Mars Miner HD vs mine4miles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mars Miner HD
Explore procedurally generated mines on Mars to find artifact pieces and escape. Sell gems and ores to upgrade equipment and purchase supplies for deeper exploration. This lite version allows unlocking the full game to retain save data.
- Mine for artifact pieces
- Collect gems and ores
- Upgrade mining equipment
- Purchase supplies
- Randomly generated mines
- Unlock full game via IAP
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Mine, build, and upgrade your way to freedom! You've been kidnapped by the evil Mars Corp. and forced to mine for pieces of an ancient artifact buried deep below the surface of Mars. Finding all of the pieces of the artifact is your ticket back to Earth. You will find many valuable gems and ores along the way that can be sold at the shop to buy more supplies and better equipment to allow you to mine deeper. Make sure you have enough supplies to get back out of the mine! Every mine is randomly generated. No game is ever the same! Reviews: 88/100 - App of the day! - touchvolume.com Note: This is the 'lite' version of the game. The full game can be unlocked via an in-app purchase. This model was chosen so that save data would be retained between the lite and full versions. Feel free to e-mail suggestions/comments to support@tunabowlsoftware.com
mine4miles
Embark on a mining adventure to unearth a thousand unique gems across ten mine shafts. Strategically place diggers, collect ore for coins, and use your earnings to expand your mine with more equipment. Advance through levels by identifying gems and contribute to a global mining effort.
- Mine for 1,000 unique gems
- Collect ore and earn coins
- Expand mine with diggers and dynamite
- Identify gems to advance levels
- Global mining community expansion
- Discover quotes and nuggets of wisdom
- Game Center Leaderboards and Achievements
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mine4miles is a mining simulation game where the object is to mine for as many miles as you can while trying to collect and identify 1,000 unique gems buried in 10 different mine shafts. Place diggers to unearth ore that you collect for coins. Use your coins to add more diggers and dynamite to keep expanding your mine. Earn nuggets to hurry up digging, to speed up ore carts and to identify the gems you collect. Collect and identify gems to advance to new levels and mine for different types of ore. Help the mining community to expand the global mine to more than one billion miles! • 1,000 different quotes and nuggets of wisdom to discover while mining. • Game Center support for Leaderboards and Achievements. • iCloud support for syncing your game to multiple devices. • Play for Free for as long as you like. • No Ads! We hope you enjoy playing mine4miles. NOTE: You may disable in-app-purchases on your device using the Settings application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mars Miner HD at 4.6 against mine4miles's 3.7. Mars Miner HD also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 71%) and ratings volume (121 vs 11). mine4miles's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Mars Miner HD sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and mine4miles sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mars Miner HD holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Miner HD has 121 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Mars Miner HD's written reviews are positive against 71% of mine4miles's.
Mars Miner HD ships an update monthly, mine4miles every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Mars Miner HD | mine4miles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (121 ratings) — better | 3.7 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.7% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 121 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tuna Bowl Software LLC | Danny Aijala |
Customer experience
Mars Miner HD
mine4miles
Bugs and requests
Mars Miner HD
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezing or locking up during gameplay
- Inconsistent save/load functionality
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Expand exploration area in free version
- Add more mineral types and upgrade options
- Implement a mini-map or navigation tools
- Introduce new gameplay modes or challenges
mine4miles
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mars Miner HD
- Unlock Full Game$0.99
- 10,000 Credits$0.99
- God Mode$0.99
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- Credit Doubler$0.99
- 25,000 Credits$1.99
- 60,000 Credits$3.99
- 150,000 Credits$5.99
- 500,000 Credits$11.99
mine4miles
- 100,000 Coins$0.99
- 10 Nuggets$0.99
- 1,000,000 Coins$4.99
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- 100 Nuggets$4.99
- 5,000,000 Coins$9.99
- 500 Nuggets$9.99
