Comparison

MicroField vs Mining Fever

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

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About

MicroField

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Create a Micro, evolve it in your lab, and spread its colonies as you walk. MicroField is a location-based game with a Japanese gameplay interface. Terms, privacy information and the age gate are available in English. MAKE YOUR MICRO Choose a name, shape, color and starting traits for a fictional digital organism. Its seeded cyber appearance and generated name modifier give your creation its own identity. WALK AND ESTABLISH COLONIES Visit nearby places and check in. Recorded walks earn game credits and materials, and can leave Micros along your route. Watch colonies spread as colored particles across the map. CHOOSE HOW IT EVOLVES Spend DNA and materials to improve spread, persistence and other traits. Compare changes in the lab before evolving. Select one shared trait: transmission, persistence or symbiosis. Each changes how your Micro spreads, how long it is carried or how much it affects its carrier. STUDY WHAT YOU ENCOUNTER In-game infections leave samples you can analyze by walking. Use care to recover and gain immunity, or carry a Micro to another place for a delivery reward. Samples remain available for research after recovery. PLAY SOLO, OR JOIN THE SHARED FIELD Environmental Micros and research tasks let you progress without nearby players. If you choose to join the shared field, Micros can travel between people who visit the same places at different times. Both players do not need to have the app open together. Relay totals appear in your records. START WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Real-world play requires location permission. A separate demo lets you try a fictional city without it. Optional motion access can turn available device walking history into game resources when you next open the game. Always-on location permission is not required. For ages 13 and up; minors need permission from a parent or guardian. Players aged 18 or over may opt in to banner ads in Records after privacy checks. Ads are off by default and can be turned off in settings. There are no full-screen ad interruptions or rewards for watching ads. Infections, immunity, medicines, facilities and resources are fictional game mechanics. They do not describe real health, medical treatment or infection conditions. Stop somewhere safe before using the screen. Map display and sharing require an internet connection. Districts and facilities are fictional game markers; interact from a publicly accessible location within 180 meters. Initial version: guest play only, with progress stored on this device. Apple account linking, cloud saves and cross-device recovery are not available.

About

Mining Fever

Build a bitcoin mining empire from a single miner to a full warehouse. Manage power, heat, and upgrade your equipment. Forecast BTC rates and mine blocks to increase your income, even when offline.

Highlights
  • Build and expand a mining empire
  • Upgrade miners and equipment
  • Manage power, heat, and costs
  • Forecast live BTC rates
  • Mine blocks and earn rewards
  • Offline mining functionality
Features
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Start with one old miner in a garage. Grow it into a bitcoin mining empire that fills a whole warehouse. Mining Fever is an idle tycoon about crypto mining. Buy miners, plug them in, keep them cool and watch your BTC balance tick up, even while you're away. BUILD YOUR FARM • Six generations of miners, from a dusty T1 to a roaring T6 • Level up every miner and trade up to stronger models • Unbox rare revisions, from D all the way to the legendary S • Expand from the garage to the basement and a warehouse POWER, HEAT AND TURBO • Sockets, kilowatts and the power bill: every miner counts • Upgrade the electrical panel, cooling and wallet of every location • Solar panels, a cooling tower and a cleaning station cut the bill, the heat and the wear • Turbo ×3 speeds everything up, as long as the farm doesn't overheat A LIVE BTC RATE • The BTC rate in the game follows the real market • Forecast the rate on a live chart: higher or lower in 5 minutes? A correct forecast boosts your income • Buy and sell used miners on the market MINE BLOCKS • Crack the Hash Lock, hunt down the Nonce and pack a block from the Mempool • Solve blocks in a row: the streak makes rewards bigger • When the chain splits, choose the branch for your hashrate EVERY DAY • Daily quests, a daily streak, achievements and a miner collection • Climb the leaderboard of a 50,000-miner network • Offline mining: your wallet keeps filling while you're away Play in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Turkish, Japanese, Arabic or Russian. Mining Fever is a game. BTC and cash in the game are virtual: they can't be withdrawn, exchanged or turned into real money, and your phone doesn't mine any real cryptocurrency.

Screenshots

MicroField4 screens
Mining Fever4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MicroField at none against Mining Fever's 5. Mining Fever's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Mining Fever sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. MicroField asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MicroField ships an update fortnightly, Mining Fever every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
MicroField versus Mining Fever: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicroFieldMining Fever
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.7 (11 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—11 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB134 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRikuto YasudaTEF Systems LTD

In-app purchases

None

MicroField

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Mining Fever

One-time5
  • Turbo Reserve: 10 runs$1.99
  • No Ads · 7 Days$1.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
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  • Turbo Reserve: 30 runs$4.99
  • No Ads Forever$7.99

Questions

Is MicroField free?
MicroField is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mining Fever free?
Mining Fever is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MicroField or Mining Fever have ads?
Both MicroField and Mining Fever show ads.
Which is updated more often, MicroField or Mining Fever?
MicroField ships an update fortnightly, and Mining Fever every 3 days. Most recently, MicroField was updated on November 10, 2026 and Mining Fever on November 13, 2026.

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