Comparison

Drill Kingdom vs Autonomous Civilization

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

Head to head
About

Drill Kingdom

Features
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Dig deep. Build your drill army. Prestige your way to infinity. Drill Kingdom is an idle mining tycoon game where your drills never stop working. Upgrade your mining machines, discover 50 unique biomes, and push deeper through the corrupted depths of the earth. FEATURES * 20 Unique Drills From the humble Rusty Pickaxe to the reality-bending Infinity Engine — each drill brings its own power and synergy bonuses. * Deep Upgrade System Level drills up to 100, unlock milestone power spikes every 20 levels, and earn synergy bonuses that reshape your build. * 50 Biomes + 9 Corruption Cycles Travel through topsoil, crystal caverns, frozen depths, and beyond. At 5000m and deeper, reality starts to bend. * 15 Buildings Mine carts, smelters, gem polishers, and cosmic refineries — build your passive income empire. * Earn Gems, Buy Permanent Upgrades Diamond Pickaxe, Time Warp, Iron Grip, and more — make every run stronger. * Deep Prestige System Reset your run for permanent tokens and rare Star Dust. Each prestige makes you stronger forever. * Daily Rewards & Achievements 66 achievements to unlock, 7-day reward cycles, and weekly gem bonuses. * Play Offline, Sync Anywhere Your drills keep working even when the app is closed. Sign in with Apple or Google to sync progress across devices. No forced ads. No pay-to-win. Every purchase is optional. Start your mining empire today!

About

Autonomous Civilization

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The automation age has begun. Your civilization is not ready. Choose the United States, European Union, China, or Japan and guide it from 2026 to 2051 through a period of extraordinary technological and social change. Autonomous Civilization is a systems-driven strategy game about turning innovation into durable prosperity. Research artificial intelligence, build autonomous freight networks, secure critical industries, strengthen the electricity grid, negotiate international agreements, and help society absorb the disruption. Every solution moves the bottleneck. Faster automation can raise productivity while displacing workers. Reshoring can strengthen supply chains while driving up costs. Clean energy can cut emissions while straining the grid. Trade restrictions can protect one industry and weaken three others. MAKE CABINET-LEVEL DECISIONS Choose a limited set of policies every six-month turn. Commit fiscal resources and political capital, then watch immediate, delayed, and unintended consequences unfold. LEAD FOUR DISTINCT CIVILIZATIONS Each playable bloc has its own institutions, industrial strengths, demographic pressures, political constraints, and viable route to victory. BUILD THE PHYSICAL AUTOMATION ECONOMY Develop AI, autonomous systems, smart infrastructure, robotics, and social adaptation. Research alone is not enough: regulation, manufacturing, public trust, and infrastructure determine whether technology actually delivers. NAVIGATE A LIVING WORLD Respond to market corrections, strikes, cyberattacks, climate damage, supply shortages, pandemics, migration pressures, elections, and industrial breakthroughs. Rival blocs pursue visible strategies and react to the same changing world. SHAPE TRADE AND DIPLOMACY Form standards alliances, climate accords, mineral partnerships, and AI safety agreements—or use tariffs and export controls to slow a competitor. WIN MORE THAN AN ECONOMY Civilization Score measures prosperity, social cohesion, sustainability, technological capability, and strategic resilience. Raw GDP or maximum automation alone cannot secure victory. Designed natively for iPhone and iPad, Autonomous Civilization includes touch-first navigation, multiple local save slots, deterministic campaign seeds, reduced-motion support, an interactive tutorial, a permanent Field Manual, and transparent explanations for changing statistics. No accounts. No advertising. No in-app purchases. No tracking. Campaign data stays on your device.

Screenshots

Drill Kingdom4 screens
Autonomous Civilization4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Autonomous Civilization at none against Drill Kingdom's 7. Autonomous Civilization also leads on ads (none vs shown). Drill Kingdom's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Drill Kingdom sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Autonomous Civilization asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Drill Kingdom versus Autonomous Civilization: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrill KingdomAutonomous Civilization
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrzegorz TarnopolskiTom Hestas

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Drill Kingdom

One-time7
  • Handful of gems$0.99
  • Pouch of gems$2.99
  • Start Pack$2.99
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  • Bag of Gems$4.99
  • Chest of Gems$9.99
  • Vault of Gems$19.99
  • Motherlode of Gems$49.99
None

Autonomous Civilization

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drill Kingdom free?
Drill Kingdom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Autonomous Civilization free?
Autonomous Civilization is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drill Kingdom or Autonomous Civilization have ads?
Drill Kingdom shows ads; Autonomous Civilization does not.

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