Sand Miner vs Trash Eater 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sand Miner
Embark on a desert adventure to unearth marvelous relics. Experience the life of a mining tycoon in this idle digging game. Power up your excavator and start digging to discover hidden artifacts and become the ultimate idle tycoon.
- Idle mining gameplay
- Excavator simulator
- Artifact discovery
- Desert exploration
- Tycoon progression
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Embark on an adventure to the Land of Sand to dig up some marvelous relics! Try the taste of the mining tycoon life in our ultimate idle game! Our mining simulator takes you to a desert full of abandoned dig sites. Power up your excavator and start digging to find artifacts hidden deep in there. Out of all other gold-mining games, you’ll love our miner tycoon & excavator simulator! So what are you waiting for? Jump on your excavator to get the title of idle tycoon! Download our extraordinary digging game now to try the miner life! Start digging on your excavator to become the ultimate mining tycoon! Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://taketopgames.com/privacy-policy/
Trash Eater 3D
Control a trash-eating slime to clean up a city. Earn money by washing garbage, find collectibles to power up, and upgrade your slime. Build a team of buddy slimes to become the ultimate cleaning machine and save the city.
- Trash-eating slime gameplay
- City cleaning simulation
- Collectibles and power-ups
- Slime upgrades
- Buddy slime team building
- Multiple stages to clean
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Welcome to the world of the trash-eating slime! Start off small and use the items and currency you obtain along the way to work towards becoming the ultimate cleaning machine! Use the shower to wash away the garbage to earn money, and keep cleaning until the city is spotless! Find the collectibles scattered throughout the city and fill out your Collection cards to power up! Upgrade your slime to get around quicker and absorb more garbage. Build a team of tiny buddy slimes to make cleaning more fun and efficient! Use your expertise to clean up a variety of stages. Check out for yourself exactly what the world of slime has in store! Save the city, level up, and become a slime legend!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sand Miner at none against Trash Eater 3D's shown. Trash Eater 3D's advantage is review sentiment (48% vs 23%) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Sand Miner sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Trash Eater 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Trash Eater 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.4K and 600 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Sand Miner's written reviews are positive against 48% of Trash Eater 3D's.
Sand Miner ships an update monthly, Trash Eater 3D weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sand Miner | Trash Eater 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.4K ratings) | 4.8 (600 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.9% of reviews | 47.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 600 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 249 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Take Top Entertainment LLP | Ateam Entertainment Inc. |
Customer experience
Sand Miner
Trash Eater 3D
In-app purchases
Sand Miner
- Mirage Treasure$2.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Welcome Pack$4.99
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- Big Sale Oil$4.99
- Oil Magnate - Premium Pass$8.99
- Advance Starter Pack$9.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
- Permanent Infinite Capacity$9.99
- Permanent Wide Vacuum$9.99
- Crystal Pack 3$9.99
Trash Eater 3D
- Remove Forced Ads$4.99









