Comparison

MintCity vs Crystal Cavern Idle Mine

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

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About

MintCity

Features
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Tap to collect coins from your minters and build a thriving city-state called Mint City! GAME FEATURES 20 Metal-Grade Coins Start with Aluminum and progress through Copper, Iron, Silver, Gold, Mythril... and beyond to Orichalcum. Each coin grade is worth dramatically more than the last. 30 Skills Across 4 Branches Customize your strategy with Tap Power, Minter Upgrades, Automation, and Economy branches. Build your perfect playstyle. 8 City Districts to Found From the Central Plaza to Government District. Acquire all 8 to officially found Mint City! Prestige โ€” and Genesis Beyond After founding your nation, prestige to climb higher. Keep going to unlock Genesis: build the Second Nation, collect run-changing Decrees, and buy meta upgrades. 68 Achievements Auto-tracked goals reward you with Skill Points. Daily Quests & Login Bonuses Fresh goals every day, a 7-day login bonus cycle, and the rare Golden Coin. Offline Earnings Keep earning while away โ€” up to 8 hours. WHO IT'S FOR - Players who enjoy idle games in spare moments - Fans of satisfying number progression - Those who like to grind upgrades systematically - Anyone who prefers calm gameplay over flashy effects REQUIREMENTS - iPhone (iOS 17 or later) - Portrait orientation - Internet required only for ad display Free to play. Supported by short, optional ads.

About

Crystal Cavern Idle Mine

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Crystal Cavern is an idle game with no sound at all. Tap the crystal in the middle of the screen and you earn crystals. That is the whole basic move. Spend them on buildings and the cave keeps earning every second, even while the app is closed. You can collect up to eight hours of it when you come back. โ–  No sound No music, no effects. If you cannot hear, or you are somewhere you cannot make noise, nothing is lost. Haptics are there instead. โ–  You choose what reads well Four text sizes. Five colour schemes, two of them maximum contrast โ€” white on black and black on white. โ–  Twelve seams As you dig, the seam changes and the crystal shifts colour and shape. You start at Quartz; twelve layers lie below. Each rebirth opens a deeper one. โ–  Rebirth Melt everything down into cores. Each core adds +2% to your tap value and income, permanently. The deeper you dig, the more cores are left behind. โ–  Glowing orbs Now and then an orb drifts across the screen. Tap it before it fades for a bonus. The best one multiplies everything by five for thirty seconds. โ–  Built to be easy to use - Playable from a keyboard - Respects the reduce-motion setting - Progress saves itself on this device - A save code moves your progress to another device - Pause whenever you like; nothing accumulates while paused About adverts: a short video plays only when you claim a bonus. The game is fully playable without watching one. No advert is ever required to progress. Languages: 17 (English, Japanese, Chinese Simplified and Traditional, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian), shown automatically in your iPhone's language.

Screenshots

MintCity4 screens
Crystal Cavern Idle Mine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MintCity at every 4 days against Crystal Cavern Idle Mine's every 9 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MintCity ships an update every 4 days, Crystal Cavern Idle Mine every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
MintCity versus Crystal Cavern Idle Mine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMintCityCrystal Cavern Idle Mine
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days โ€” betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerriki fujimotoYoshihiko Okano

In-app purchases

None

MintCity

No in-app purchases

None

Crystal Cavern Idle Mine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MintCity free?
MintCity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crystal Cavern Idle Mine free?
Crystal Cavern Idle Mine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MintCity or Crystal Cavern Idle Mine have ads?
Both MintCity and Crystal Cavern Idle Mine show ads.
Which is updated more often, MintCity or Crystal Cavern Idle Mine?
MintCity ships an update every 4 days, and Crystal Cavern Idle Mine every 9 days. Most recently, MintCity was updated on October 31, 2026 and Crystal Cavern Idle Mine on November 6, 2026.

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