Comparison

Mike the Planet Miner vs UAPD

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

Head to head
About

Mike the Planet Miner

Embark on a galactic journey as a robotic miner tasked with gathering resources, solving environmental puzzles, and building a starship to return home. Explore unique alien worlds, upgrade your tools, and uncover the secrets of a mysterious mechanized civilization in this 2D sci-fi adventure.

Highlights
  • Explore unique planets
  • Mine and upgrade tools
  • Solve environmental puzzles
  • Encounter alien life
  • Atmospheric sci-fi world
  • Dynamic progression
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A lost probe. A robotic miner. A journey across the galaxy. When the Pioneer 10 probe crash-lands on a mysterious robotic planet, one machine takes on an unexpected mission. Meet Mike, a hardworking mining droid determined to gather resources, solve mysteries, and build a starship to reach Earth. Explore alien worlds, mine valuable materials, and uncover the secrets behind a strange mechanized civilization in this immersive 2D side-scrolling sci-fi adventure. Key Features: Explore Unique Planets Travel across 5 distinct celestial bodies, each with its own environment, hazards, and resources. Mine & Upgrade Collect materials and use specialized tools to unlock new paths and improve your mining abilities. Puzzle & Action Gameplay Solve environmental puzzles and overcome obstacles that challenge both skill and logic. Alien Encounters Meet strange life forms—some helpful, others dangerous. Atmospheric Sci-Fi World Experience a handcrafted universe with detailed visuals and immersive environments. Dynamic Progression Discover new mechanics and surprises as you advance through the galaxy. Can a simple mining robot uncover the truth and find its way to Earth? Start your journey with Mike and explore the unknown. Explore alien planets, mine resources, solve puzzles, and build your way back to Earth. Mike the Planet Miner is a 2D side-scrolling sci-fi adventure with exploration, action, and a mysterious robotic world.

About

UAPD

Pilot a UFO to abduct cows from rural America while evading federal agents, helicopters, and police. Utilize different UFO types and mechanics like crop circles to distract pursuers and maintain your cover.

Highlights
  • Abduct cows with tractor beam
  • Evade federal agents and helicopters
  • Three distinct UFO archetypes
  • Create crop circle distractions
  • Global leaderboard
  • No accounts or tracking
Features
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UAP/D — UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA DETECTED You're piloting an unmarked saucer over rural America. Your mission: extract every cow. Their mission: pretend everything is normal. Hover, line up the tractor beam, hold to lock — but stay out of every cone of vision on the map. Federal agents walk the fields. Helicopters circle overhead. Local police patrol the back roads. Get spotted and the threat meter climbs; max it out and your cover is blown. Three UFO archetypes to fly: HORNET (fast, short beam), STARLIGHT (balanced, mid-range), GREYHOUND (slow, long beam, deep reserves). Each handles differently and changes how you approach a level. MECHANICS - Hold BEAM to abduct cows - Hold OVERDRIVE to outrun a chase — but only as long as your reactor lasts - Hold CROP to trace a crop circle. Any agent that walks into a completed circle latches onto it, broadcasts the location, and pulls the whole investigation toward it. Free distraction. ESCALATION Levels add agents, helicopters, watchtowers, and aggressive AI. Witness photographs appear in the corner each time someone spots you — collect too many and the mission ends. Submit your initials to the global leaderboard or skip and try again. No accounts. No tracking. Just you, the cows, and an increasingly hostile rural night.

Screenshots

Mike the Planet Miner4 screens
UAPD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UAPD at none against Mike the Planet Miner's 6. UAPD also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 13 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Mike the Planet Miner sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. UAPD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mike the Planet Miner against 5.0 for UAPD. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mike the Planet Miner ships an update every 13 months, UAPD every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Mike the Planet Miner versus UAPD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMike the Planet MinerUAPD
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size224 MB505 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer1Der EntertainmentRichard Blundell

Customer experience

Mike the Planet Miner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

UAPD

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Mike the Planet Miner

One-time6
  • Medium Pile Robit$0.99
  • Defender Pack$3.99
  • Explorer Pack$3.99
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  • Survival Pack$3.99
  • Large Pile Robit$5.99
  • Giant Pile Robit$9.99
None

UAPD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mike the Planet Miner free?
Mike the Planet Miner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is UAPD free?
UAPD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mike the Planet Miner or UAPD?
Mike the Planet Miner and UAPD are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Mike the Planet Miner or UAPD have ads?
Mike the Planet Miner shows ads; UAPD does not.
Which is updated more often, Mike the Planet Miner or UAPD?
Mike the Planet Miner ships an update every 13 months, and UAPD every 5 months. Most recently, Mike the Planet Miner was updated on October 22, 2026 and UAPD on October 24, 2026.

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