Classic Miner vs Egg Shoot 2017
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Classic Miner
Dig for gold and diamonds in this classic arcade-style game. Aim your hook, collect valuable treasures, and advance through unique levels. Compete for high scores and become a mining tycoon.
- Mine gold and diamonds
- Advance through unique levels
- Save progress and continue playing
- Retry levels with video resurrection
- Endless high score challenges
- Randomized level maps
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After years of exploration, Classic Miner finally found more gold mines. Classic Miner use skilled techniques to dig gold and diamond to earn more cash. Let’s work together to mine new mines and become a billionaire! * The score of each level reaches the goal, and you will go to the next level. The game has a save function, you can start from that level if you exit level. * Skill guide : When you play for a few seconds and the score does not reach the target, if you want to replay that level, you can press “Exit Level” before time 0, then press “Menu”, then press “Start”, then choose “Continue”. If you fail, please press Retry, and you can resurrect to continue playing after watching the video. If there is no video stock, you must wait or press Back to exit and start again. * Many unique levels but play endlessly to get a high score * Classic Miner is one of most popular online games. Now it’s available on iOS. Hope you will enjoy it! * Aim on the gold while the hook swings, and click on the screen to release the hook. * Every time you play, the map of each level may be different, so every time you play it is a new challenge!
Egg Shoot 2017
Shoot colored eggs with a slingshot to match three or more of the same color and score points. Navigate through various game modes, including Endless, Stomped, and Time Trial, before the eggs reach the bottom.
- Slingshot egg shooting
- Match three or more same-colored eggs
- Four game modes: Endless, Stomped, Fossil, Time Trial
- Score points by bursting eggs
- Prevent eggs from reaching the bottom
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In this game, you can use slingshot to shoot the eggs. When the eggs burst, you will score the points. Normally, there are four game modes that are Endless, Stomped, Fossil and Time Trial. * Endless There are many colorful eggs from the top of screen. They will move down to the bottom where you are located to shoot them. You must to use slingshot to shoot to shoot your own egg up at them. When your egg matches with three or more same color eggs, they will burst. If the eggs down to the bottom of screen, the screen will be crushed. The game will end. * Stomped The disorderly eggs will be arranged on the screen. It means that it will be more difficult to make them to burst. * Time Trial If you want to play game without caring about the time, you should try this mode. You only must to clear the eggs by shooting the correct color eggs at the one on the screens. Just shooting as little as possible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Classic Miner at 4.4 against Egg Shoot 2017's 3.7. Classic Miner also leads on ratings volume (2.3K vs 7). Egg Shoot 2017's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (91% vs 68%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Classic Miner sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Egg Shoot 2017 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Classic Miner holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Classic Miner has 2.3K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Classic Miner's written reviews are positive against 91% of Egg Shoot 2017's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Classic Miner ships an update every 3 months, Egg Shoot 2017 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Classic Miner | Egg Shoot 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.3K ratings) — better | 3.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.8% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LIN CHENG SHAN | Dau Quoc Toan |
Customer experience
Classic Miner
Egg Shoot 2017
Bugs and requests
Classic Miner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game resets progress after updates
- Claw movement and timing issues
- Ads blocking gameplay and interfering with controls
Requested features
4 requests- Save progress and resume from last level
- More varied and challenging levels
- Option to remove ads or pay for ad-free version
- Ability to retry failed levels instead of restarting
Egg Shoot 2017
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Classic Miner
- 8 Lives$0.99
- 30000 Coins$0.99
- 18 Lives$1.99
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- 30 Lives$2.99
- 45 Lives$3.99
- 60 Lives$4.99
Egg Shoot 2017
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Classic Miner free?
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