Mine&Launch vs Reckoner Brass Engine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mine&Launch
Read full descriptionHide full description
Mine. Build. Launch! Help Mr. Melon achieve his out-of-this-world dream—building and launching his own rocket! Start deep inside a mysterious cave, where you'll click your way to mining glory. With nothing but a pickaxe and pure determination, Mr. Melon digs up valuable ores, crafts powerful components, and assembles high-tech parts to build a rocket. But it won’t be easy—your first launch may fail... and the next… and the next. But that's the fun! This is an addictive clicker + idle upgrade game where every tap brings you closer to the stars. GAME FEATURES: Tap to Mine: Smash rocks with your pickaxe to collect rare ores. Epic Upgrades: Unlock and level up a wide range of pickaxes, from basic tools to insane mining machines. Explosive Boosts: Activate dynamite to supercharge your clicks—get 10x, 100x the ore in 10 seconds! Idle Helpers: Hire adorable fairies and powerful drills to automate mining while you're away. Fairy Evolution: Upgrade your fairies to unlock cuter, stronger companions! Build Your Rocket: Craft essential components in your factory and launch again and again until you reach the stars. If you love endless progression, satisfying upgrades, and quirky characters, you’ll be hooked from the first click. This is more than just a mining game—it’s a journey to space, powered by your fingertips. Ready to dig deep, level up, and blast off? Download now and help Mr. Melon reach the cosmos!
Reckoner Brass Engine
Read full descriptionHide full description
Numbers are the machine. Reckoner is an idle instrument built from a stack of odometer number-wheels, each a position in a base-N counting column. Your engines feed ticks into the bottom wheel; when a wheel fills to the working base it CARRIES one unit up to the wheel above — a visible brass flip — and every carry mints reckonings. The trick is that higher wheels are worth exponentially more. A carry into the top place is worth base raised to that place, so a tall, well-fed stack pays enormous sums per turn. Managing your portfolio of columns and bases is the whole game: raise the base and each wheel takes longer to fill, but the per-carry payoff climbs even faster. Add columns to extend the register. Grind the governors — mainspring tension, escapement polish, the fly governor, ivory bearings — to drive the whole chain harder. Every readout is live: per-column carry rates, tick rate, mint-per-carry, lifetime totals, and a scrolling carry tape logging each wheel that just turned. It reads like a scientific instrument because it is one. When lifetime output is high enough, Recalibrate strips the engine to its frame, banks permanent BEARINGS — each lifts all output by 15% forever — and unlocks a higher working base to climb again. Every Recalibrate also mints a WARRANT for the Disciplines: three Halls of permanent specialization — Velocity, Magnitude, Providence — that you spend warrants down one rung at a time. Finish a Hall and you may swear its DOCTRINE, but only one Doctrine may be held at once, so the deepest choice in the machine is which engine you want to become. It runs while you're away: the engine keeps carrying for an hour after you leave the bureau and pays you on return — and the Ledger of Record tracks twelve sealed commissions, from the parish accounts to the Treasury contract, that survive every Recalibrate. Each day the morning post brings a client's letter — a reckoning job sized to your engine; finish it, collect the fee, and your record of commissions served only ever grows. Optional one-time clerk upgrades extend the overnight ledger; the free game is complete and never gated. Then bolt on the FITTINGS: each wheel takes one brass attachment — a Ratchet Pawl that mints more per carry, an Idler Gear that gears carries up the stack, a Feather Spring that fills the wheel faster, a Return Crank that feeds ticks back to the bottom. Placement is the puzzle: low sockets are cheap and compound through every wheel above, and a Recalibrate strips them all, so each rebuild is a fresh loadout. And your whole career hangs in the EXHIBITION — thirty-six medals struck in bronze, silver and gold from your lifetime record, never lost, with hard-won faceplate finishes to re-lacquer the engine to taste. • A base-N carry-column economy — positional notation made into a game • Odometer wheels flip and carry; higher places pay exponentially more • Change the base to trade carry speed for a bigger per-carry payoff • Dense live readouts: per-column rates, totals, and a scrolling carry tape • Idle-friendly: the engine reckons offline and pays you on return • A daily commission arrives by morning post — collect the fee, grow the record • Recalibrate prestige banks permanent bearings and raises your base • The Disciplines: three permanent specialization Halls and three exclusive Doctrines — commit to a build • The Fittings: bolt one of four brass attachments onto each wheel — placement is the puzzle • The Exhibition: 36 medals in bronze, silver and gold, plus unlockable faceplate finishes • Fully offline, no account, nothing collected Set the base. Turn the wheels.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reckoner Brass Engine at none against Mine&Launch's 10. Reckoner Brass Engine also leads on ads (none vs shown). Mine&Launch's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Mine&Launch sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Reckoner Brass Engine asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mine&Launch ships an update every 3 weeks, Reckoner Brass Engine every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mine&Launch | Reckoner Brass Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 246 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smelly Cat | Jordan Wegner |
In-app purchases
Mine&Launch
- 100x Auto Boost$0.99
- 10x Package 1$1.99
- Starter Pack 1$2.99
Show 7 moreShow fewer
- 10x Package 2$3.99
- Starter Pack 2$4.99
- 100x Package 1$8.99
- Starter Pack 3$9.99
- All in one Pack$19.99
- 100x Package 2$38.99
- 100x Package 3$59.99
Reckoner Brass Engine
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Mine&Launch free?
Is Reckoner Brass Engine free?
Do Mine&Launch or Reckoner Brass Engine have ads?
Which is updated more often, Mine&Launch or Reckoner Brass Engine?
Other comparisons













