Comparison

Keep on Mining! vs Idle Mage Academy

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
Read full description

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.

About

Idle Mage Academy

Rise from a failing student to a legendary archmage through idle training and strategic growth. Your spells and rewards accumulate even when you're offline. Progress through the academy, unlock new abilities, and compete globally.

Highlights
  • Idle growth and offline rewards
  • Webnovel-style narrative
  • Unlock new spells and dungeons
  • Library research for permanent buffs
  • Duel Club for tactical combat
  • Rebirth system for endless progression
  • Global online ranking
Features
Read full description

"I was the worst dropout at the academy. Then I turned back time to become an archmage." Start as the weakest failing student of the Mage Tower and rise, one log line at a time, into a legendary archmage. Your training never stops — even when the screen is off. ■ Idle growth — spells train themselves; rewards pile up while you're away. ■ Webnovel-style log — read your underdog's struggle unfold in real time. ■ Year 1 to Archmage — promotions unlock new spells, libraries, and dungeons. ■ Library research — gather Knowledge for permanent power-ups. ■ Duel Club — pick your tactics and outwit rivals. ■ Rebirth system — reach Archmage, return to school, and grow forever via Engravings. ■ Dimension dive & online ranking — compete worldwide for the deepest floor. Easy in one hand, endlessly deep. Enroll in the Mage Tower today.

Screenshots

Keep on Mining!4 screens
Idle Mage Academy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Idle Mage Academy at 100% against Keep on Mining!'s 50%. Idle Mage Academy also leads on price (Free vs $4.99). Keep on Mining!'s advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Idle Mage Academy is free to download; Keep on Mining! costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Keep on Mining! holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Keep on Mining!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Idle Mage Academy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Keep on Mining! versus Idle Mage Academy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeep on Mining!Idle Mage Academy
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (6 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#125 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size302 MB150 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon EftestølSONGHWA CHAE

Customer experience

Keep on Mining!

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%

Idle Mage Academy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Keep on Mining!

No in-app purchases

None

Idle Mage Academy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keep on Mining! free?
Keep on Mining! costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Idle Mage Academy free?
Idle Mage Academy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Keep on Mining! or Idle Mage Academy?
Keep on Mining! is rated higher. Keep on Mining! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Idle Mage Academy averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Keep on Mining! or Idle Mage Academy have ads?
Idle Mage Academy shows ads; Keep on Mining! does not.

Other comparisons