Comparison

Miner Depths vs Idle Space Mining

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

Head to head
About

Miner Depths

Control a drill to dig through layers of earth, collecting valuable ores. Sell your findings to upgrade your equipment and venture deeper into increasingly challenging underground environments. Manage resources like fuel and hull integrity to survive unexpected hazards.

Highlights
  • Dig through layers of earth with unique ores
  • Collect and sell ores for profit
  • Upgrade drill, hull, and fuel tank
  • Manage fuel and hull integrity
  • Encounter obstacles and surprises underground
  • Use special items to overcome challenges
Features
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Miner Depths is a mining game where you control a drill, dig through layers of earth, collect ores, sell them, and use the money to upgrade your gear — then go deeper. That's the loop. Simple on paper, lots of rabbit holes. The deeper you go, the harder it gets and the better the rewards. Cave-ins, gas pockets, unstable ground — the underground doesn't make it easy. Good. Features: Dig through layers of earth with unique ores, obstacles and surprises. Sell your ores and upgrade your drill, hull, fuel tank and more. Use special items to get out of tight spots. Manage fuel and hull damage — you can't just dig blindly and hope for the best. What will you find down there? Happy digging!

About

Idle Space Mining

Build and expand a space mining empire through incremental upgrades and strategic choices. Reset your progress to gain permanent bonuses and achieve ultimate power. Earn resources even while offline.

Highlights
  • Incremental mining empire building
  • Strategic doctrine choices
  • Prestige system with Dark Matter
  • Permanent upgrades via Star Shards
  • Offline earnings
  • Challenging game modes
  • Comet catching events
Features
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Tap an asteroid. Build a mining empire. Then destroy it — and come back stronger. IDLE SPACE MINING is an idle game about scale. You start hand-mining ore from a bare rock. You end up rewriting local physics so the ore was always there. BUILD THE COLONY Twenty-six machines, from a rickety Drone Hangar to the Terminus Drillhead. Each one runs its own harvest cycle — watch the bars fill, watch the ore land. Every 10 you own doubles that machine's output, and every tier lifts the one beneath it. CHOOSE YOUR DOCTRINE At each tier you pick ONE of three paths and forfeit the other two. Triple your early generators, or cut the price of everything, or tighten your milestones. There is no right answer — and you re-decide every single run. ASCEND When growth stalls, collapse the whole colony into a singularity. You lose your ore, your generators, your tech. You keep DARK MATTER — and every scrap you have ever earned makes you permanently stronger. Dark Matter is deliberately scarce. Each one matters. HEAT DEATH Then there's the prestige above prestige. Let the universe run down, trade everything — even your Dark Matter — for Star Shards, and buy upgrades that survive the end of everything. TAKE ON CHALLENGES Mine with no hands. Run with triple-length cycles. Build with only three generator types. Beat one and keep the bonus forever. CATCH COMETS Comets drift past while you play. Tap one for a lump of ore or a burst of production. EARN WHILE YOU SLEEP Your colony keeps mining when the app is closed. Come back to a pile. One optional ad, and only if you want it: watch a Supply Drop for double production for four hours. No banners, no interstitials, nothing that interrupts play. No energy timers, no countdown "offers". Just numbers going up, forever.

Screenshots

Miner Depths4 screens
Idle Space Mining4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idle Space Mining at none against Miner Depths's 3. Idle Space Mining also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Miner Depths's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). On price, ratings volume, monetization model 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. Miner Depths sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Space Mining asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Miner Depths holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Miner Depths ships an update every 2 months, Idle Space Mining weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Miner Depths versus Idle Space Mining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiner DepthsIdle Space Mining
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8 ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size207 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyle WernerISAAC MICHAEL FRETT

Customer experience

Miner Depths

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Idle Space Mining

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Miner Depths

One-time3
  • 25 Emeralds$1.99
  • 150 Emeralds$9.99
  • 1'000 Emeralds$49.99
None

Idle Space Mining

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Miner Depths free?
Miner Depths is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Space Mining free?
Idle Space Mining is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Miner Depths or Idle Space Mining?
Miner Depths is rated higher. Miner Depths averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Idle Space Mining averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Miner Depths or Idle Space Mining have ads?
Idle Space Mining shows ads; Miner Depths does not.
Which is updated more often, Miner Depths or Idle Space Mining?
Miner Depths ships an update every 2 months, and Idle Space Mining weekly. Most recently, Miner Depths was updated on October 25, 2026 and Idle Space Mining on October 24, 2026.

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