Comparison

Pixel Miner vs Button Factory

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Miner

An idle mining clicker game where your miner digs automatically, filling your pocket with pixels. Return to collect, upgrade tools, and dig deeper across multiple planets. Features retro pixel art and no advertisements.

Highlights
  • Idle mining with offline progress
  • Hard-capped pocket system
  • 12 upgradeable tools
  • Prestige and Ascension mechanics
  • Six unique planets to explore
  • Retro CRT visual style
  • No ads
Features
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Pixel Miner is a free idle mining clicker with no ads. Your miner digs on his own, pixels fill the pocket, and when the pocket is full the mine waits for you: come back, collect, upgrade, dig deeper. Formerly known as Dig Too Deep. HOW IT PLAYS - Idle mining: the miner keeps digging while the app is closed. Offline progress fills your pocket. - Hard-capped pocket: when it is full, mining stops. Short check-ins, real decisions, no endless overflow. - Upgrades: 12 tools from Hammer to Black Hole, speed multipliers, 10 pocket sizes. - Prestige: reach the core, reset the run, earn Crystals, build a permanent base. - Six planets: Earth, Moon, Mars, Europa, the Sun and an endless Black Hole, each with its own trade-offs. - Ascension: a second prestige layer that earns Star Dust for permanent upgrades. - Treasures, caves, challenges, achievements and active abilities on top of the incremental loop. RETRO CRT LOOK Pixel art with scanlines and a palette borrowed from the Amiga and ZX Spectrum era. NO ADS Nothing to watch, ever. The whole game is free. One optional purchase, the Miner's License, doubles your pocket and adds 10% pixels. No subscriptions. Optimized for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo.

About

Button Factory

Tap and upgrade to build a massive button production empire. Earn resources even while offline and utilize rebirth systems to achieve infinite growth. Discover new layers and multipliers to push your factory beyond its limits.

Highlights
  • Tap gameplay
  • Factory expansion
  • Exponential upgrades
  • Rebirth and prestige systems
  • Idle progression
  • Infinite growth
Features
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Tap. Upgrade. Multiply. Build your button empire. Start with a single button and turn it into a massive production machine. Every tap makes you stronger. Every upgrade multiplies your power. Every reset pushes you further. FEATURES • Simple and satisfying tap gameplay • Build and expand your button factory • Exponential upgrades and scaling • Rebirth and prestige systems • Idle progression — earn while offline • Huge numbers and infinite growth UNLOCK MORE Discover new layers, stack multipliers, and push your factory beyond limits. What starts simple quickly becomes something much bigger. How far can your factory go?

Screenshots

Pixel Miner4 screens
Button Factory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixel Miner at 100% against Button Factory's 20%. Pixel Miner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and ads (none vs shown). Button Factory's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Pixel Miner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Button Factory asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Miner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pixel Miner's written reviews are positive against 20% of Button Factory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Miner ships an update every 2 days, Button Factory monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pixel Miner versus Button Factory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel MinerButton Factory
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better3.3 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWojciech BorczykHurol Ozturk

Customer experience

Pixel Miner

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Button Factory

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixel Miner

One-time1
  • Miner's License$4.99
None

Button Factory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel Miner free?
Pixel Miner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Button Factory free?
Button Factory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pixel Miner or Button Factory?
Pixel Miner is rated higher. Pixel Miner averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Button Factory averages 3.3 from 8 ratings.
Do Pixel Miner or Button Factory have ads?
Button Factory shows ads; Pixel Miner does not.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Miner or Button Factory?
Pixel Miner ships an update every 2 days, and Button Factory monthly. Most recently, Pixel Miner was updated on November 9, 2026 and Button Factory on October 31, 2026.

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