Diamond District vs Scratch Inc.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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/
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.
- Scratch cards to earn points
- Upgrade cards and unlock automation
- Prestige for faster progression
- Global leaderboards
- Playable offline
- No ads
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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)
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Diamond District | Scratch Inc. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (358 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.4% of reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 358 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +12 |
| Developer | Derek Kaplan | Makopaz LLC |
Customer experience
Diamond District
Scratch Inc.
User reviews
Diamond District
From 358 App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
Diamond District
- Terminal Pro$4.991 Month
- 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
Scratch Inc.
- 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
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