Digger Machine vs Space Tower Defense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digger Machine
Embark on an arcade adventure to unearth valuable minerals like gold and diamonds. Upgrade your digging machine, build bases, and navigate treacherous mines filled with traps and bosses. Collect and sell 50 types of minerals to enhance your equipment and become the ultimate miner.
- Dig for 50 types of minerals
- Upgrade digging machine
- Build bases
- Navigate 3 underground mines
- Complete missions
- Use 6 special actions
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Digger Machine is an arcade game where you dig for precious and rare minerals like diamonds, gold.. Before achieving your goal, you can build bases, use items and improve your machine which will make your game easier! *** Over 4 million downloads Worldwide! *** Beware though, as the path in minings is filled with traps! When you finally make it to the bottom, the "Boss" will wait for you there! Be the best miner and drill the most rare items! Download now and find the most valuable - Awesomite. Features - 50 precious types of minerals which you can sell to improve Diggy, - 9 levels of improvements, - 4 awesome Diggers - 3 large underground mines - cloudy, green and ice! - 6 actions which you can use during your journey - relaxing but demanding gameplay - navigation for easy searching of new or existing bases - a lot of missions The game is Free to play! Visit our official webpage - http://erapidstudio.com Like us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/diggermachine Find out more about the games we make on our blog - http://erapidstudio.com/blog/ The game uses micro-transaction and have an ads.
Space Tower Defense
Defend your home planet in a futuristic space strategy game. Build and upgrade orbital satellites to survive waves of unique enemy spaceships. Adapt your tactics to overcome escalating challenges and boss encounters.
- 30 handcrafted waves
- Multiple enemy types with unique abilities
- Orbital satellite towers with upgrade progression
- Boss enemies and escalating wave combinations
- Tactical boosts for critical moments
- No ads
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Defend your home planet in a futuristic space tower defense game. Build orbital satellites around your planet, upgrade their power, and survive wave after wave of incoming enemies. Each enemy planet sends a different type of geometric spaceship with its own behavior, speed, armor, and special ability. Plan your defense, combine different satellite weapons, and adapt your strategy as the waves become harder. Features: • 30 handcrafted waves • Multiple enemy types with unique abilities • Orbital satellite towers with upgrade progression • Boss enemies and escalating wave combinations • Tactical boosts for critical moments • No ads Simple to play, hard to master :-)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Space Tower Defense at 5.0 against Digger Machine's 4.5. Space Tower Defense also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Digger Machine's advantage is ratings volume (351 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Digger Machine sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Space Tower Defense sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Space Tower Defense holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digger Machine has 351 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Digger Machine's written reviews are positive against 100% of Space Tower Defense's.
Digger Machine ships an update every 3 months, Space Tower Defense weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digger Machine | Space Tower Defense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (351 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 351 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dariusz Mazur | Tobias Ehret |
Customer experience
Digger Machine
Space Tower Defense
Bugs and requests
Digger Machine
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game crashes when typing feedback
- Progress deleted on death despite save system
- Black screen after watching ads for revival
- Gems consumed without unlocking base
- Player stuck in rocks with no escape
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- False mineral collection notifications
- Game restart required after ad viewing
- Progress lost when closing app or locking device
- Fake X buttons on some ads
- Ad respawn option doesn't work properly
Requested features
7 requests- Character customization options
- Ability to dig upward
- More levels/content
- Map feature
- Confirmation dialog for restart button
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- In-app review system
- Tooltips for upgrades and features
Space Tower Defense
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Digger Machine
- Small Diamond Pack$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Diamond Pack$2.99
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- Time limited custom pack$2.99
- Good and valuable starter pack$3.99
- Big Diamond Pack$5.99
- 50% off - Best available sale!$6.99
- Golden Diamond Pack$11.99
- Mega Diamond Pack$13.99
Space Tower Defense
- Full Game Unlock$1.99
Questions
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