Comparison

Drill Kingdom vs SIDES

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

Head to head
About

Drill Kingdom

An idle mining tycoon game where you dig deep, build a drill army, and upgrade your machines. Discover unique biomes, unlock powerful drills, and prestige for permanent upgrades to build your passive income empire. Play offline and sync progress across devices.

Highlights
  • 20 unique drills with synergy bonuses
  • Deep upgrade system for drills
  • 50 biomes and 9 corruption cycles
  • 15 passive income buildings
  • Deep prestige system for permanent upgrades
  • Offline play and cross-device sync
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

SIDES

Control a triangle that must survive for sixty seconds in an arena. Defeat the boss, which has one more side than you, to transform into it and gain new abilities. Progress through increasingly complex shapes and challenges.

Highlights
  • Shape progression
  • Boss battles
  • One-thumb controls
  • Persistent upgrades (Resonance)
  • Offline play
  • Optional rewarded ads
Features
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You are a triangle. The arena fills. Survive sixty seconds and the boss walks in — the shape with one more side than you. Beat it, and you become it. Every vertex is a weapon mount. Ascend from triangle to square to pentagon and beyond, into stars, star polygons, mandalas and the solids — each form multiplies your whole arsenal, and each boss is the next you. ONE THUMB. Kite, collect, and pick your draft between rounds. Sixty-second rounds, a run in ten minutes, a deep climb in an hour. RESONANCE. Every climb pays flux; flux buys permanent Resonance — sharper edges, a harder hull, faster blood. The ladder remembers your best form and lets you start from it. THREATS AND BOUNTIES. Four threat levels, a Wanted ladder that stacks handicaps for more flux, relic chests with real downsides, daily signals, seasonal skins. No account. Plays offline. Your save follows you through iCloud. Ads are optional, rewarded and never personalised. Game Center achievements and leaderboards.

Screenshots

Drill Kingdom4 screens
SIDES4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Drill Kingdom at 13.0 against SIDES's 15.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 and SIDES sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Drill Kingdom against 5.0 for SIDES. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Drill Kingdom versus SIDES: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrill KingdomSIDES
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB16 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGrzegorz TarnopolskiShai Ankori

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
5 purchases

SIDES

One-time5
  • Flux Pocket$0.99
  • Founder's Pack$2.99
  • Flux Case$3.99
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  • Prism Premium$4.99
  • Flux Vault$7.99

Questions

Is Drill Kingdom free?
Drill Kingdom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SIDES free?
SIDES is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drill Kingdom or SIDES?
Drill Kingdom and SIDES are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Drill Kingdom or SIDES have ads?
Both Drill Kingdom and SIDES show ads.

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