Comparison

Idle Tic Tac Toe vs Keep on Mining!

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

Head to head
About

Idle Tic Tac Toe

Build a network of Tic Tac Toe players to gain classroom clout. Recruit, upgrade, and profit from your players as they compete for gum. Enjoy continuous gameplay whether you're actively playing or away.

Highlights
  • Recruit and upgrade Tic Tac Toe players
  • Earn gum and classroom clout
  • Idle gameplay mechanics
  • Build a network of players
  • Progress through school ranks
Features
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It's your first day back at school - but you're not here to study. You're here to rise through the ranks of classroom clout by building the most ridiculous, unstoppable network of Tic Tac Toe players the school has ever seen. You've recruited a few 1st Graders to play games of Tic Tac Toe for Gum - and business is booming. Coach them, upgrade them, Profit. Whether you're checking in every few minutes or letting your empire grow while you're away, the school halls keep buzzing with the scribbles of Tic Tac Toe and the sounds of victory.

About

Keep on Mining!

An incremental mining game where you automatically mine rocks and gather ores. Craft materials into bars, upgrade your stats through a skill tree, and unlock new pickaxes to mine faster. Utilize talent cards and an idle mine mechanic to progress.

Highlights
  • Automatic rock mining
  • Ore gathering and crafting
  • Skill tree upgrades
  • Craftable pickaxes
  • Talent card system
  • Idle mine mechanic
Features
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Mine rocks! Keep on Mining! is a simple incremental game. Hover your cursor over rocks to automatically mine them. Any rock inside the mining area will spawn pickaxes that mine for you! Gather materials! Mined rocks drop ores, which are crafted into bars. There is a variety of different material rocks to be mined! The skill tree! Spend your material bars to unlock upgrades inside the skill tree. These upgrades permanently boost your stats, letting you mine rocks with more power! Craft pickaxes! Use different materials to craft new pickaxes. Each new pickaxe has better stats, helping you mine faster and hit harder! Talent cards! Every time you level up, you earn a talent point. Spend talent points to reveal 3 random talent cards — pick one to keep! Choosing a card increases the talent level, but also increases rock HP. The Mine! Once you unlock the mine, it will automatically mine rocks and instantly craft bars for you. The Mine is the idle mechanic of Keep on Mining!

Screenshots

Idle Tic Tac Toe4 screens
Keep on Mining!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Idle Tic Tac Toe at Free against Keep on Mining!'s $3.99. Keep on Mining!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume 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

Idle Tic Tac Toe is free to download; Keep on Mining! costs $3.99 up front. Idle Tic Tac Toe sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Keep on Mining! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Keep on Mining! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Idle Tic Tac Toe's written reviews are positive against 79% of Keep on Mining!'s.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Idle Tic Tac Toe versus Keep on Mining!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Tic Tac ToeKeep on Mining!
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.5 (60 ratings)4.8 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews79.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings60 — better33
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB218 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRed Prism GamesSimon Eftestøl

Customer experience

Idle Tic Tac Toe

All ratings60 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative21.4%

Keep on Mining!

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral7.5%
Negative13.2%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Idle Tic Tac Toe

One-time6
  • Hall Pass Handful$0.99
  • Hall Pass Binder$2.99
  • Ad Free$3.99
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  • Hall Pass Backpack$9.99
  • Hall Monitor Pack$9.99
  • Hall Pass Truckload$19.99
None

Keep on Mining!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idle Tic Tac Toe free?
Idle Tic Tac Toe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keep on Mining! free?
Keep on Mining! costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Idle Tic Tac Toe or Keep on Mining!?
Keep on Mining! is rated higher. Idle Tic Tac Toe averages 4.5 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Keep on Mining! averages 4.8 from 33 ratings.
Do Idle Tic Tac Toe or Keep on Mining! have ads?
Idle Tic Tac Toe shows ads; Keep on Mining! does not.

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