mine4miles vs Colonial Tycoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Colonial Tycoon
Manage your own business empire on Mars in this idle simulation game. Start with limited funds and grow your wealth by making smart financial decisions and unlocking new technologies. Can you become the ultimate Martian tycoon?
- Idle money making
- Business management simulation
- Grow your business
- Unlock new technologies
- Money management tactics
- Mars colonization theme
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Colonial Tycoon is an idle money making and business management simulation game. The year is 2060 and you are one of the first colonists on the Red Planet. Some people are moving there to start a new life. Some for political and religious freedom. You are moving there to get rich! From Ape Apps and Brandon Stecklein, the developer who brought you My Colony and My Business Empire, comes Colonial Tycoon, a brand new business simulation and idle money maker game. Start out with a handful of cash and grow your business, employing wise money management tactics along the way. Unlock new technologies and licenses which allow you to expand your business like never before. Do you have what it takes to become the ultimate Colonial Tycoon? Only one way to find out - download it today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mine4miles at 3.7 against Colonial Tycoon's 3.1. mine4miles also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 33%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. mine4miles sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Colonial Tycoon sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
mine4miles holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of mine4miles's written reviews are positive against 33% of Colonial Tycoon's.
mine4miles ships an update every 2 weeks, Colonial Tycoon every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mine4miles | Colonial Tycoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (11 ratings) — better | 3.1 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Danny Aijala | Brandon Stecklein |
Customer experience
mine4miles
Colonial Tycoon
In-app purchases
mine4miles
- 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
Colonial Tycoon
- 100 Ape Coins$0.99
- Colonial Tycoon Premium$2.99
- 500 Ape Coins$4.99
