Comparison

Max Mannheimer vs Dig It!

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

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About

Max Mannheimer

Explore the life story of a Holocaust survivor through an interactive visual novel. Delve into his childhood, persecution, and post-war life by solving challenges and collecting memories. Hear his testimony once his story is complete.

Highlights
  • Interactive visual novel
  • Explore survivor's life story
  • Solve challenges
  • Collect memories
  • Hear survivor's testimony
  • Historical context
Features
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We stand in Max Mannheimer’s studio. From here we can delve into the chapters of his life via his pictures: his childhood in Nový Jičín in Czechoslovakia, the time of the commencing persecution and deportation by the national socialists, the imprisonment in different concentration camps and his life after the Second World War in Germany. In engaging images the visual novel tells his life story interactively. The players can comprehend his decisions, solve small challenges to advance and collect memories on the way which lead to further information. Once his whole life has been played the contemporary witness Max Mannheimer can be actually heard. The game was developed and realised by the Max Mannheimer Study Centre in Dachau together with the renowned game studio paintbucket games and the cartoon artist Greta von Richthofen. The project was funded by the foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ Foundation) as part of the line of funding [re]create digital history within the funding programme Young People Remember International, financed with resources from the German Foreign Office.

About

Dig It!

Features
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Wirf einen Blick hinter die hohen Mauern und tauche ein in das Leben auf der Burg! Du kannst an einer Parade für den Fürstbischof teilnehmen, die schwedischen Truppen bei der Erstürmung der Festung unterstützen oder an einer Ausgrabung mitwirken. Außerdem braucht das Museum Deine Hilfe für den bevorstehenden Umzug: Findest Du alle Objekte? Sammele sie ein, dann offenbart sich am Ende der Standort zu einem Tresor! Er hält einen Schatz für alle erfolgreichen Entdeckerinnen und Entdecker bereit. „Dig it!“ ist ein Erlebnis für alle, die das Festungsgelände mit dem eigenen Smartphone erkunden wollen. Mithilfe einer interaktiven Karte navigiert man zu sechs 360°-Szenen, die zu unterschiedlichen Zeiten spielen. In jeder Szene kannst Du zusätzlich mit einem Charakter interagieren. Besondere Features: * 360°-Fotos der Festung Marienberg und des Museums für Franken * Eintauchen in die Vergangenheit durch Illustrationen und Animationen * Hintergrundinformationen zur Geschichte der Festung Marienberg und den Museumsobjekten * Interaktionen in Zoom-Features * Orientierung durch interaktive Outdoor Map * Mehrsprachigkeit: Deutsch.

Screenshots

Max Mannheimer4 screens
Dig It!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Max Mannheimer at daily against Dig It!'s every 5 months. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Max Mannheimer ships an update daily, Dig It! every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Max Mannheimer versus Dig It!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMax MannheimerDig It!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size822 MB943 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPaintbucket Games UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)Playersjourney GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Max Mannheimer

No in-app purchases

None

Dig It!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Max Mannheimer free?
Max Mannheimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dig It! free?
Dig It! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Max Mannheimer or Dig It! have ads?
Neither Max Mannheimer nor Dig It! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Max Mannheimer or Dig It!?
Max Mannheimer ships an update daily, and Dig It! every 5 months. Most recently, Max Mannheimer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dig It! on October 6, 2026.

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