Comparison

mine4miles vs Samawa Idle

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

Head to head
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

Samawa Idle

Engage in a monster-slaying adventure with strategic tower defense and roguelike elements. Enjoy offline progress and deep customization through a skill tree and prestige systems. Automate gameplay for a truly idle experience.

Highlights
  • Unique towers with special attacks
  • Roguelike elements with random rewards
  • Customizable skill tree
  • Offline progress and farming
  • Two layers of prestige
  • Automated gameplay
Features
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Jump into a world where monsters are everywhere, and it's up to you to stop them! -A flexible game that you can play as your main activity or enjoy casually while working or playing other games. Key features: -Unique Towers: Choose from a different set of towers, each with its special way of attacking and upgrading. -Roguelike Elements: With random rewards and various passives and upgrades, no two resets will feel the same. -Skill Tree: Spend skill points on new upgrades to boost your gameplay. With six paths filled with skills, you can customize your game experience. -Offline Progress: When you exit the game, your towers will keep farming for you. When you come back you will find all the precious rewards they found. -Two Layers of Prestige: Unlock three new contents, The Champion, Shards of Valor and Books of Powers to significantly improve your stats. -The Automator: A feature that's plays the game for you, unlocks towers and purchases upgrades by itself. -And many more

Screenshots

mine4miles4 screens
Samawa Idle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: mine4miles at none against Samawa Idle's shown. mine4miles also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 41%) and rating (3.7 vs 3.4). Samawa Idle's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. mine4miles sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Samawa Idle sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

mine4miles holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of mine4miles's written reviews are positive against 41% of Samawa Idle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mine4miles ships an update every 2 weeks, Samawa Idle every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
mine4miles versus Samawa Idle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametermine4milesSamawa Idle
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (11 ratings) — better3.4 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better40.9% of reviews
Number of ratings1125 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB292 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDanny AijalaAbdullah Alhijaily

Customer experience

mine4miles

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

Samawa Idle

All ratings25 ratings
Positive52.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative28.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive40.9%
Neutral18.2%
Negative40.9%

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
7 purchases

Samawa Idle

One-time7
  • 200 Gems$1.99
  • Super Offer$4.99
  • 550 Gems$4.99
Show 4 more
  • 1150 Gems$9.99
  • 2400 Gems$19.99
  • 6500 Gems$49.99
  • 15000 Gems$99.99

Questions

Is mine4miles free?
mine4miles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Samawa Idle free?
Samawa Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, mine4miles or Samawa Idle?
mine4miles is rated higher. mine4miles averages 3.7 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Samawa Idle averages 3.4 from 25 ratings.
Do mine4miles or Samawa Idle have ads?
Samawa Idle shows ads; mine4miles does not.
Which is updated more often, mine4miles or Samawa Idle?
mine4miles ships an update every 2 weeks, and Samawa Idle every 6 days. Most recently, mine4miles was updated on October 21, 2026 and Samawa Idle on October 14, 2026.

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