Mystery Digger vs Scratch Inc.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mystery Digger
Explore underground mysteries in this idle clicker game. Upgrade your drilling machine to uncover hidden notes and intriguing items that reveal a captivating story. Enjoy straightforward controls and soothing gameplay for a relaxing adventure.
- Idle clicker gameplay
- Underground exploration
- Drilling machine upgrades
- Uncover hidden notes
- Collect intriguing items
- Captivating story progression
- Relaxing adventure
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Mystery Digger is a clicker idle game in which you explore underground mysteries while upgrading your drilling machine. You uncover hidden notes and intriguing items that piece together a captivating story. With straightforward controls and soothing gameplay, each journey into the depths offers a fresh and relaxing adventure tailored to your curiosity.
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 in-app purchases: Mystery Digger at none against Scratch Inc.'s 5. Mystery Digger also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Scratch Inc.'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating and review sentiment 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. Scratch Inc. sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Mystery Digger asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scratch Inc. holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratch Inc. has 1.9K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 92% and 93% positive.
Mystery Digger ships an update every 5 weeks, Scratch Inc. weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mystery Digger | Scratch Inc. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (30 ratings) | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.2% of reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +12 |
| Developer | Nikolai Perminov | Makopaz LLC |
Customer experience
Mystery Digger
Scratch Inc.
Bugs and requests
Mystery Digger
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Mystery Digger
No in-app purchases
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
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