Comparison

Deepmine Clicker vs Gridline Empire

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

Head to head
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

About

Gridline Empire

Build and manage your own energy company. Start with a small generating fleet, produce and sell electricity, and reinvest earnings to expand your operations. Research new technologies and upgrade your headquarters to become the ultimate energy tycoon.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade power plants
  • Generate and sell electricity
  • Research new technologies
  • Develop corporate headquarters
  • Manage a growing fleet of generators
  • Offline progress and automation
Features
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Take control of the grid in Gridline Empire, a power generation and management simulation where every decision helps shape your growing energy company. Start small, build your generating fleet, produce electricity, sell power to the grid, and reinvest your earnings into bigger and more advanced operations. BUILD YOUR ENERGY EMPIRE Purchase and upgrade multiple types of power plants as you expand your generating capacity and grow your company. GENERATE AND SELL POWER Manage electricity production, build stored power, watch grid conditions, and sell energy to earn the cash needed for your next expansion. UPGRADE YOUR OPERATIONS Improve your plants, increase production, strengthen your grid, and invest in upgrades that make your company more efficient. BUILD YOUR HEADQUARTERS Develop your corporate operations through engineering, finance, research, grid control, trading, training, and other departments. RESEARCH NEW TECHNOLOGY Invest in research and operational improvements to increase production, improve efficiency, and unlock new ways to manage your growing energy company. MANAGE A GROWING FLEET Track the output of your power plants and expand from your first generating units into a large-scale energy operation. OFFLINE PROGRESS Your energy company can continue operating while you're away, allowing you to return and collect a limited amount of offline production. OPTIONAL AUTOMATION Unlock additional automation options that can help manage generation and power sales as your company becomes larger. Gridline Empire combines strategy, progression, upgrades, and energy management into an experience built around one goal: BUILD. GENERATE. SELL. UPGRADE. EXPAND. Can you build the ultimate energy company? Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Deepmine Clicker3 screens
Gridline Empire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deepmine Clicker at none against Gridline Empire's 10. Deepmine Clicker also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). Gridline Empire's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Gridline Empire sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Deepmine Clicker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gridline Empire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Deepmine Clicker versus Gridline Empire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeepmine ClickerGridline Empire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTap NineANDREW WILLIAM CODY DILL

Customer experience

Deepmine Clicker

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

Gridline Empire

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

In-app purchases

None

Deepmine Clicker

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Gridline Empire

Subscriptions1
  • Executive Grid VIP$4.991 Month
One-time9
  • Market Intelligence Pack$1.99
  • Emergency Engineering Team$1.99
  • Recruitment Drive$1.99
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  • R&D Accelerator$2.99
  • Grid Reserve Pack$2.99
  • Offline Operations License$4.99
  • Regional Expansion Fund$4.99
  • Auto Sell License$4.99
  • Founder’s Energy Bundle$9.99

Questions

Is Deepmine Clicker free?
Deepmine Clicker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gridline Empire free?
Gridline Empire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Deepmine Clicker or Gridline Empire?
Gridline Empire is rated higher. Deepmine Clicker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Gridline Empire averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Deepmine Clicker or Gridline Empire have ads?
Both Deepmine Clicker and Gridline Empire show ads.

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