted account requirements

Mini World

From 8.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and creative game
  • 👍 Free alternative to Minecraft
  • 💡 Unique features and gameplay
  • 🚀 Smooth performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 💰 Expensive skins and customization
  • 🔒 Copyright concerns
  • 🤔 Confusing for new players

Bugs and requests

Minecraft

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Disappearing items and pets
  • Skin and texture pack issues
  • Frozen loading screens
  • Multiplayer connectivity problems
  • Redstone and command block glitches

Requested features

5 requests
  • More animal varieties
  • Furniture and home decor options
  • Vertical slabs and stairs
  • Customizable pet behaviors
  • New dimensions and bosses

Mini World

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Dropped items get stuck on screen
  • Multiplayer rooms not loading properly
  • Sudden character teleportation and world resets
  • Invisible entities and visual glitches

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more free skins and customization options
  • Improve multiplayer functionality
  • Optimize performance and fix bugs
  • Provide better tutorials for new players

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Minecraft

Subscriptions3
  • Realms Monthly Subscription: You + 2 Friends$3.991 Month
  • Realms Plus: You + 10 Friends$7.991 Month
  • Realms Plus:10 Friends w/trial1 Month trial$7.991 Month
One-time7
  • Minecraft Store Item 2$1.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 3$2.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 4$3.99
Show 4 more
  • Minecraft Store Item 5$4.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 6$5.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 8$7.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 10$9.99
10 purchases

Mini World

One-time10
  • 50 Mini Coins$0.99
  • 100 Mini Coins$1.99
  • Battle Pass$2.99
Show 7 more
  • 250 Mini Coins$4.99
  • 300 Mini Coins$5.99
  • Battle Pass Premium$6.99
  • 500 Mini Coins$9.99
  • 1000 Mini Coins$19.99
  • 2500 Mini Coins$49.99
  • 5000 Mini Coins$99.99

Questions

Is Minecraft free?
Minecraft costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Mini World free?
Mini World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Minecraft or Mini World?
Minecraft is rated higher. Minecraft averages 4.5 out of 5 from 845K ratings, while Mini World averages 4.2 from 8.3K ratings.
Do Minecraft or Mini World have ads?
Mini World shows ads; Minecraft does not.
Which is updated more often, Minecraft or Mini World?
Minecraft ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mini World every 3 weeks. Most recently, Minecraft was updated on October 31, 2026 and Mini World on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons