Tiny Miners vs Ground Digger!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Miners
Embark on a thrilling digging adventure, collecting resources and crafting tools to delve deeper into the earth. Dodge hazards, discover ancient creatures, and team up with friends in this action-packed survival game.
- Deep digging mechanics
- Resource gathering and crafting
- Obstacle avoidance
- Tool creation
- Clan-based cooperative play
- Discovering ancient creatures
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Dig deep, and drill your way to adventure! Tiny Miners are here to fill your phone with treasure (and dirt – lots and lots of dirt). Tiny Miners is a game of survival, crafting, and fast-paced action. Send your tiny miner deep into the bowels of the Earth. Steer left and right to avoid obstacles. Gather up ingredients, and then turn those ingredients into tools you can use to dig even deeper! Tiny Miners is the latest game from About Fun, creators of Apple’s Best of 2013 featured Mega Dead Pixel. Tiny Miners features include: - Digging: Whether you prefer a shovel, a pickaxe, or a drill, it’s time to get your hands dirty - Crafting: Combine any two ingredients to discover new recipes for top notch mining gear - Danger: Protect the health of your miner while dodging hazards to collect spectacular loot - Dead Dinosaurs: Dig deep enough and you’re bound to stumble across a T-Rex or two - Clans: Why clash when you can dig? Work with your friends to earn big clan prizes Dig deep. Play deeper. Like us: www.facebook.com/tinyminersgame Follow us: www.twitter.com/tinyminersgame
Ground Digger!
Become a treasure hunter and dig deep into the earth with your drilling machine. Collect gems, find hidden keys, and unlock powerful boosters to progress faster. Upgrade your equipment and explore various biomes to reach the Center of the Earth.
- Build and upgrade drilling machines
- Collect gems and treasures
- Find hidden keys to unlock secret zones
- Unlock powerful boosters
- Customize machines with skins and mini-bots
- Explore sand, ice, and lava biomes
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Welcome to Ground Digger The new favorite digging game of all explorers and other treasure hunters that want to dig deep down the hole with a shovel or excavator, drill down the ground and avoid hot lava like a dig master! Here’re some of the game’s totally mind blowing features for becoming a stone miner dig master: BUILD your drilling machine to dig down the hole in the ground and collect gems and other treasures (skulls, robots, infinity stones, gold ...) ! FIND the hidden keys while you dig deep into the ground to unlock secret zones and buried chests ! UNLOCK powerful boosters to progress and dig in faster (dynamite, mini-bots, unlimited fuel, giant digger...) UPGRADE your drill parts (wheels, fuel tank, drill size, shovel, excavator ...) to dig in even deeper ! CUSTOMISE your machine by buying new skins & color looks + CREATE your very own mini-bots army ! EXPLORE sand, ice, hot lava biome... dig this land through all the layers to reach the Center of the Earth like a stone miner pro !
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Verdict
Tiny Miners and Ground Digger! both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of Tiny Miners's written reviews are positive against 41% of Ground Digger!'s. Tiny Miners also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.5). Ground Digger!'s advantage is ratings volume (7.1K vs 262). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Tiny Miners sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Ground Digger! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Tiny Miners against 4.4 for Ground Digger!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ground Digger! has 7.1K ratings behind it against 262, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Tiny Miners's written reviews are positive against 41% of Ground Digger!'s.
Tiny Miners ships an update every 2 weeks, Ground Digger! every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Miners | Ground Digger! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (262 ratings) — better | 4.4 (7.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.0% of reviews — better | 41.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 262 | 7.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 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 | 8.0 — better | 12.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | About Fun | HOMA GAMES |
Customer experience
Tiny Miners
Ground Digger!
User reviews
Tiny Miners
From 262 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🚀 Good time-killer
- 👍 Challenging levels
- 👍 Enjoyable for all ages
Room to improve
- 🐛 Login gifts not working
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🔋 Limited energy/lives
- 🔒 Restrictive inventory system
Ground Digger!
From 7.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and entertaining
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 💡 Great concept
Room to improve
- 🔍 Repetitive gameplay
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 🔒 Lack of privacy controls
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
Bugs and requests
Tiny Miners
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes and loading issues
- Gear/equipment breaking too frequently
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Easier way to earn currency/gems
- Ability to sell/delete items from full inventory
- Clan features improvements
Ground Digger!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Progress reset without warning
- Inability to progress past certain levels
- Drill size and power upgrades not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- More upgrades and customization options
- Ability to reset progress and start over
- Improved mini-bot functionality
- Reduced ad frequency or ad-free option
In-app purchases
Tiny Miners
- Starter Coins pack$1.99
- Starter Crystals pack$1.99
- Extra Energy$1.99
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- Coin Doubler$2.99
- Welcome Special Offer For You$3.99
- Cup of Crystals$4.99
- Illustrious Craftsman's Kit$5.99
- Loads of Crystals$9.99
- Superior Gear package$9.99
- Tons of Crystals$19.99
Ground Digger!
- Companion Limit$1.99
- Double Fuel$1.99
- No Ads$2.99
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- Size Upgrade 1$2.99
- Size Upgrade 2$2.99
- Large Chest$3.99
- Destroyer Skin Bundle$3.99
- Digger Skin Starter Pack$3.99
- Extra Starter Bundle$3.99
- Small Starter Bundle$4.99
Questions
Is Tiny Miners free?
Is Ground Digger! free?
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