Dig Rare vs Keep Mining
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dig Rare
Embark on an addictive mining adventure to unearth valuable minerals and hidden treasures. Sell your findings for cash or craft powerful items to increase profits. Upgrade your tools and explore deeper to become an underground tycoon.
- Dig for minerals and treasures
- Craft powerful items
- Upgrade pickaxe and tools
- Discover mystery minerals
- Become an underground tycoon
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Pickaxe, Profit, and a Pocket Full of Mystery! Ever dreamed of striking it rich with just a pickaxe and a big dream? In this addictive mining adventure, you’ll dig deep to uncover valuable minerals, mysterious rocks, and hidden treasures waiting to be discovered. Sell what you find for instant cash — or take it to the next level by crafting powerful batteries that sell for way more. Upgrade your pickaxe, buy tools like dynamite and torches, and keep your gear in top shape—because a worn-out pickaxe won't get you far. And just when you think you’ve seen it all... Boom! You crack open a mystery mineral and discover something totally unexpected. Repair, upgrade, explore, repeat. Will you become just another miner… or a legendary underground tycoon? Start digging. Fortune favors the bold.
Keep Mining
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Keep Mining is a pick-up-and-play push-your-luck game about greed, gut feel, and knowing exactly when to walk away. Tap MINE to swing your pickaxe. Every hit drops diamonds into your run stash — and every hit makes the next one a little more likely to end in a cave-in, a gas pocket, or a very bad dynamite mishap. Cash out and the diamonds are yours forever. Push one tap too far and you lose the run — plus a chunk of the bank you've been building. So… one more tap? HOW IT PLAYS • Tap MINE to dig and collect diamonds • Watch the Run Risk meter climb from Steady → Tense → Risky → Dangerous → Critical • Bigger risk = bigger payouts and rarer jackpots • Cash out anytime to bank your stash safely • Blow up and you lose the run AND up to 65% of your bank WHY YOU'LL GET HOOKED • Pure one-thumb gameplay — perfect for elevators, queues, and "five more minutes" sessions that turn into thirty • Every run is a fresh decision: play it safe and bank small, or chase the deep-mine jackpot • Satisfying haptics, chunky sound design, and a real "ohhh nooo" moment when the screen flashes red • Track your Bank, Best Run, and Deepest Dig across sessions • No timers, no energy bars, no waiting — play whenever you want NO ACCOUNT. NO NONSENSE. Open the app, start mining. That's it. Built for short bursts. Engineered to make you say "okay, ONE more run." Good luck down there. The diamonds are deep. So is the dynamite.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Keep Mining at none against Dig Rare's 1. Keep Mining also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Dig Rare sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Keep Mining asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Dig Rare | Keep Mining |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 464 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smelly Cat | PandO Holdings Limited Liability Company |
In-app purchases
Dig Rare
- Remove Ads$9.99
Keep Mining
No in-app purchases









