Verdict up front: CoinDrill: Crypto Cloud Mining charges $6.99 to download, then asks you to fund your account with crypto deposits. Its own screenshots show a balance of $18,238 on an app with 10+ installs. Do not deposit.
Key facts — checked 23 September 2026
App: CoinDrill: Crypto Cloud Mining · Package: com.coindrill.cloudmining · Developer: CoinDrill.io · Store: Google Play — 10+ installs · Price: $6.99, advertised 100% off until 25 September · Monetisation: Paid download · in-app purchases · Category: Finance · Last updated: 12 September 2026
Three revenue streams, one app
CoinDrill charges for the download. It also carries in-app purchases. And its screenshots ask you to send crypto deposits to fund an account. A cloud-mining service that genuinely rented hashrate would have one charge — the contract. Three separate ways of taking money before anything is mined is a structure built around collection, not computation.
The number on the funding screen
One frame shows a dashboard with a balance of $18,238 beside a Direct Crypto Deposit panel. That figure is a marketing asset. It sits on the screen where a new user will first see what their own account might look like, and it is not a record of anything — it is a mock-up chosen because the number is large.
Set it against the install count. The listing shows 10+ downloads. Whatever $18,238 represents, it is not a customer of this app.
⚠ Verified evidence — checked 23 September 2026
- The app is a paid download at $6.99 and still sells in-app purchases and asks for deposits.
- A screenshot is captioned “FUND YOUR ACCOUNT — Crypto deposits” with a “Direct Crypto Deposit” panel.
- The deposit screen displays a balance of $18,238 — on a listing showing 10+ installs.
- The discount is framed as “100% off until 25 September” — a deadline on a price.
- No mining pool, facility, wallet address or company registration is named anywhere in the listing.
Crypto deposits are one-way
This is the part that matters most. A card payment can be charged back. A bank transfer can sometimes be recalled. A crypto transfer to an address an operator controls is final the moment it confirms — no issuer, no ombudsman, no reversal. An app that specifically routes funding through “Direct Crypto Deposit” has chosen the one payment rail with no consumer protection attached.
The countdown on the price
“100% off until 25 September” is a deadline, and deadlines exist to stop people checking. The tactic is not the $6.99 — that is small enough to feel harmless. It is what the $6.99 buys: a sense of having already committed, which makes the deposit ask that follows feel like the next step rather than the first real one.
What a real cloud miner publishes
A company name and registration. A facility location. Which pool the hashrate is pointed at. A published contract with a hashrate figure, a fee and a term. An on-chain payout history you can verify yourself. CoinDrill publishes none of these.
Check it in one minute
Read the install count before the graphics. Then ask: does this app want a deposit? If it does, and it names no pool and no company, the deposit is the product.
Our view: CoinDrill charges for the download, sells in-app purchases, then asks for irreversible crypto deposits, on 10+ installs, naming no pool or company. Do not fund it.
Sources, checked 23 September 2026: Google Play listing for com.coindrill.cloudmining, read 23 September 2026 · developer CoinDrill.io · store screenshots, price, category and install count as displayed.
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