Comparison

Outhold 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

Outhold

A strategic incremental game combining tower defense with deep meta-progression. Experiment with various builds and discover powerful synergies to defend the last fires. Enjoy an addictive game loop with a deep upgrade tree where experimentation is rewarded.

Highlights
  • Incremental tower defense gameplay
  • Deep meta-progression
  • Build variety and synergies
  • Addictive game loop
  • Deep upgrade tree
  • Free upgrade refunds
Features
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[Incremental Tower Defense with Build Variety] Outhold is a short, strategic incremental game that blends tower defense with a deep meta-progression. Experiment with builds and find overpowered synergies to defend the dwindling fires of Outhold. [Addictive Game Loop] Start a run, see how far you get. Use your collected resources to buy upgrades and try again. Become powerful enough to obliterate everything coming against you. [Deep Upgrade Tree] Create unique builds that fit your playstyle. Experimentation is rewarded, and all upgrades can be refunded for free. [Strategize] Focus on upgrading just one specific tower, or find unique tower synergies. There are many ways to progress through Outhold, the choice is up to you.

About

Keep on Mining!

Engage in an incremental mining adventure, collecting ores and unlocking new worlds. Progress through a vast skill tree with over 200 upgrades and craft powerful pickaxes to enhance your mining capabilities.

Highlights
  • Mine rocks and collect ores
  • Unlock new worlds with talent points
  • Progress through a skill tree with 200+ upgrades
  • Craft and upgrade pickaxes
  • Discover unique pickaxe equip bonuses
Features
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Mine rocks and collect ores! Keep on Mining! - Worlds is a simple incremental mining game about mining rocks. The sequel keeps the core gameplay loop from Keep on Mining! but adds many more worlds, upgrades, artifacts, pickaxes and some cool new stuff! Unlock new worlds! Make progress though the game via unlocking new worlds! Worlds can be purchased using your talent points. Talent point are gathered via leveling up. Every time you purchase a new world, 5 talent cards will appear. Choose 2 to keep! Purchase upgrades! Purchase permanent upgrades inside the Skill Tree! The Skill tree features 200+ upgrades and has a variety of fun upgrades. Craft pickaxes! Use your gathered bars to craft new pickaxes. Pickaxes can also be upgraded with your gems! Upgrading your pickaxe will improve every pickaxe stat. Every pickaxe also has a unique Equip Bonus that will only apply to the equipped pickaxe.

Screenshots

Outhold4 screens
Keep on Mining!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Outhold at 4.9 against Keep on Mining!'s 4.5. Outhold also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 50%) and ratings volume (212 vs 6). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Outhold costs $3.99 and Keep on Mining! $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Outhold holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outhold has 212 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Outhold's written reviews are positive against 50% of Keep on Mining!'s.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Outhold versus Keep on Mining!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOutholdKeep on Mining!
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.9 (212 ratings) — better4.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings212 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#50 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB302 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMinMax Software ABSimon Eftestøl

Customer experience

Outhold

All ratings181 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative5.0%

Keep on Mining!

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Outhold

No in-app purchases

None

Keep on Mining!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Outhold free?
Outhold costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keep on Mining! free?
Keep on Mining! costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Outhold or Keep on Mining!?
Outhold is rated higher. Outhold averages 4.9 out of 5 from 212 ratings, while Keep on Mining! averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Outhold or Keep on Mining! have ads?
Neither Outhold nor Keep on Mining! shows ads.

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