Comparison

Cat Hero vs Cat Mine

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

Head to head
About

Cat Hero

Embark on an idle RPG adventure as a brave cat hero defending your master's dreams from monsters. Merge fish to power up your attacks, collect unique companions, and join forces with other players to conquer challenges and earn rewards.

Highlights
  • Idle RPG gameplay
  • Merge fish mechanics
  • Collect over 50 companions
  • Guild and co-op content
  • Customize hero with skins
  • AFK rewards up to 24 hours
Features
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“I, as a Cat Hero, will vanquish all monsters tormenting my master in his dream!" Fish Cannon? Check. Cuteness and Bravery? Double Check! It is a Cat Hero's sworn duty to protect their master from all forms of threat even if it means from their dreams. However, even the dark of the nightmare can make a hero's fur stand up. But fear not for you are not alone! You will meet friends, companions, and join forces with other Cat Heroes from all over the world on this quest to make sure the master feeds the cat and cleans the hairballs sitting by the corners. ■ Explore the Vast Dreamland in Cute, Quality Graphics Take on epic raid bosses, stroll along coastlines, fight the monsters of the ocean, and soar into the skies as you journey in this dreamland that is beautifully crafted in cute, quality graphics. ■ Simply Tap to Merge Fishes Endlessly and Grow Stronger Merge fishes to make your fish missiles stronger. The Magic Tank will fill the fish so don't worry about running out of fish! ■ Meet Companions to Customize your Build for Greater Firepower Choose from over 40 skills and 50 companions! Befriend Sausage, Bread, Chicken, Wolves, Pirates, and even a Tank Commander to unleash tons of damage. And let’s not forget about the runes that aid your build! ■ Join Forces with other Cat Heroes to Enjoy More Content Cooperate with your guild to conquer the battlefield and win the siege. Win special gear and more rewards from the guild fights and share the sweet taste of victories with your mates. ■ Wind Down with Diverse Range of Contents for Endless Fun Even Heroes need to catch a break every now and then. Customize in style with various skins and participate in various engaging minigames to get loads of rewards. Manage your Cat Town or visit someone else’s to either help or interrupt them! And when you are ready to battle again, test your strength in Arena for special rewards! ■ Let it Idle Go offline and your companions will fight for you. AFK rewards pile up up to 24 hours, so come back any time to upgrade your team! Join the ranks of Cat Heroes and protect your master’s dreams! Download and play now for free! [Join Our Discord] https://discord.com/invite/q3Xp6nreD9 [Privacy Policy] https://www.gameduo.net/en/privacy-policy [Terms of Service] https://www.gameduo.net/en/terms-of-service [Inquiry] cathero@gameduo.net

About

Cat Mine

Embark on an idle RPG adventure to help Bean dig for a space crystal. Merge tools to become stronger, collect unique kitties, and explore various game modes. Enjoy endless gold and gems as you dig your way home.

Highlights
  • Merge and upgrade picks
  • AFK progression
  • Collect unique kitties
  • Endless gold and gems
  • Dungeon, Altar, Laboratory modes
  • Move Planets and Galaxies
Features
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Bean's big adventure back home! Dig, dig, DIG. Another day and another digging session in the life of Bean. Why is he digging the ground? Bean is searching for a space crystal for his family. Help Bean find the space crystal and return home safely! ■ Merge and grow powerful Merge picks and create stronger picks! ■ Anywhere, anytime! Go AFK and watch them grow so fast! ■ Collect your own little kitties Raise kitties each with their unique skills and dashing looks. ■ Experience the thrill of infinite satisfaction Endless gold and gems! Once you start digging, you can't stop. It's that good. ■ And much more! A wide variety of contents like "Dungeon", "Altar", "Laboratory", "Move Planets", and "Move Galaxies"! [Contact] service.cm@gameduo.net [Privacy Policy] https://gameduo.net/en/privacy-policy [Terms of Service] https://gameduo.net/en/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Cat Hero4 screens
Cat Mine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cat Mine at none against Cat Hero's shown. Cat Mine also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Cat Hero's advantage is review sentiment (72% vs 46%) and ratings volume (4.6K vs 346). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Cat Hero sells 66 one-off in-app purchases and Cat Mine sells 50 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Cat Hero against 4.8 for Cat Mine. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cat Hero has 4.6K ratings behind it against 346, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Cat Hero's written reviews are positive against 46% of Cat Mine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat Hero ships an update every 2 days, Cat Mine every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cat Hero versus Cat Mine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCat HeroCat Mine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.6K ratings)4.8 (346 ratings)
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews — better45.7% of reviews
Number of ratings4.6K — better346
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size922 MB554 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperGame Duo Co.,Ltd.Game Duo Co.,Ltd.

Customer experience

Cat Hero

All ratings4,552 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews654 reviews
Positive72.3%
Neutral7.0%
Negative20.6%

Cat Mine

All ratings346 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.6%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews175 reviews
Positive45.7%
Neutral6.9%
Negative47.4%

User reviews

Cat Hero

From 4.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Cute and engaging cat theme
  • 🔓 No ads (with paid option)
  • 💡 Variety of features and progression

Room to improve

  • 💰 Game can be pay-to-win
  • 🕰️ Slow progression for free-to-play players
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and data loss issues
  • 🤔 Convoluted UI and currency system

Cat Mine

From 346 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Engaging idle/incremental gameplay mechanics
  • 🐱 Cute cat characters and charming art style
  • 💰 Generous free-to-play experience without aggressive paywalls
  • 📊 Reasonable progression system for non-paying players
  • 🎵 Catchy background music

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and loading failures
  • 📱 UI issues on iPhone (notch cutoff, missing skill icons)
  • ⏰ Time-gated events requiring constant engagement
  • 💸 Forced double payment between servers without transfer
  • 🔐 Account loss after reinstallation despite linking

Bugs and requests

Cat Hero

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Account data randomly deleted or reset
  • Crashes when collecting rewards
  • Inconsistent in-app purchase functionality

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to customize cat appearance
  • Improved progression system for free-to-play
  • Damage meter to test builds
  • Reduce mythic item acquisition difficulty

Cat Mine

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Game stuck at 90% loading screen
  • Crashes on login after updates
  • Pickaxe/equipment disappearing after reconnection
  • Skill icons vanishing and becoming unselectable
  • Touch input being skipped/unresponsive
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  • Game freezing at offline reward collection screen
  • Korean text display instead of selected language
  • Chat feature stops working requiring game reload
  • Planet invasion attacks not registering
  • Gold mine crashes
  • Purchased items not appearing in mailbox
  • Login bonus not received after day 2
  • Skill cooldown resetting unexpectedly
  • Account lockouts without explanation
  • Data loss on version updates (1.9.7, 1.9.8)
  • Emulator login failures
  • Unauthorized purchases occurring
  • Skill level downgrades when switching planets

Requested features

12 requests
  • Vietnamese language support
  • Cross-platform account linking (Google/Facebook for iOS users)
  • Automatic gold upgrades
  • More content and dungeons
  • Power level/combat power display
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  • Chat moderation and restrictions for new players
  • Separate invasion groups by region
  • More cat characters
  • Guild system
  • Ability to purchase premium currency with in-game currency
  • Improved offline rewards
  • Remove or minimize chat feature from main UI

In-app purchases

66 purchases

Cat Hero

One-time66
  • gv_event_pass_0$0.49
  • gv_first_package_1$0.49
  • gv_1200$0.89
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  • gv_first_package$0.99
  • gv_timedeal_1200_0$0.99
  • gv_event_package_3$0.99
  • gv_luckybox_package_0$0.99
  • gv_ad_remove_dis_66$1.99
  • gv_3300$2.29
  • gv_5500$3.69
  • gv_pass_towerofchallenge0$3.99
  • gv_skinevent_package_0$3.99
  • gv_first_package_2$3.99
  • gv_luckybox_package_1$3.99
  • gv_good_consume_event_13$3.99
  • gv_timedeal_5500_0$3.99
  • gv_9900$6.69
  • gv_limit_pet_summon_0$6.99
  • gv_ad_remove$7.99
  • gv_vip_jump_0$7.99
  • gv_premium_pass_0$7.99
  • gv_timedeal_9900_0$7.99
  • gv_timedeal_9900_2$7.99
  • gv_timedeal_stepup_0$7.99
  • gv_timedeal_stepup_7$7.99
  • gv_dia_0$7.99
  • gv_pass_minigame_3$7.99
  • gv_premium_pass_8$7.99
  • gv_pass_minigame_2$7.99
  • gv_pass_minigame_1$7.99
  • gv_timedeal_9900_1$7.99
  • gv_pass_cat_tower$7.99
  • gv_pass_minigame_0$7.99
  • gv_event_premium_pass_0$9.99
  • gv_luckybox_package_2$9.99
  • gv_timedeal_12000_1$9.99
  • gv_timedeal_12000_0$9.99
  • gv_vip_jump_1$14.99
  • gv_timedeal_19000_1$14.99
  • gv_event_package_6$14.99
  • gv_timedeal_19000_2$14.99
  • gv_timedeal_stepup_1$14.99
  • gv_timedeal_19000_0$14.99
  • gv_pass_newyearmission0$23.99
  • gv_luckybox_package_3$23.99
  • gv_37000$24.90
  • gv_vip_jump_2$26.99
  • gv_timedeal_33000_0$26.99
  • gv_timedeal_33000_1$26.99
  • gv_timedeal_33000_2$26.99
  • gv_event_package_s$26.99
  • gv_timedeal_stepup_2$26.99
  • gv_timedeal_37000_2$29.99
  • gv_timedeal_37000_0$29.99
  • gv_timedeal_37000_1$29.99
  • gv_pickup_pet_summon_2$39.99
  • gv_event_package_0$44.99
  • gv_event_package_2$44.99
  • gv_timedeal_55000_0$44.99
  • gv_timedeal_55000_2$44.99
  • gv_timedeal_55000_1$44.99
  • gv_timedeal_75000_0$59.99
  • gv_timedeal_75000_2$59.99
  • gv_timedeal_75000_1$59.99
  • gv_99000$66.00
  • gv_limited_package_5$79.99
50 purchases

Cat Mine

One-time50
  • gameduo_cm_equipment_0$0.49
  • gameduo_cm_starter_pack_1$0.99
  • gameduo_cm_valentine_pass_1$1.99
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  • gameduo_cm_equipment_1$1.99
  • cm_daily_gold_mine_pickaxe$1.99
  • gameduo_cm_daily_bait$1.99
  • cm_starter_pack$1.99
  • cm_remove_ad_2$1.99
  • cm_daily_dungeon$1.99
  • gameduo_cm_rune_0$1.99
  • gameduo_cm_starter_pack_2$3.99
  • gameduo_cm_map_0$3.99
  • cm_daily_battle_zone_ticket$3.99
  • gameduo_cm_event_check_in_0$3.99
  • gameduo_cm_black_gem_1$5.99
  • cm_remove_ad$5.99
  • gameduo_cm_vip_1$5.99
  • gameduo_cm_rune_1$5.99
  • gameduo_cm_mission_pass_1$5.99
  • special_roulette_pack_1$6.99
  • anniversary_advance_pass$6.99
  • gameduo_cm_event_pack_1$6.99
  • gameduo_cm_ruby_pack_1$6.99
  • gameduo_cm_rune_pack_1$6.99
  • gameduo_cm_auto_mining$12.99
  • gameduo_cm_dice_pack_1$12.99
  • gameduo_cm_ruby_1$12.99
  • gameduo_cm_vip_2$12.99
  • gameduo_cm_rune_pack_2$12.99
  • gameduo_cm_rune_2$19.99
  • gameduo_cm_new_cat_pass_32$19.99
  • gameduo_cm_new_cat_pass_29$19.99
  • gameduo_cm_new_cat_pass_28$19.99
  • gameduo_cm_new_cat_pass_26$19.99
  • gameduo_cm_ruby_pack_3$29.99
  • gameduo_cm_event_pack_2$29.99
  • gameduo_cm_ruby_2$34.99
  • gameduo_cm_rush_0_pack_1$39.99
  • gameduo_cm_structure_pack_3$39.99
  • gameduo_cm_rune_pack_3$39.99
  • gameduo_cm_dice_pack_3$59.99
  • gameduo_cm_ruby_pack_3$59.99
  • gold_chip_package_3$69.99
  • gameduo_cm_rush_1_pack_2$69.99
  • gameduo_cm_rush_0_pack_2$69.99
  • gameduo_cm_black_gem_3$69.99
  • gameduo_cm_black_gem_pack_3$69.99
  • gameduo_cm_event_pack_3$69.99
  • gameduo_cm_ruby_3$69.99
  • cm_dia_198000$69.99

Questions

Is Cat Hero free?
Cat Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cat Mine free?
Cat Mine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cat Hero or Cat Mine?
Cat Hero and Cat Mine are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4.6K and 346 ratings respectively.
Do Cat Hero or Cat Mine have ads?
Cat Hero shows ads; Cat Mine does not.
Which is updated more often, Cat Hero or Cat Mine?
Cat Hero ships an update every 2 days, and Cat Mine every 4 days. Most recently, Cat Hero was updated on September 24, 2026 and Cat Mine on September 13, 2026.

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