Comparison

Classic Miner vs Catch The Magic Egg

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Catch The Magic Egg

Features
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Catch The Egg! is a fast-paced arcade game where you control a stickman trying to catch colourful eggs dropped by a flying bird. Move left and right, jump over watercolour-painted trees, and hold CATCH to grab eggs before they smash on the ground. But watch out — storm clouds fire lightning bolts that zap eggs out of the sky! HOW TO SCORE: • +10 points — catch a falling egg • +5 points — jump over a tree • −10 points — walk into a tree • −10 points — lightning destroys an egg • −1 point — egg hits the ground FEATURES: • Colourful hand-painted watercolour trees • Shimmering rainbow sky particles • Storm clouds with flak lightning bursts • Cute chicks hatch from every caught egg • Relaxing piano soundtrack • Game Center leaderboard — compete for the top score • Simple touch controls — easy to learn, hard to master How high can you score? Challenge your friends on the global leaderboard!

Screenshots

Classic Miner4 screens
Catch The Magic Egg3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Catch The Magic Egg at none against Classic Miner's 6. Catch The Magic Egg also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Classic Miner sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Catch The Magic Egg asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Classic Miner versus Catch The Magic Egg: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassic MinerCatch The Magic Egg
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB61 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLIN CHENG SHANThomas Mellor

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

Catch The Magic Egg

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Classic Miner

One-time6
  • 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
None

Catch The Magic Egg

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Classic Miner free?
Classic Miner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Catch The Magic Egg free?
Catch The Magic Egg is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Classic Miner or Catch The Magic Egg have ads?
Classic Miner shows ads; Catch The Magic Egg does not.

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