Mining Master vs Giant Excavator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mining Master
Embark on a casual yet challenging adventure in this simple mining game. Perfect for quick play sessions, it offers an engaging experience that's harder than it looks.
- Simple touch controls
- Casual gameplay
- Challenging difficulty
- Quick play sessions
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I'm a good miner! It is very simple and casual adventure game :) AND HARDER than you think! · · · · · · Game Feature · · · · · · · » Simply touch to play game » Just play this game on your 10 minutes of free time :)
Giant Excavator
Manage your own excavation company, operating heavy machinery to extract ore. Process the collected materials into various products and sell them to expand your factory and become a tycoon.
- Operate excavation machinery
- Collect and process ore
- Produce different products
- Sell products for income
- Expand factory operations
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Operate a excavation company, start your machine, and collect it. Machish the collected ore and produce different products. Then sell them and use these income to continuously expand your factory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mining Master at every 5 days against Giant Excavator's every 4 months. Mining Master also leads on ratings volume (3.7K vs 547). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Mining Master sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Giant Excavator sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Mining Master against 4.7 for Giant Excavator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mining Master has 3.7K ratings behind it against 547, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 23% of Mining Master's written reviews are positive against 27% of Giant Excavator's.
Mining Master ships an update every 5 days, Giant Excavator every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Mining Master | Giant Excavator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.7K ratings) | 4.7 (547 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.9% of reviews | 27.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 547 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MondayOFF | Solid Games |
Customer experience
Mining Master
Giant Excavator
Bugs and requests
Mining Master
Reported bugs
2 issues- Upgrade issues
- Game freezing and not reopening
Requested features
2 requests- More levels and content
- Improved stability and performance
Giant Excavator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mining Master
- NoAds$3.99
- Speed Pack$5.99
Giant Excavator
- No Ads Lite$4.99
- No Ads Plus$9.99
Questions
Is Mining Master free?
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