Comparison

Pixel Miner vs Deep Dig

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Miner

Mine through the earth pixel by pixel, upgrading equipment and exploring celestial locations. Collect treasures, complete challenges, and build your base to unlock powerful bonuses. The miner works even when you're away, ensuring a full pocket upon return.

Highlights
  • Pixel-by-pixel digging
  • Equipment upgrades
  • 12 equipment tiers
  • 6 unique locations
  • Treasure collection
  • Base building
  • Offline progress
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

Deep Dig

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Deep Dig is an idle mining game built around one addictive question: will THIS tap be the big one? TAP TO DIG Smash through rock with every tap. Land a critical hit and a lamp lights up — one more tap, and you break into a high-odds chain zone where crits can keep coming, tap after tap after tap. UPGRADE YOUR RIG Pour coins into Drill Power and Auto-Driller to dig faster, even while you are away. CORE UPGRADES + NEW GAME+ Reach the planet's core and earn permanent Cores, then start a fresh run with your upgrades carried over. Stack enough Cores across runs and your rig only gets stronger. PLAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE Fully translated into English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean. This release covers Stage 1 — dig from the surface all the way down to 500m. Deeper stages, new ore, and more content are already in the works. Free to play, no purchase required. Optional video ads offer bonuses like stamina refills and coin boosts, entirely up to you. Start tapping. See how deep you can go.

Screenshots

Pixel Miner4 screens
Deep Dig3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deep Dig at none against Pixel Miner's 1. Deep Dig also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Pixel Miner's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Deep Dig asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pixel Miner versus Deep Dig: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel MinerDeep Dig
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWojciech BorczykAtsushi Ito

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixel Miner

One-time1
  • Miner's License$4.99
None

Deep Dig

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel Miner free?
Pixel Miner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deep Dig free?
Deep Dig is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixel Miner or Deep Dig have ads?
Deep Dig shows ads; Pixel Miner does not.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Miner or Deep Dig?
Pixel Miner ships an update every 2 days, and Deep Dig every 2 days. Most recently, Pixel Miner was updated on October 28, 2026 and Deep Dig on October 29, 2026.

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