Tunnel Lords vs Drill Rush
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tunnel Lords
Expand your colony by mining deep underground for essential materials. Manage your drillship's resources and avoid hazards to provide for your new settlement. Earn money to upgrade your equipment and ensure successful expeditions.
- Underground mining operations
- Colony expansion and footprint management
- Hazard avoidance
- Resource provision for construction
- Drillship upgrades
- Resource management (fuel, health, cargo)
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Mine deep under the crust of Epsilon Eridani. Expand your newly founded colony's footprint. Avoid underground hazards. Through mining, provide materials for building new colony structures. Earn money to upgrade your drillship. Manage your drillship's fuel, health, and cargo during extended mining expeditions.
Drill Rush
Tap to endlessly dig through underground worlds, smashing obstacles and collecting gems. Upgrade your drill to become unstoppable and compete globally on the leaderboard. Embark on a deep underground adventure.
- One-tap endless digging
- Smash obstacles and collect gems
- Upgrade drill systems
- Explore 4 underground worlds
- Global Depth Leaderboard
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Touch the screen to dig endlessly into the depths! Smash through obstacles, collect rare gems, and upgrade your ultimate drill. [Game Features] - Simple one-tap control with incredibly satisfying feedback! - Explore 4 beautiful underground worlds (Ice, Magma, Crystal Caves). - Various upgrade systems to make your drill unstoppable. - Compete with players worldwide on the Depth Leaderboard! How deep can you go? Start your underground adventure now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drill Rush at 5.0 against Tunnel Lords's 3.0. Drill Rush also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Tunnel Lords's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Tunnel Lords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drill Rush asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drill Rush holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Tunnel Lords | Drill Rush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 163 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Woodard | ControlRoom |
In-app purchases
Tunnel Lords
- Purchase Tunnel Lords$2.99
Drill Rush
No in-app purchases









