Comparison

Down Mine vs Donpa Squad

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

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About

Down Mine

Features
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Down Mine is a new twist on classic minesweeper. Instead of clearing a flat board, you dig deeper and deeper into the mine. Open blocks, read the numbers, avoid hidden bombs, collect gems, and push your best score as far as you can. Every safe block helps you descend. Every mistake can end the run. Use logic, take risks when you must, and see how deep you can go. Features: - Classic minesweeper logic with a vertical digging style - Endless depth-based puzzle gameplay - Hidden bombs, gems, coins, and special rewards - Items that help you open tricky areas - Best score and depth records to chase - Simple controls built for quick mobile play Dig deeper. Think carefully. Survive the mine.

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Donpa Squad

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Donpa Squad is Minesweeper with room to grow โ€” the classic game you know, and board variants the classic never had. Start with a tap and clear the field: numbers count the mines around them, and one wrong dig ends the run. But that's not all! Square Grid boards, hexagonal Hive boards, and a round world that wraps โ€” go off one edge and you come back from the other. Sizes run from a quick XS to a sprawling million-cell XXXL that pans and zooms with a corner minimap, and stays smooth on a phone. Every board keeps its own game going, so a quick round never costs you the huge one you've been chipping at for weeks. YOUR SERVICE RECORD Best times, clears, and full career stats โ€” plus pace, your required-moves-per-second rate that board luck can't inflate, recent and best per board. It's your data, kept on your device (and your iCloud, if you turn on sync) โ€” never sent to us. THE DAILY CHALLENGE One shared board a day โ€” same layout, same luck, for everyone. Showing up daily builds a streak. FRIENDLY RIVALRY Swap score cards in person with Nearby โ€” no server, no accounts. Whoever gets your card becomes a rival: compare head-to-head. LUCK, TRACKED HONESTLY Sometimes no safe move exists and you have to guess. Donpa computes the exact odds your click had and keeps score โ€” guesses faced, survived, your luckiest escape. Six difficulties climb all the way to Lunatic โ€” or play Drills, guaranteed no-guess boards where skill alone clears the field. EVERY SCREEN, EVERY WAY TO PLAY A native app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac โ€” touch, mouse, or full keyboard (a hardware keyboard works on iPad too), and the board plays with VoiceOver, cell by cell. Built openly with AI assistance โ€” much of the code and the manga art. The design, decisions, and care are human. Free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts, no tracking. Just mines.

Screenshots

Down Mine1 screens
Donpa Squad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Donpa Squad at none against Down Mine's 4. Donpa Squad also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Down Mine sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Donpa Squad asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Down Mine ships an update every 4 weeks, Donpa Squad every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Down Mine versus Donpa Squad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDown MineDonpa Squad
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 weeks โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size151 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerinfinity pocketVille Misaki

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Down Mine

One-time4
  • gems_100$0.99
  • gems_350$2.99
  • remove_ads$9.99
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  • gems_1500$9.99
None

Donpa Squad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Down Mine free?
Down Mine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Donpa Squad free?
Donpa Squad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Down Mine or Donpa Squad have ads?
Down Mine shows ads; Donpa Squad does not.
Which is updated more often, Down Mine or Donpa Squad?
Down Mine ships an update every 4 weeks, and Donpa Squad every 2 weeks. Most recently, Down Mine was updated on October 25, 2026 and Donpa Squad on October 28, 2026.

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