Idle Expedition vs Keep on Mining!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Expedition
This idle/clicker game offers pure gameplay with no ads or in-app purchases. Manage resources, upgrade your hero's traits and attributes, and send them on expeditions to gather rare currency and unlock your true potential.
- No ads or in-app purchases
- Clicker gameplay for Gold and EXP
- Idle expeditions for loot and Insight
- Trait and attribute progression system
- Chill soundtrack
- Trophy and achievement tracking
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Idle Expedition proudly features NO ADS and IN-APP PURCHASES. EVER. Idle Expedition is a more traditional take on the idle/clicker genre — The main twist, it's a free mobile game with absolutely no ads and no in-app purchases. Just pure gameplay. Take control of your adventure with three core screens, four traits, four attributes, and three currencies: Gold, Experience, and Insight. Camp (Clicker Gameplay) Tap for Gold or EXP in two modes. Spend Gold to upgrade your tools, upgrade your backpack, and brew powerful potions. Your Camp is your grind hub — satisfying, and always rewarding. Expedition (Idle Gameplay) Send your hero on real-time expeditions, progress from quick outings to hour-long journeys. Enhance your chances using traits like Luck, Endurance, and Perception. Expeditions are the only way to earn Insight, a rare currency that fuels long-term growth and unlocks your true potential - you simply need it... Main Menu (Strategy & Progression) Upgrade four traits and four attributes with EXP to enhance both active and idle play. Every few levels, you’ll hit an Insight Wall, which balances progression between active and idle play. Manage your backpack, view your storage, track progress, and view trophies/achievements! Bonus: Features music by @VGM_Central on YouTube. Check out his channel! Idle Expedition is brought to you by a 2-person team of brothers who believe that playing a game should not be interrupted by Ads and should not nickel and dime its players. Highlights: No ads. No IAPs. Ever. Click for Gold or EXP in the Camp Run idle expeditions for Gold, EXP, loot and Insight Trait and attribute system with real gameplay impact Chill soundtrack and a vibe that respects your time Download Idle Expedition and take your time. Your journey awaits — no strings attached. We hope you enjoy the game as much as we enjoyed making it!
Keep on Mining!
An incremental mining game where you automatically mine rocks and gather ores. Craft materials into bars, upgrade your stats through a skill tree, and unlock new pickaxes to mine faster. Utilize talent cards and an idle mine mechanic to progress.
- Automatic rock mining
- Ore gathering and crafting
- Skill tree upgrades
- Craftable pickaxes
- Talent card system
- Idle mine mechanic
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Mine rocks! Keep on Mining! is a simple incremental game. Hover your cursor over rocks to automatically mine them. Any rock inside the mining area will spawn pickaxes that mine for you! Gather materials! Mined rocks drop ores, which are crafted into bars. There is a variety of different material rocks to be mined! The skill tree! Spend your material bars to unlock upgrades inside the skill tree. These upgrades permanently boost your stats, letting you mine rocks with more power! Craft pickaxes! Use different materials to craft new pickaxes. Each new pickaxe has better stats, helping you mine faster and hit harder! Talent cards! Every time you level up, you earn a talent point. Spend talent points to reveal 3 random talent cards — pick one to keep! Choosing a card increases the talent level, but also increases rock HP. The Mine! Once you unlock the mine, it will automatically mine rocks and instantly craft bars for you. The Mine is the idle mechanic of Keep on Mining!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Idle Expedition at Free against Keep on Mining!'s $3.99. Keep on Mining!'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (79% vs 61%). On ratings volume, ads, 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
Idle Expedition is free to download; Keep on Mining! costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Keep on Mining! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Idle Expedition's written reviews are positive against 79% of Keep on Mining!'s.
| Parameter | Idle Expedition | Keep on Mining! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (32 ratings) | 4.7 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #199 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pixel Balloon LLC | Simon Eftestøl |
Customer experience
Idle Expedition
Keep on Mining!
In-app purchases
Idle Expedition
No in-app purchases
Keep on Mining!
No in-app purchases
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