Comparison

Minimal Man vs Blockhunters

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

Head to head
About

Minimal Man

Explore a dangerous world, mine for gold and jewels, and acquire powerful weapons. Your mission is to rescue royalty from peril. Engage in daily online tournaments for exciting challenges.

Highlights
  • Gold and jewelry mining
  • Weapon shop
  • Princess and prince rescue
  • Level generation
  • RPG system
  • Online daily tournaments
Features
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Minimal Man In this game, u'll have to mine gold and jewelry! Get best weapons in the shop and save princess and prince from wild dangerous world! Features: -Level generation -RPG system -Secret weapons -Secret items -Secret characters -Online daily tournament

About

Blockhunters

Explore your surroundings with an augmented reality treasure hunt. Find digital treasures, level up your hunter, and compete with friends in public or private groups. Anyone can create their own treasure hunts.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality treasure hunts
  • Nano cryptocurrency rewards
  • In-app AR mode
  • Leveling system
  • Public and private groups
  • User-created hunts
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Blockhunters is a unique augmented reality treasure hunt app, using the instant feeless digital currency Nano as part of its treasures. The Blockhunters will use the map to try to find the location of the treasure, and when they are close enough it will enter ARMode where whey will have to find it in as an augmented object in the real world! As user find more treasures and travel around the map, they will increase their level opening up for more treasures and fun stuff to happen. You can even set up public or private groups to compete with others in. Anyone can set up a Blockhunt, and they can choose to keep it private or making it public inviting everyone to take part as well. Download it now to start finding treasures around you!

Screenshots

Minimal Man4 screens
Blockhunters4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blockhunters at none against Minimal Man's 4. Blockhunters also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 31 months). Minimal Man's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 67%) and ratings volume (32 vs 3). On price, rating, ads 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. Minimal Man sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Blockhunters asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Minimal Man against 4.3 for Blockhunters. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minimal Man has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Minimal Man's written reviews are positive against 67% of Blockhunters's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minimal Man ships an update every 31 months, Blockhunters every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Minimal Man versus Blockhunters: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinimal ManBlockhunters
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (32 ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews79.7% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings32 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.2
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB39 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMaxim KurilenkoWenano AS

Customer experience

Minimal Man

All ratings32 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive79.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative13.5%

Blockhunters

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Minimal Man

One-time4
  • Chip$0.99
  • No ADs (Premium)$1.99
  • Winter World$7.99
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  • Cid$12.99
None

Blockhunters

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minimal Man free?
Minimal Man is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blockhunters free?
Blockhunters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Minimal Man or Blockhunters?
Minimal Man is rated higher. Minimal Man averages 4.3 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Blockhunters averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Minimal Man or Blockhunters have ads?
Neither Minimal Man nor Blockhunters shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minimal Man or Blockhunters?
Minimal Man ships an update every 31 months, and Blockhunters every 3 days. Most recently, Minimal Man was updated on November 1, 2026 and Blockhunters on November 3, 2026.

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