Comparison

Idle Space Mining vs Deepmine Clicker

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

Head to head
About

Idle Space Mining

Build and expand a space mining empire through incremental upgrades and strategic choices. Reset your progress to gain permanent bonuses and achieve ultimate power. Earn resources even while offline.

Highlights
  • Incremental mining empire building
  • Strategic doctrine choices
  • Prestige system with Dark Matter
  • Permanent upgrades via Star Shards
  • Offline earnings
  • Challenging game modes
  • Comet catching events
Features
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Tap an asteroid. Build a mining empire. Then destroy it — and come back stronger. IDLE SPACE MINING is an idle game about scale. You start hand-mining ore from a bare rock. You end up rewriting local physics so the ore was always there. BUILD THE COLONY Twenty-six machines, from a rickety Drone Hangar to the Terminus Drillhead. Each one runs its own harvest cycle — watch the bars fill, watch the ore land. Every 10 you own doubles that machine's output, and every tier lifts the one beneath it. CHOOSE YOUR DOCTRINE At each tier you pick ONE of three paths and forfeit the other two. Triple your early generators, or cut the price of everything, or tighten your milestones. There is no right answer — and you re-decide every single run. ASCEND When growth stalls, collapse the whole colony into a singularity. You lose your ore, your generators, your tech. You keep DARK MATTER — and every scrap you have ever earned makes you permanently stronger. Dark Matter is deliberately scarce. Each one matters. HEAT DEATH Then there's the prestige above prestige. Let the universe run down, trade everything — even your Dark Matter — for Star Shards, and buy upgrades that survive the end of everything. TAKE ON CHALLENGES Mine with no hands. Run with triple-length cycles. Build with only three generator types. Beat one and keep the bonus forever. CATCH COMETS Comets drift past while you play. Tap one for a lump of ore or a burst of production. EARN WHILE YOU SLEEP Your colony keeps mining when the app is closed. Come back to a pile. One optional ad, and only if you want it: watch a Supply Drop for double production for four hours. No banners, no interstitials, nothing that interrupts play. No energy timers, no countdown "offers". Just numbers going up, forever.

About

Deepmine Clicker

An idle clicker game where tiny miners use jetpacks and rockets to chip away at a colossal crystal. Upgrade your crew, research technology, and grow your mining empire for endless progression.

Highlights
  • Idle clicker gameplay
  • Giant crystal to mine
  • Tiny pixel miners
  • Jetpacks and rockets
  • Research and upgrades
  • Automated idle mining
  • Endless progression
Features
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Deep beneath the surface hangs a crystal so enormous that your miners look microscopic next to it. Good thing they brought jetpacks. Deepmine Clicker is a pixel-art idle mining game where a tiny crew of miners works around the clock to break apart a gigantic crystal hanging from the cavern ceiling. Start with a few tiny miners and turn them into an unstoppable mining operation. Upgrade your crew, research powerful technology, unlock jetpacks and rockets, and discover increasingly ridiculous ways to mine the giant crystal. MINE THE GIANT CRYSTAL Watch your tiny miners fly around an enormous crystal, chipping away piece by piece. Tap, mine, earn, upgrade... and keep going. BUILD YOUR MINING CREW Recruit more miners and make them stronger, faster, and more efficient. Your miners keep working even when you're away. UNLOCK JETPACKS & ROCKETS Pickaxes are only the beginning. Unlock new equipment, powerful jetpacks, rockets, machines, and crazy mining technology to tear through the crystal faster than ever. RESEARCH NEW TECHNOLOGY Invest your crystals and resources into powerful research upgrades. * Increase mining speed * Boost mining power * Earn more resources * Upgrade your technology * Automate your operation * Discover powerful new upgrades GROW YOUR IDLE EMPIRE Every upgrade makes your mining operation bigger. Every miner makes you richer. Every piece of crystal gets you closer to your next massive upgrade. Leave the game and come back later to collect your idle earnings and make your crew even stronger. PIXEL-ART MINING CHAOS Watch tiny pixel miners fly, mine, blast, and rocket around a crystal hundreds of times their size. The deeper you progress, the crazier your mining operation becomes. FEATURES * Addictive idle clicker gameplay * One MASSIVE crystal to conquer * Tons of tiny pixel miners * Jetpacks, rockets, and crazy technology * Research and powerful upgrades * Automated idle mining * Bigger and bigger numbers * Endless progression * Charming pixel-art graphics * Earn resources while you're away

Screenshots

Idle Space Mining4 screens
Deepmine Clicker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Deepmine Clicker at ad-supported against Idle Space Mining's free with in-app purchases. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Idle Space Mining against 5.0 for Deepmine Clicker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Idle Space Mining versus Deepmine Clicker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Space MiningDeepmine Clicker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperISAAC MICHAEL FRETTTap Nine

Customer experience

Idle Space Mining

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Deepmine Clicker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Idle Space Mining

No in-app purchases

None

Deepmine Clicker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idle Space Mining free?
Idle Space Mining is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deepmine Clicker free?
Deepmine Clicker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Idle Space Mining or Deepmine Clicker?
Idle Space Mining and Deepmine Clicker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Idle Space Mining or Deepmine Clicker have ads?
Both Idle Space Mining and Deepmine Clicker show ads.

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