Keep on Mining! vs Desktop Nard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Desktop Nard
An idle game where dice with unique stats and skills roll across your screen, automatically farming monsters. Collect loot, unlock skill trees, and explore new worlds to enhance your build and discover synergies.
- Itemized dice with unique stats and skills
- Automated monster farming
- Endless loot hunting for various items
- Prestige system with skill trees
- Map exploration for new rewards
- Synergy-based build progression
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A loot-based idle game where dice roll across your screen, triggering skills on monsters, farming them for you. -Itemized Dice: Every dice is a piece of loot with unique stats and skills. -Endless Loot Hunting: Monsters drop dice, gemstones, scrolls, combo rings, relics, and automator gears each pushing your build further and unlocking new synergies. -Prestige & Skill Trees: Rebirth to unlock 4 skill trees that significantly transform your game and provide powerful bonuses. -Maps: Enter a new world with powerful rewards. -And many more systems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Desktop Nard at Free against Keep on Mining!'s $4.99. Desktop Nard also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). Keep on Mining!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#81 vs unranked). On ratings volume, 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
Desktop Nard is free to download; Keep on Mining! costs $4.99 up front. Desktop Nard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Keep on Mining! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Desktop Nard holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Keep on Mining!'s written reviews are positive against 60% of Desktop Nard's.
| Parameter | Keep on Mining! | Desktop Nard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #81 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 302 MB | 319 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon Eftestøl | Abdullah Alhijaily |
Customer experience
Keep on Mining!
Desktop Nard
In-app purchases
Keep on Mining!
No in-app purchases
Desktop Nard
- Premium Edition$4.99
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