Comparison

Fast First vs Imperial Miners

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

Head to head
About

Fast First

Quickly determine the first player for your tabletop games with this app. It supports 2-9 players by default and up to 24 with minimal taps. Additional features include complete player order and random team assignments.

Highlights
  • First player selection
  • Supports 2-9 players
  • Up to 24 players
  • Complete player order
  • Random team assignments
Features
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Less time spinning, more time playing. Fast First is the quickest way to select the first player for your table top game. Start the app and you have first player chosen for 2 - 9 players (depending on device), with as many as 24 only two taps away. If you need complete player order, or random team assignments, that's also available.

About

Imperial Miners

This digital board game challenges you to build an efficient mine over 10 rounds. Collect crystals and fill carts to earn victory points. Navigate unique events and advance on progress boards for bonus actions.

Highlights
  • Mine building simulation
  • Resource collection
  • Leaderboards for high scores
  • Unique round events
  • Progress board advancements
  • Solo gameplay
Features
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Imperial Miners is the official digital version of board game hit from Portal Games. It is a solo game and it has the leaderboards to compare your best results with others. In Imperial Miners you have 10 rounds to build your Mine as efficiently as possible. Your goal is to collect as many Crystals and full Carts as possible, which will count as Victory Points at the end of the game. You have 4 levels of mine and one card to place in each round. After placing card in your Mine you activate its effect and then effects of adjacent card on above level until your reach the Mine surface. Than you activate the action from the Surface board. Some of the actions gives you a chance to advance on the Progress boards where you can activate additional actions. In each round you have unique Event to resolve, some of them are good some are bad, so be prepared for the unknown. IMPORTANT INFO - READ BEFORE YOU BUY: If you use your phone to play, look at the screen shots available in the description on your target device before purchasing the game, to make sure that the size of the letters on the small screen will be sufficient for comfortable gaming.

Screenshots

Fast First4 screens
Imperial Miners4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fast First at 100% against Imperial Miners's 57%. Fast First also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and price ($1.99 vs $7.99). Imperial Miners's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Fast First costs $1.99 and Imperial Miners $7.99 up front. Imperial Miners sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fast First asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fast First ships an update every 10 months, Imperial Miners monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fast First versus Imperial Miners: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFast FirstImperial Miners
Price$1.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.7 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid CorbinPortal Games

Customer experience

Fast First

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Imperial Miners

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

Fast First

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Imperial Miners

One-time1
  • Promo Goodies Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Fast First free?
Fast First costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Imperial Miners free?
Imperial Miners costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Fast First or Imperial Miners have ads?
Neither Fast First nor Imperial Miners shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fast First or Imperial Miners?
Fast First ships an update every 10 months, and Imperial Miners monthly. Most recently, Fast First was updated on September 7, 2026 and Imperial Miners on September 27, 2026.

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