Fossil Dig vs Sky Miner!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fossil Dig
Tap to control an excavator and unearth hidden treasures in a desert. Collect soil to upgrade your equipment and discover rare dinosaur fossils. Display your findings in a museum and enjoy a simple, refreshing digging adventure.
- Tap to dig with excavator
- Collect hidden treasures
- Upgrade excavator with coins
- Discover dinosaur fossils
- Display collection in museum
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Keep digging it! The more you dig it, the more treasures you find! Simple controls - just tap to dig with the excavator! Dig out all the treasures hidden inside the desert! Collected soil can be turned into coins to boost your excavator. Show 'em off your collection at the museum! ■Fossil Dig Game Features ・Dig it and collect it - Simple! ・Boost your excavator and dig it in a whump! ・Rare chances to dig out dinosaur fossils! ■Recommended ・If you like tap-and-dig games. ・If you want to refresh during spare time. ・If you love easy-control games. ・If you’re into dinosaurs and fossils. ・If you’re already itching to dig out the hidden treasures! Download the game now to start your digging adventure in the desert!
Sky Miner!
Embark on a survival mining adventure to repair a broken airplane. Explore a vast environment, mine resources, and upgrade your tools to overcome challenges.
- Epic mining adventure
- Vast environment exploration
- Survival gameplay
- Airplane repair objective
- Tool upgrading
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Embark on an epic mining adventure, explore a vast environment, and master the art of survival as you fix a broken airplane by mining and upgrading your tools!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Sky Miner! at 164 against Fossil Dig's 23. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Fossil Dig sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Sky Miner! sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.7 for Fossil Dig against 2.7 for Sky Miner!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sky Miner! has 164 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 19% of Fossil Dig's written reviews are positive against 21% of Sky Miner!'s.
Fossil Dig ships an update every 10 days, Sky Miner! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fossil Dig | Sky Miner! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (23 ratings) — better | 2.7 (164 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 19.0% of reviews | 21.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 164 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 12.5 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 204 MB | 295 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | FGGames | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Fossil Dig
Sky Miner!
Bugs and requests
Fossil Dig
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sky Miner!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Floating mummies that cannot be defeated
- Missing final piece for Golden Statue level
- Inability to upgrade tools past certain levels
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to revisit previous worlds
- Better resource management and progression
In-app purchases
Fossil Dig
- Money 10,000$0.49
- Money 40,000$1.99
- Ticket 5$1.99
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- Ticket 15$3.99
- Gem 50$3.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Ticket 30$5.99
- Free Trolley$6.99
- Money 200,000$6.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
- Gem 150$9.99
Sky Miner!
- Starter Pack - 1000 Gems$1.99
- Remove Ass$4.99
- Value Pack - 3000 Gems$4.99
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- Speed Boost Pack$6.99
- Remove Ads & Gems$6.99
- Collect Chance Pack$9.99
- Super Saver Pack - 10000 Gems$12.99
Questions
Is Fossil Dig free?
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Do Fossil Dig or Sky Miner! have ads?
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