Comparison

Digline vs Tower & Mercenaries

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

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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.

About

Tower & Mercenaries

Lead a mercenary group to ascend a towering structure with 50 floors across five distinct worlds. Recruit, train, and strategically deploy diverse characters to overcome challenges. Your decisions in formation and equipment are key to success in this offline adventure.

Highlights
  • Recruit diverse mercenaries (Human, Elf, Dwarf, Beastkin, Abyssal)
  • Train and manage mercenary stats and morale
  • Strategic auto-battler with formation and equipment choices
  • Ascend 50 floors across five unique worlds
  • Offline play with no server or account requirements
  • Infinite climbing and guild reputation system
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You lead a mercenary company. A tower connects worlds. Travel through a ruined kingdom, misty bamboo forests and an empire of steel and gunpowder toward the dragon's nest. Conquer 50 floors, then enter the Abyss from floor 51. The climb continues beyond floor 100. [Recruit and grow] Meet mercenaries of many races and classes. Estimate their potential and assign training, rest and wages. Age, fatigue and morale affect your force. Distribute equipment and improve facilities before your next expedition. [Deploy and watch] Battles play out automatically. Choose who holds the front, who heals and who targets the enemy back row. Prepare your party and relics for each floor's mutations. [Remember your companions] Discover named heroes and their bond quests, along with growth, retirement, death and reincarnation. Meet other companies inside the tower to trade or fight. The chronicle and codex keep their stories. [Choose the next challenge] Material dungeons, weekly raids, Abyss contracts and perks offer new goals. Playable offline. No account required. No ads or subscriptions. One purchase takes you to the floor 999 ending. Optional in-app items (tips, cosmetics, paid heroes) are available. None are required to progress. 한국어 · English · 日本語 · 繁體中文 · Français · Deutsch · Italiano · Español · Português · Русский

Screenshots

Digline4 screens
Tower & Mercenaries4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tower & Mercenaries at 96% against Digline's 55%. Tower & Mercenaries also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Digline's advantage is chart position (#169 vs unranked) and ratings volume (21 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Digline costs $1.99 and Tower & Mercenaries $1.99 up front. Digline sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Tower & Mercenaries sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tower & Mercenaries 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Digline's written reviews are positive against 96% of Tower & Mercenaries's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digline ships an update weekly, Tower & Mercenaries every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Digline versus Tower & Mercenaries: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiglineTower & Mercenaries
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating4.8 (21 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews95.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#169 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size273 MB432 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLuis HerskovicKEUNSIK JANG

Customer experience

Digline

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral15.2%
Negative30.3%

Tower & Mercenaries

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Digline

One-time3
  • 20 fuel to storage$0.99
  • +75 fuel to storage$2.99
  • +200 fuel to storage$4.99
14 purchases

Tower & Mercenaries

One-time14
  • Support Tier 1 · Supporter$0.49
  • Hero · Fine Kaltenbach$0.99
  • Hero · Sargul Krach$0.99
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  • Hero · Rosel Ironbloom$0.99
  • Hero · Elowyn Briar$0.99
  • Hero · Mukran$0.99
  • Theme Pack · Halvren$0.99
  • Hero · Aldric Halvren$0.99
  • Hero · Irena von Strahl$0.99
  • Support Tier 2 · Patron$1.99
  • Costume · Halloween Set 1$2.99
  • Costume · Halloween Set 2$2.99
  • Costume · Halloween Set 3$2.99
  • Support Tier 3 · Benefactor$6.99

Questions

Is Digline free?
Digline costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Tower & Mercenaries free?
Tower & Mercenaries costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Digline or Tower & Mercenaries?
Tower & Mercenaries is rated higher. Digline averages 4.8 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Tower & Mercenaries averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Digline or Tower & Mercenaries have ads?
Neither Digline nor Tower & Mercenaries shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digline or Tower & Mercenaries?
Digline ships an update weekly, and Tower & Mercenaries every 2 days. Most recently, Digline was updated on October 25, 2026 and Tower & Mercenaries on October 25, 2026.

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