Comparison

Gem Digger vs Pocket Arcade

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

Head to head
About

Gem Digger

Features
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Gem Digger: Cave Quest is a modern take on the classic cave-digging arcade puzzle. Tunnel through dirt, collect your gem quota, and race to the exit before time runs out โ€” but watch out: boulders and gems fall and roll, and one wrong dig can crush you. Drop boulders on butterflies to crush them into diamonds, outsmart fireflies, and master magic walls, amoeba, and slime across four handcrafted worlds. Then test yourself in Endless mode, where every cave is freshly generated and always solvable. โ€ข Deterministic, fair physics โ€” the cave is a puzzle you can learn to read โ€ข Four worlds: Dirt Mines, Crystal Caves, Magma Depths, Frozen Hollow โ€ข Endless procedural mode with infinite caves โ€ข Designed for touch: swipe or on-screen controls, landscape play โ€ข Chase 3 stars on every cave. No energy timers, no pay-to-win โ€” just dig, think, and dash.

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Pocket Arcade

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Pocket Arcade packs 26 original arcade games into one beautifully crafted app โ€” for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. No ads, no nonsense: pick a game and play in seconds. From a neon maze chase and a brick-breaker to a pseudo-3D arcade racer, a tube shooter, a snake game, a physics pinball with four tables, falling-block, sliding-number and match-3 puzzles, an asteroids-style drifter, a boss-battling sky shooter, table tennis and more โ€” every game is hand-built with its own controls, music, and high-score table. FEATURES โ€ข 26 original games across Arcade, Pinball, Shooters, Puzzle, Racing and Board โ€ข Big, clear on-screen touch controls tuned per game โ€” plus Apple Watch Digital Crown support โ€ข Play with a game controller on iPhone and iPad โ€” Xbox, PlayStation and MFi pads, 23 of the 26 games โ€ข Plays on iPhone, iPad AND Apple Watch โ€” your high scores sync across all three over iCloud โ€ข Game Center leaderboards and achievements โ€ข Filter games by category and star your favorites โ€ข High scores, attract demos, and a clear how-to-play guide for every game โ€ข The maze chaser evolves as you climb โ€” split mazes and rotating biomes over a deep-space sky โ€ข Original artwork and sound โ€” no third-party trackers, fully playable offline FREE TO PLAY Four games are free forever โ€” a maze chaser, tic-tac-toe, a brick-breaker, and a snake game. Unlock the full collection โ€” every current and future game โ€” with a single one-time purchase. No subscriptions, ever. THE GAMES Arcade โ€” a neon maze chase, a road-and-river crossing dash, a snake, a flag-grabbing maze rally, table tennis, and a maze-bombing blast-'em-up. Pinball โ€” a real-physics table with flippers, ramps and multiball across four distinct playfields. Shooters โ€” defend against a swarm, dodge a diving fleet, drift-and-blast through a rock field, ride a geometric tube, loop a dream world blasting bosses, and storm an isometric gauntlet of floor mazes and six towering bosses. Puzzle โ€” stack falling blocks, pop color-matched bubbles, break out a wall of bricks, chain match-3 gem cascades, catch and clear tumbling tiles, and merge tiles to 2048. Racing โ€” race an endless circuit, choose your route to the coast, carve an endless downhill, and run a fugitive off the road in a siren-blaring pursuit. Board โ€” tic-tac-toe, connect-four, and a full game of solitaire, vs the device or a friend. Designed for quick play on the go: grab your iPhone or iPad, or glance at your Apple Watch, and dive into a game in seconds.

Screenshots

Gem Digger4 screens
Pocket Arcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Gem Digger at 15.0 against Pocket Arcade's 17.0. 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. Gem Digger sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Pocket Arcade sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Gem Digger versus Pocket Arcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGem DiggerPocket Arcade
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size52 MB185 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeif IbrahimPascal Peltriaux

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Gem Digger

One-time6
  • Crystal Caves$2.99
  • Magma Depths$2.99
  • Frozen Hollow$2.99
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  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Unlock All Worlds$6.99
  • Complete Edition$9.99
1 purchases

Pocket Arcade

One-time1
  • Unlock All Games$3.99

Questions

Is Gem Digger free?
Gem Digger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Arcade free?
Pocket Arcade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gem Digger or Pocket Arcade have ads?
Neither Gem Digger nor Pocket Arcade shows ads.

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