Comparison

mine4miles vs Mini Golf Challenge

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

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About

mine4miles

Embark on a mining adventure to unearth a thousand unique gems across ten mine shafts. Strategically place diggers, collect ore for coins, and use your earnings to expand your mine with more equipment. Advance through levels by identifying gems and contribute to a global mining effort.

Highlights
  • Mine for 1,000 unique gems
  • Collect ore and earn coins
  • Expand mine with diggers and dynamite
  • Identify gems to advance levels
  • Global mining community expansion
  • Discover quotes and nuggets of wisdom
  • Game Center Leaderboards and Achievements
Features
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mine4miles is a mining simulation game where the object is to mine for as many miles as you can while trying to collect and identify 1,000 unique gems buried in 10 different mine shafts. Place diggers to unearth ore that you collect for coins. Use your coins to add more diggers and dynamite to keep expanding your mine. Earn nuggets to hurry up digging, to speed up ore carts and to identify the gems you collect. Collect and identify gems to advance to new levels and mine for different types of ore. Help the mining community to expand the global mine to more than one billion miles! • 1,000 different quotes and nuggets of wisdom to discover while mining. • Game Center support for Leaderboards and Achievements. • iCloud support for syncing your game to multiple devices. • Play for Free for as long as you like. • No Ads! We hope you enjoy playing mine4miles. NOTE: You may disable in-app-purchases on your device using the Settings application.

About

Mini Golf Challenge

Experience realistic miniature golf with intuitive touch controls for aiming and power. Track your scores automatically and share achievements. Offers multiple game modes for solo play and practice.

Highlights
  • Intuitive touch controls
  • Automatic scorekeeping
  • Shareable achievements
  • Multiple gameplay modes
  • Free Play practice mode
  • Universal app support
Features
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Enjoy the thrill of miniature golf on your iPhone or iPad. Touch the head of your putter, pulling it back slightly, and then push it forward. How fast you push it forward determines how hard your shot will be, and how far the ball will go. The View Button zooms out to let you see a bird’s eye view of the current hole. The Path Button lets you see the view from your ball to the cup, to help you line up your shot. The normal top-down view has two curved arrow buttons, to turn the angle you are facing the ball, and will affect the direction of your shot. Automatically keeps score. Optionally shares your accomplishments via email, instant messaging, or social media. Multiple gameplay modes: - 1 Player, Course 1 (holes 1-9) - 1 Player, Course 2 (holes 10-18) - 1 Player, Full Course (holes 1-18) - Free Play practice whatever hole you wish Challenging for all ages. Universal App - supports iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, including standard, Retina, and iPhone X displays.

Screenshots

mine4miles4 screens
Mini Golf Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: mine4miles at 71% against Mini Golf Challenge's 0%. mine4miles also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (3.7 vs 3.0). Mini Golf Challenge's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

mine4miles is free to download; Mini Golf Challenge costs $1.99 up front. mine4miles sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Mini Golf Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

mine4miles holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mine4miles has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of mine4miles's written reviews are positive against 0% of Mini Golf Challenge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mine4miles ships an update every 2 weeks, Mini Golf Challenge every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
mine4miles versus Mini Golf Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametermine4milesMini Golf Challenge
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.7 (11 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 30 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB87 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDanny AijalaMagnin & Associates

Customer experience

mine4miles

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative23.8%

Mini Golf Challenge

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

mine4miles

One-time6
  • 100,000 Coins$0.99
  • 10 Nuggets$0.99
  • 1,000,000 Coins$4.99
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  • 100 Nuggets$4.99
  • 5,000,000 Coins$9.99
  • 500 Nuggets$9.99
None

Mini Golf Challenge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is mine4miles free?
mine4miles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mini Golf Challenge free?
Mini Golf Challenge costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, mine4miles or Mini Golf Challenge?
mine4miles is rated higher. mine4miles averages 3.7 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Mini Golf Challenge averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do mine4miles or Mini Golf Challenge have ads?
Neither mine4miles nor Mini Golf Challenge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mine4miles or Mini Golf Challenge?
mine4miles ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mini Golf Challenge every 30 months. Most recently, mine4miles was updated on October 21, 2026 and Mini Golf Challenge on October 15, 2026.

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