mine4miles vs VIM
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.
VIM
Defend your star by destroying incoming obstacles and expand your galaxy. Enjoy a simple yet engaging space adventure.
- Protect your star
- Destroy obstacles
- Build your galaxy
- Engaging gameplay
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- Protect your star - Destroy the obstacles - Build your galaxy as big as you can - Enjoy! ;)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: mine4miles at 71% against VIM's 50%. mine4miles also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). VIM's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 VIM sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
mine4miles holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of mine4miles's written reviews are positive against 50% of VIM's.
mine4miles ships an update every 2 weeks, VIM every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | mine4miles | VIM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (11 ratings) — better | 3.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Danny Aijala | Noor Creative, LLC |
Customer experience
mine4miles
VIM
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
VIM
- VIM Premium$1.99
