Comparison

Mine Crossing vs AI Tycoon

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

Head to head
About

Mine Crossing

Features
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Find your way through each level by clearing objects while building and moving rails to prevent your cart from derailing. Some objects gives materials to use for upgrades or slowing down your ever increasing cart speed. Strive to clear all objects so your multiplier increases with each level!

About

AI Tycoon

Features
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You found one refurbished laptop in a closet. That is enough to start. AI Tycoon is an idle tycoon game about quietly building the world's biggest AI datacenter empire. Serve AI requests for cash, buy more compute, and grow from a single laptop into a planet-scale swarm that never sleeps. Just try not to let anyone notice how much power you are drawing. WHAT YOU DO - Tap to serve AI requests and earn cash, then reinvest in bigger, faster compute. - Keep power, cooling, and water ahead of your machines, or everything throttles. - Watch your suspicion meter. Grow too fast and people start asking questions. - Fund research, then reset for Model Breakthroughs that supercharge your next run. SCALE WITHOUT LIMITS From a closet laptop to server racks, warehouses, orbital compute, and finally a Dyson swarm around the sun. Every reset makes you faster. Every upgrade buys a little more of the future. HOW IT ENDS This one has an ending. You research the Origin of the Universe itself. Get there before anyone traces the power bill back to you, and you win. Quietly. FEATURES - A deep idle and prestige loop that keeps paying off while you are away. - Offline earnings, so your empire grows even when the app is closed. - A satirical story about compute, power, and getting away with it. - Play in your language: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. - No account and no sign-up. Your progress stays on your device. AI Tycoon is free to play, with ads and optional one-time in-app purchases, including an ad-free unlock. No loot boxes and no gambling, just numbers going up and a growing sense of unease. Serve the tokens. Cool the racks. Do not get caught.

Screenshots

Mine Crossing4 screens
AI Tycoon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mine Crossing at none against AI Tycoon's 9. AI Tycoon's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. AI Tycoon sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Mine Crossing asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mine Crossing ships an update every 6 weeks, AI Tycoon every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Mine Crossing versus AI Tycoon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMine CrossingAI Tycoon
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 10 days โ€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.1 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size85 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJarenforce ABFlashport GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Mine Crossing

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

AI Tycoon

One-time9
  • Golden Touch$2.99
  • Lights-Out Ops$2.99
  • Regulatory Capture$3.99
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  • Ad-Free Pass$3.99
  • Research Overdrive$3.99
  • Kingmaker$3.99
  • Ops Automation$3.99
  • Overclock License$4.99
  • Founder's Bundle$14.99

Questions

Is Mine Crossing free?
Mine Crossing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AI Tycoon free?
AI Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mine Crossing or AI Tycoon have ads?
Both Mine Crossing and AI Tycoon show ads.
Which is updated more often, Mine Crossing or AI Tycoon?
Mine Crossing ships an update every 6 weeks, and AI Tycoon every 10 days. Most recently, Mine Crossing was updated on October 30, 2026 and AI Tycoon on November 6, 2026.

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