Pocket Mine vs Elite Space Trader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Mine
Tap blocks to dig deep, uncover treasures, and trigger explosive chain reactions. Build a deck of booster cards to enhance your digging and unlock characters with special powers. Trade with friends to complete collections and earn rewards.
- Tap to dig deeper
- Discover treasure chests and rare artifacts
- Trigger explosive chain reactions
- Build a deck of booster cards
- Unlock characters with special powers
- Trade with friends for rewards
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The new hit from the makers of Extreme Road Trip! It’s mine o’clock, time to dig! Tap the blocks to delve deeper and deeper in your Pocket Mine. Find treasure chests, rare artifacts and trigger explosive chain reactions! Build your deck of booster cards to reach your maximum digging potential and reach the top of the leaderboards! Unlock cool characters and unleash their special powers! Trade with your friends to complete museum collections and get sweet rewards! The game features awesome music by Jimmy "Big Giant Circles" Hinson (of "Extreme Road Trip 2" fame) and is frequently updated with more content. == Features == * Extremely addictive gameplay * Build your deck of booster cards to reach your maximum digging potential * Trigger huge gratifying explosions * Listen to catchy music that will stay with you all day * Use bombs, dynamite, drills and other crazy power-ups! * Find long lost treasures and rare artifacts! * Game Center Achievements and Leaderboards * Universal (great on any iOS device) * Free!
Elite Space Trader
Engage in a 2D space trading and combat simulation. Navigate between star systems, evade pirates, and raid ships for cargo while evading law enforcement. Choose your path between good and evil.
- 2D space trading
- Space combat
- Pirate evasion
- Ship boarding
- Cargo theft
- Choice of good or evil path
- Touch controls
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Elite Space Trader is a 2d space trading and fighting game. Travel to different star systems, while avoiding pirates. Or board over ships and steal their cargo, but watch out for the police. You get to choose which path you will go down, good or evil. Control your ship by holding the screen, or shoot by touching the screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pocket Mine at 80% against Elite Space Trader's 0%. Pocket Mine also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.7 vs 1.0). Elite Space Trader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Pocket Mine is free to download; Elite Space Trader costs $0.99 up front. Pocket Mine sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Elite Space Trader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pocket Mine holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Mine has 2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Pocket Mine's written reviews are positive against 0% of Elite Space Trader's.
Pocket Mine ships an update every 2 months, Elite Space Trader every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Mine | Elite Space Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (2K ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roofdog Games | JOhn Lyons |
Customer experience
Pocket Mine
Elite Space Trader
Bugs and requests
Pocket Mine
Reported bugs
4 issues- Incorrect artifact/card rewards
- Prestige system resets progress
- Timed events not functioning properly
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- More varied mine environments
- Ability to trade/gift artifacts
- Expanded progression system
- Reduced energy/cooldown times
- Improved artifact/card management
Elite Space Trader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pocket Mine
- Novice Special Offer 1$0.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
- Small Pack of Rubies$2.99
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- Novice Special Offer 2$3.99
- Medium Pack of Rubies$4.99
- Energy cap upgrade$4.99
- Big Pack of Rubies$9.99
- Expert Special Offer 1$9.99
- Huge Pack of Rubies$19.99
- Mega Pack of Rubies$39.99
Elite Space Trader
No in-app purchases
Questions
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