mine4miles vs Master Miner
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.
Master Miner
Mine for valuable resources by smashing rocks and discover different types of gems. Sell your collected materials to purchase upgrades and progress further in this satisfying simulation game.
- Smash rocks
- Collect materials
- Sell resources
- Buy upgrades
- Discover gems
- Explore rock types
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Smashing rocks was never so much fun! Become the greatest miner to have walked the earth, in the most satisfying game of all time. Destroy rocks and collect materials. Sell the materials and buy upgrades! How far can you go? How many different types of rocks will you find? Will you discover all the different types of magical gems?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: mine4miles at 71% against Master Miner's 33%. mine4miles also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (3.7 vs 3.3). Master Miner's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. mine4miles sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Master Miner 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 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of mine4miles's written reviews are positive against 33% of Master Miner's.
mine4miles ships an update every 2 weeks, Master Miner every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mine4miles | Master Miner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (11 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Danny Aijala | paragonGamez, LLC |
Customer experience
mine4miles
Master Miner
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
Master Miner
- Remove Ads$2.99
