Comparison

Arcbound vs Digline

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

Head to head
About

Arcbound

Design and manage a colony ship as it journeys through deep space. Guide your crew through resource management, social dynamics, and dangerous missions. Build a self-sustaining civilization within a single, evolving starship.

Highlights
  • Grid-based ship construction
  • Simulated resource networks
  • Crew needs and relationships
  • Consequence-driven missions
  • Research new technologies
  • Societal stability management
  • Emergent storytelling
Features
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Arcbound is a colony simulation game set entirely on a single evolving starship. Everything is connected. And everything can fail at any moment. Design and expand your ship room by room, manage oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide a fragile civilisation from Earth’s final evacuation into deep space. WHAT YOU DO Design and expand your Arcship room by room Manage oxygen, power, water, and food to keep your crew alive Send missions to Earth to recover resources and survivors Grow your ship into a self-sustaining spacefaring civilisation Every system connects. Every decision has consequences. Inspired by classic colony sims, Arcbound takes the genre into a single fully interconnected starship, where layout, systems, and social dynamics are tightly linked. FROM ESCAPE SHIP TO STAR-BOUND SOCIETY Early Access includes both phases of Arcbound’s journey: Phase 1: The Exodus Stabilise your ship before Earth collapses and prepare for launch. Phase 2: The Voyage Guide a growing civilian population during multi-year transit as your Arcship becomes a living society facing internal pressure, scarcity, and unknown signals from deep space. BUILD YOUR ARCSHIP Start with a small emergency platform and grow it into a fully functioning star-faring vessel. Design living quarters, engineering bays, hydroponics, research facilities, and life-support systems while managing power, water, atmosphere, and maintenance across a fully simulated ship. A well-designed ship creates stability. A poorly planned one barely survives. MANAGE YOUR CREW Your crew are more than workers. They form friendships and rivalries, develop beliefs, suffer stress, and react to the decisions you make as commander. Social relationships and ideology evolve over time, influencing morale, productivity, and the long-term identity of your Arcship. Rescue new survivors, but every arrival may change the culture of your ship. SURVIVE THROUGH MISSIONS Send crews beyond your vessel on dangerous expeditions to secure vital resources. Recover technology, extract survivors, or raid for fuel, missions always return something… but consequences follow. Injuries, conflict, and unexpected events can reshape life aboard your ship long after the mission ends. Missions can trigger injuries, political tension, or unexpected consequences that ripple through life aboard the ship. KEY FEATURES Grid-based ship construction and expansion Fully simulated oxygen, power, water, and resource networks Crew needs, skills, relationships, and ideology systems Consequence-driven mission system Research unlocking new technologies and discoveries Civilian population and societal stability management Emergent storytelling driven by player decisions Pause and time controls for relaxed strategic play Designed for long-form sandbox progression In Arcbound, your entire civilisation exists within a single evolving Arcship. Every decision shapes not just your ship, but the society living inside it. Stabilise your ship before Earth collapses… or carry your failures with you into the void. A CALM SURVIVAL EXPERIENCE Arcbound is designed as a chilled but thoughtful space management experience. Most of the time you’ll be carefully expanding and optimising your ship, until emergencies, social tension, or difficult choices introduce moments of drama. There is no single correct way to survive. Only the ship you build… and the future you create. Join the community on Discord

About

Digline

Drill deep into a mysterious world, collecting resources and upgrading your rig. Explore diverse biomes, craft items, and uncover secrets in this relaxing, one-finger controlled simulation game. Progress over weeks with persistent tunnels and a growing map.

Highlights
  • One-finger portrait controls
  • Multiple biomes and resources
  • Workshop upgrades and crafting
  • Persistent tunnels and map
  • Daily Dig challenges
  • Achievement collection
Features
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Digline is a relaxed and easy to learn drilling game where every descent is a gamble between progress and risk, and the real reward lies deeper underground. Start each run in your workshop, pick your setup, and head down with limited fuel and a scrappy rig. Carve your path through shifting layers of earth, decide what to collect, and choose what to upgrade and what to trade before everything runs out. Each dive reveals new materials, rarer finds, and unexpected patterns beneath the surface. What begins as simple digging gradually turns into a careful balance between exploration, efficiency, and timing. Back at the surface, refine your strategy and improve your runs: • Upgrade your drill, fuel capacity, and efficiency • Unlock new materials with higher value and deeper placement • Optimize routes to maximize each descent Progress builds steadily, but every run carries tension. Go too safe and you leave value behind. Push too far and risk losing it all. Shape your own rhythm underground: short and efficient runs, deep high-risk dives, or a steady climb toward mastering what lies below. Top 10 casual game in the US and UK, Top 5 in Germany, Norway, and others. Come join the fun! What starts as a simple search for resources gradually becomes something stranger. Your old tunnels remain, your map expands over time, and the underground begins to feel less random and more like a place with its own history. Digline is designed to be easy to pick up, fun in short sessions, and rewarding over the long term. Quick digs, short descents, tons of relaxing fun. Features: • intuitive one-finger portrait controls • short runs that fit easily into a minute or two • persistent tunnels and a map that grows with each expedition • multiple underground regions with different materials, hazards, and surprises • resources to gather and use for crafting upgrades, and better preparation • a workshop that turns each successful run into permanent progress • a market system for trading what you bring back • progression that builds across many sessions, not just a single run • a calm, cozy atmosphere with a sense of discovery underneath it • no ads, no in-app purchases, and no pay-to-win systems • achievements and Daily Dig leaderboard competition The deeper you go, the more the mine will reveal.

Screenshots

Arcbound3 screens
Digline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Arcbound at Free against Digline's $1.99. Arcbound also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Digline's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (21 vs 2). On ads 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

Arcbound is free to download; Digline costs $1.99 up front. Arcbound sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Digline asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arcbound holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digline has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arcbound ships an update every 2 days, Digline every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Arcbound versus Digline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcboundDigline
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews—54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings221 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size336 MB274 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDean LennardLuis Herskovic

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Arcbound

One-time1
  • Arcbound - Early Access$9.99
None

Digline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arcbound free?
Arcbound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Digline free?
Digline costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Arcbound or Digline?
Arcbound is rated higher. Arcbound averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Digline averages 4.8 from 21 ratings.
Do Arcbound or Digline have ads?
Neither Arcbound nor Digline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arcbound or Digline?
Arcbound ships an update every 2 days, and Digline every 8 days. Most recently, Arcbound was updated on October 31, 2026 and Digline on October 31, 2026.

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