Down Mine vs Donpa Squad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Down Mine
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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.
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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Down Mine sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Donpa Squad asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Down Mine | Donpa Squad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 16.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | infinity pocket | Ville Misaki |
In-app purchases
Down Mine
- gems_100$0.99
- gems_350$2.99
- remove_ads$9.99
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- gems_1500$9.99
Donpa Squad
No in-app purchases
Questions
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