Gold Digger HD vs Pixel Digger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gold Digger HD
Experience a classic arcade-style game with stunning cartoon graphics and intuitive touch controls. Explore thousands of levels and utilize powerful in-game props to achieve high scores and climb the leaderboards.
- Stunning cartoon graphics
- Simple touch screen controls
- Thousands of levels
- Powerful in-game props
- Game Center leaderboards
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This is one of the most classic games, currently in time-limited freeing. Features: 1, stunning cartoon pictures, best iPhone's game quality experience! 2, simple clicking control, designed specifically for touch screen! 3, excellent level designs, contains thousands of levels! 4, powerful props: contains the bomb, clover, Hercules water, diamond water, stone book collections and more props coming soon! 5, Game Center ranking, to tell to the world that you are the best one! So wonderful, don't miss it!
Pixel Digger
Dig for gold, diamonds, and treasures in this addictive retro-style mining game. Practice your reflexes and pass the time with engaging gameplay suitable for all ages. Play alone or with family, with or without an internet connection.
- Dig gold, diamonds, and treasures
- Avoid rocks and pigs
- Practice reflexes
- Cute retro graphics
- Fantasy game music
- Leaderboard
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Drop the claw. Grab the gold. Beat the clock. Pixel Digger: Gold Rush is a hand-crafted arcade digger drawn entirely in pixel art, with 50 designed missions and a relic collection to hunt across all of them. No account, no internet needed. HOW IT PLAYS Your claw swings back and forth. Tap to drop it, and it grabs whatever it touches: gold nuggets, diamonds, treasure bags, or a rock that drags you down. Reach the mission target before the timer runs out. Buy dynamite, strength potions, extra time and other power-ups with the gold you earn to push through the harder missions. 50 HAND-DESIGNED MISSIONS Every layout is placed by hand, not generated. Later missions add moving targets, tight timers and rock-packed layouts. COLLECT THE RELICS Pulling up stones can uncover relic fragments. Fifteen fragments form three sets, and completing a set grants a permanent upgrade: a faster winch, a longer timer, or a slower swing for easier aiming. MORE TO DO - Lucky Wheel with free daily spins, plus bonus spins from optional ads - In-game shop for consumables earned through play - Game Center leaderboard (optional) - Plays fully offline MADE FOR THE RETRO FEEL - 2D pixel art on a custom 48-colour palette - Original chiptune soundtrack and sound effects - Landscape on iPhone and iPad - Simple one-tap controls, easy to pick up at any age
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixel Digger at 4.7 against Gold Digger HD's 3.9. Gold Digger HD's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pixel Digger holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gold Digger HD has 56 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gold Digger HD ships an update monthly, Pixel Digger every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gold Digger HD | Pixel Digger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (56 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 崇林 莫 | Cuong Du Duc |
Customer experience
Gold Digger HD
Pixel Digger
Bugs and requests
Gold Digger HD
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes or freezes randomly
- Inconsistent controls and physics
- Incorrect scoring and progress tracking
Requested features
4 requests- Add a pause/save feature
- Provide an ad-free paid version
- Improve level progression and checkpoints
- Add more varied levels and challenges
Pixel Digger
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gold Digger HD
No in-app purchases
Pixel Digger
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Gold Digger HD free?
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