Comparison

Idle Expedition vs Keep on Mining!

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • Automatic rock mining
  • Ore gathering and crafting
  • Skill tree upgrades
  • Craftable pickaxes
  • Talent card system
  • Idle mine mechanic
Features
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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!

Screenshots

Idle Expedition4 screens
Keep on Mining!4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Idle Expedition versus Keep on Mining!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle ExpeditionKeep on Mining!
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.0 (32 ratings)4.7 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews79.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better31
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#199 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB218 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPixel Balloon LLCSimon Eftestøl

Customer experience

Idle Expedition

All ratings32 ratings
Positive65.6%
Neutral15.6%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral13.0%
Negative26.1%

Keep on Mining!

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral7.5%
Negative13.2%

In-app purchases

None

Idle Expedition

No in-app purchases

None

Keep on Mining!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idle Expedition free?
Idle Expedition is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keep on Mining! free?
Keep on Mining! costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Idle Expedition or Keep on Mining!?
Keep on Mining! is rated higher. Idle Expedition averages 4.0 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Keep on Mining! averages 4.7 from 31 ratings.
Do Idle Expedition or Keep on Mining! have ads?
Neither Idle Expedition nor Keep on Mining! shows ads.

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