Comparison

Diamond District vs Scratch Inc.

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

Head to head
About

Diamond District

Engage in a dynamic financial simulation within a fully realized operating system. Mine precious gems, craft luxury jewelry, and trade on a player-driven marketplace. Build your empire and reputation in a persistent, real-time economy.

Highlights
  • Mine diamonds, emeralds, and sapphires
  • Process raw stones into revealed gems
  • Design luxury jewelry with synergy scoring
  • Trade stocks and collect dividends
  • Player-powered marketplace for gems and jewelry
  • Build reputation and climb leaderboards
  • Run a lending operation
  • Publish news articles
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New phone. New York. Real players. Diamond District: Trade Tycoon runs inside GemOS - a fully simulated operating system set in New York's diamond district. Launch apps. Check widgets. Customize your homescreen. Every app inside GemOS is its own world, with its own economy and real players behind it. The market runs 24/7. It doesn't wait for you. ■ MINE THE SOURCE - Own operations across three regions. Hire workers, manage contracts, pull diamonds, emeralds, and sapphires out of the ground. ■ HUNT RARE GEMS - Process raw stones into revealed gems. Color, clarity, cut, origin, treatment, carat weight. The rarest combinations carry odds beyond 1 in a trillion. Most will never surface in the lifetime of the universe. ■ DESIGN LUXURY JEWELRY - Freeform crafting with real synergy scoring. Your best work gets featured in Gloss Magazine. ■ TRADE ON WINSTON RESERVE - Stocks tied to real in-game activity. Short before earnings. Collect dividends funded by actual player fees. ■ TRADE ON DBAY - The player-powered marketplace. Buy and sell gems, jewelry, and papers with real users in real time. ■ CLIMB THE HALL OF TAPE - Every trade is public. The best ones get immortalized. Your name on the board means something. ■ RUN YOUR OWN LENDING OPERATION - Set your own terms through LoanShark. ■ BUILD REPUTATION - Every trade, contract, and article published adds to a score that controls your access. ■ WRITE THE NEWS - Earn a press pass. Publish on DD News. Shareholders vote on what runs. ■ MAKE IT YOURS - Customize your GemOS homescreen with widgets, icon packs, and layouts. Premium themes available via in-app purchase. ■ COMPOUND YOUR EDGE - Mining feeds crafting. Crafting feeds the marketplace. Fees fund dividends. The players who last build loops, not just trades. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Scratch Inc.

Build an empire by scratching cards and earning points in this idle/incremental game. Upgrade your cards, unlock automation, and compete on global leaderboards. Enjoy endless upgrades and prestige for faster progression, all without ads.

Highlights
  • Scratch cards to earn points
  • Upgrade cards and unlock automation
  • Prestige for faster progression
  • Global leaderboards
  • Playable offline
  • No ads
Features
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Build an Empire, From Scratch Scratch cards, earn points, and grow your empire in this idle/incremental game. Upgrade your cards, unlock automation, prestige across industries, and climb the leaderboards — all with no ads, ever. • Endless Upgrades – Boost your point gain, match multipliers, grid size, and so much more. • Prestige for Progress – Reset to climb faster across deep progression layers. • Achievements with Rewards – Earn Gold and multipliers by completing fun challenges. • Global Leaderboards – Compete with others across the world across a variety of challenges. • Playable Offline – Play anywhere anytime • No Ads. No Wait Timers. Just Progress and Big Numbers. Made by a solo dev. Built to respect your time. (A reimagining of my first game)

Screenshots

Diamond District4 screens
Scratch Inc.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Scratch Inc. at 1.9K against Diamond District's 358. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Diamond District sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Scratch Inc. sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Diamond District against 4.7 for Scratch Inc.. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratch Inc. has 1.9K ratings behind it against 358, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Diamond District's written reviews are positive against 93% of Scratch Inc.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Diamond District versus Scratch Inc.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiamond DistrictScratch Inc.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (358 ratings) — better4.7 (1.9K ratings)
Positive reviews91.4% of reviews93.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3581.9K — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.516.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB40 MB
Age rating12++12
DeveloperDerek KaplanMakopaz LLC

Customer experience

Diamond District

All ratings355 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.8%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.7%

Scratch Inc.

All ratings1,934 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews468 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative2.6%

User reviews

Diamond District

From 358 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Satisfying gameplay
  • 🚀 Smooth and responsive
  • 💎 Immersive trading experience
  • 🎨 Clean and polished UI
  • 🔒 No ads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔍 Lack of content and features

Scratch Inc.

From 1.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Enjoyable gameplay
  • 🚀 Satisfying idle mechanics
  • 💡 Active developer listening to feedback
  • 👍 Optional in-app purchases
  • 👍 Polished interface

Room to improve

  • 💰 In-app purchases feel expensive
  • 🔧 Needs more balance and content
  • 🐛 Offline rewards not working consistently

Bugs and requests

Diamond District

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Repeating voicemail issue
  • UI overlapping issues during jewelry creation

Requested features

5 requests
  • Wholesale gem selling option
  • 3D view of inventory
  • More gems and companies
  • Ability to choose gems for requests
  • Improved gem storage and selling options

Scratch Inc.

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Offline rewards rarely triggering
  • Lacking sound effects

Requested features

2 requests
  • More skin tone options for avatar
  • Better variety and more offline rewards

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Diamond District

Subscriptions1
  • Terminal Pro$4.991 Month
One-time6
  • Whistle Feed Widget$1.99
  • Obsidian Relay$2.99
  • Premium Icon Themes$2.99
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  • Winston Pro$3.99
  • Founder Badge$4.99
  • The Atelier$9.99
5 purchases

Scratch Inc.

One-time5
  • 20 Gold$1.99
  • 55 Gold$4.99
  • 120 Gold$9.99
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  • 260 Gold$19.99
  • 750 Gold$49.99

Questions

Is Diamond District free?
Diamond District is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scratch Inc. free?
Scratch Inc. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diamond District or Scratch Inc.?
Diamond District is rated higher. Diamond District averages 4.8 out of 5 from 358 ratings, while Scratch Inc. averages 4.7 from 1.9K ratings.
Do Diamond District or Scratch Inc. have ads?
Neither Diamond District nor Scratch Inc. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diamond District or Scratch Inc.?
Diamond District ships an update weekly, and Scratch Inc. weekly. Most recently, Diamond District was updated on November 8, 2026 and Scratch Inc. on November 8, 2026.

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