Last updated on January 19th, 2026 at 09:40 am
Classic Miner – Trivia Game Review
Classic Miner is a Trivia/Entertainment/Action game from LIN CHENG SHAN, first launched in 12th December 2011.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 2,100+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Classic Miner Stand Out
After years of exploration, Classic Miner finally found more gold mines. Classic Miner use skilled techniques to dig gold and diamond to earn more cash. Let’s work together to mine new mines and become a billionaire!
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The score of each level reaches the goal, and you will go to the next level. The game has a save function, you can start from that level if you exit level.
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Skill guide : When you play for a few seconds and the score does not reach the target, if you want to replay that level, you can press “Exit Level” before time 0, then press “Menu”, then press “Start”, then choose “Continue”.
If you fail, please press Retry, and you can resurrect to continue playing after watching the video. If there is no video stock, you must wait or press Back to exit and start again. -
Many unique levels but play endlessly to get a high score
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Classic Miner is one of most popular online games. Now it’s available on iOS. Hope you will enjoy it!
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Aim on the gold while the hook swings, and click on the screen to release the hook.
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Every time you play, the map of each level may be different, so every time you play it is a new challenge!
This Trivia game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Classic Miner is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 10th January 2026
Recent improvements include:
- The game program has updated on March 6, 2023. It is recommended that old players use other devices to download, so as not to reset the score zero and start over.
- Add more new maps and levels, let you play more fun.
Download & Availability
Classic Miner is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Classic Miner on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Good game , but how to remove Ads? Happy to buy but dont seem to see the option anywhere.
This is our all time favorite game! Ive been playing Gold Miner over. 10-yrs.
Which made us lost our level 170 history progress ( 400k higher than target). This is annoying.
We love this game our dad plays it all the time its because our dads friend originally made this game and now another company has it but it is the best game ever that we played even tho there are adds u can pause them and we like that but its kinda annoying and its annoying cause the prizes that u pull up are slow but its fun.
Fun game to play good music some levels are fun great game to play. Some levels make you think to get thru them.
A pretty entertaining game that will keep you engaged as you desperately try to beat your high score.
We had a single game session spanning over a year. Id play this on long flights especially. We were on level ~2500 and had over $2M. The game updated. Now the frame rate is definitely higher, but the rest of it is all screwed up. Its stretched to fit our large iPhone screen so the aspect ratios are weird. And the mining grapple now starts from the right side instead of the left. Why? We think the game looks way worse now, would like an option to resize the screen down to the way it was before and start the grapple on the left. Thats classic gold miner.
The latest update reset all points to zero. Ive been playing for years what was a cool relaxing game. Please go back to the previous version so we dont have to stop playing.
Record disappears after renew!!!!!! Ive got 800+ levels!! When we open it today, it returns to level 1.
Ive been playing for years and had well over 7 million points. We logged in after the update today and all of them are gone and Im back to level 1. Heart breaking.
Yeah, it sounds kind of fun to us, and it is so great that we would keep playing everyday.
Passes the time like no otherrrrrr.
We played this a few years ago, and forgot about it till recently. So glad to find it in the App Store. Its a lot of fun. Love the guys look of disgust when we dont buy a powder up.
So much fun we cant even tell ya. We now have the highest score ever. 3.5 mil. Beat that chumpy.
Ive always loved this game since we were a kid.
We absolutely love this game!!! We always used to play it when we were little us and our friends theres no problem at all! Its amazing dont update the game please just leave it the way it is please.
So we love the game its very cool and inspires us so we were wondering if you could make a piggy one because we love roblox.
It's one of the few games that gives us nostalgia.
We just got the highest score in history, it wont let us submit it though but we took a screenshot. Hopefully it will let us submit it though.
We've had and played this game for years and it's addicting . Easy and simple to play.
It says it has 60 unique levels but we are on level 125 and it seems like bunch of them repeat a LOT more than others. Theres no way Ive seen 60 unique levels. Its fun but then we get to one that keeps repeating and it gets boring. It is a lot easier than other versions Ive played.
It told us we got the highest score in history, but we cant post it.
60 sec is actually only 23sec Game used to be fantastic to play but with the switch its not so much fun because you dont have enough time to collect the money to to clear your level.
Been looking for this game from years ago and finally found it ! What a blast ! We have one complaint we purchased 24 pk of restarts n when we stopped playing for the night they disappeared we would like to get what we paid for.
Would love this game except starting over all the time.
When Im at the shop and we click to go to the next level an add pops up and the level has already began we have to wait until we can close the add to play and the timer doesnt pause if theres an add it keeps going so we lost those five seconds and those five seconds come in handy when you want to pull up a giant gold rock. So remove the adds because nobody wants to play another game or listen to healthcare or learn about a new medicine. We downloaded the game to play this game if we wanted to play another one we would not have downloaded this one. This is a good old fashion game and it will always be a bangin game, dont ruin it with adds. Thanks.
Literally 1 as after ever single level. And the ads are videos. We cant count how many times Ive seen a trump or Biden video on a freaking kids game. Levels repeat so they get boring after a while.
We used to love this game, but the ads have gotten so overwhelming lately, Im going to have to dump it. Too bad, gonna miss it.
Cannot submit the record or pay.
We will be deleting this game soon. The game in itself is amazing we used to play it on the computer before cell phones. They have 100 ads all over the place that you have to watch just to pass to the next level, it shuts off as youre playing it, and when youre almost to your goal the time speeds up and/or the pulley is super slow to retrieve the prize so many flaws with this game but the all seem like relatively easy fixes.
Horrible game! If you do not pass a level, you loose all progress and start all over again. Game deleted.
This game has so many ads for other games, we wonder if they really want you to play THIS game at all. Deleted.
This game repeatedly locks up our phone. Even rebooting our phone doesnt work. Usually locked up for hours.
Ok this game is fun, but it cant last when the video ads pop up, then your game basically lags every second.
This was a child hood favorite computer game of ours. We hate how you have to start all over from the beginning if you dont pass. There is no way to Earn lives except to pay money. At least with other games they let you watch ads or do certain things to get lives back. Also, ads pop up when you get into a new level and get in the way of your game play. We wish they would fix a few things.
We beat level 61 twice now but it keeps making us beat the level. So frustrating. Deleting app.
It is a addictive game. Yes you only get one life but can purchase more if you lose. It has all the suspense and challenge a game like this should have. Worth downloading.
Love this game just like a decade ago online.
When we were 5 we're now 11 we used to play this game with our grandpa on his apple computer an loved it we bought it now and we still have the same satisfaction.
Best game ever- wont let us submit our score. The submit button isn't working.
Love this game but we wish we cud upgrade or purchase it with no adds and not have to start from very beginning every time. The adds make you lose time quite often.
We would pay to remove ads because they pop up at beginning of rounds without pausing our game! So frustrating.
Not sure who got ahold of this game, but the changes have made it a pain to play. Audio quality sounds like you are playing recordings from the original audio, the claw tends to favor rocks, and ad placement is ridiculous. What a disappointment.
So the game is fun but it is very glitchy and didnt let us pass even though we beat the high score. We were on the last level and made us restart. Very Disappointing.
Its fine to show us ads, the game is free. But they spawn at the beginning of a level and you cant exit out of them and it takes up your level time. Thats super messed up.
Loved this game until we reached our highest level ever and the game stopped working properly.
We played this game since we are 18/19. But at that time there is no ads. Too frustrating when it comes to ads popping out and we have to wait until we can click close. This is too stupid. Why would we click to play other games while im playing this game ? Please remove ads. And also too stupid we have to start all over again wherever stage we are at.
Not sure about the resets others are talking about because we log into Game Center and it maintains the level for us.
Im still on our first ever game. Level 223. We think the levels just randomly generate. Each level we got further and further ahead of the goal, which is to have more than x amount of money. Im up like 30k over the goal in each level. You only have to make 3k per level.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.6.7
- Size: 105.40 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: LIN CHENG SHAN
Last updated: 10th January 2026 | Genre: Trivia, Entertainment | Developer: LIN CHENG SHAN