Pixel Miner vs Button Factory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- Tap gameplay
- Factory expansion
- Exponential upgrades
- Rebirth and prestige systems
- Idle progression
- Infinite growth
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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?
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Pixel Miner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Button Factory asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Pixel Miner | Button Factory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 3.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wojciech Borczyk | Hurol Ozturk |
Customer experience
Pixel Miner
Button Factory
In-app purchases
Pixel Miner
- Miner's License$4.99
Button Factory
No in-app purchases
Questions
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