Verdict up front: PowerMine sells hashrate upgrades from $1.99 to $9.99. A user who withdrew daily for more than a month says the app then started refusing her with “withdraws too frequently”, and support told her to register somewhere else. Another says a withdrawal after spending about £100 offered a range down to 25p. The app has 500,000+ downloads.
Listing facts — checked 22 September 2026
- Developer name on listing: Elizabeth Wheaton
- Package: com.powermine.cloud
- Downloads: 500,000+
- Rating: 4.6 from 6,120 reviews
- Money taken: ads and in-app purchases ($1.99–$9.99 packs)
- Play category: Tools
- Last updated: 10 July 2026
A mining app under Tools, published by a personal name
PowerMine calls itself a “cloud-based service application designed specifically for cloud mining operations” that lets you “remotely access and manage cloud computing resources”. It adds that it “does not involve any local hardware mining”. The developer is listed as Elizabeth Wheaton — a personal name, not a company — and the category is Tools, not Finance.
The gallery sells: “One-tap mining made simple”, “Boost your power with upgrades” with a market of +100% power boosts at $4.99 and $9.99, and a “POWERFUL PACK — Buy $1.99” offer screen.
What users report
Three accounts from the last two months
Billie Williams, 3 September 2026: withdrew daily for over a month, then got the error “withdraws too frequently” and could not withdraw at all; the in-app support chat told her to register somewhere else. Matthew Inight, 21 August 2026: put in around £100; after a day the withdrawal “gives you a nice range all the way to 25p”, extendable for a fee. Brady Warath, 27 July 2026: phones cannot mine Bitcoin; users are “only getting paid for letting them steal our information and to watch unnecessary ads”.
Small payouts, then a wall
Early withdrawals that succeed are not proof of a real business. Paying out small amounts to new users is how an app earns five-star reviews and larger purchases. The pattern Billie Williams describes — a month of small daily withdrawals, then a new rule that stops them — is exactly what that model predicts once a user has stopped buying.
“Too frequently” is also a rule that did not exist on day one. It appeared when it was needed. And a support agent who responds by pointing a customer to another platform is not supporting the product.
The same screens elsewhere
The “Powerful Pack” gift-box offer and the Paid/Free “My Miner” layout are screens we have documented before on this site in other mining apps. More directly: a separate Play listing called Real BitCoin Mining, published under a different developer name, carries the PowerMine logo and name on its own screenshots. One product, two storefronts. We cover that listing separately.
What would settle it
A real hashrate rental names the pool and gives you a worker you can look up. It does not change its withdrawal rules once you have been paid a few pence.
Before you pay any mining app
Four checks take less than two minutes. Read the full description for the words simulation, virtual or for entertainment. Find the withdrawal minimum and compare it with what one day of “mining” adds. Look at the Play category and the developer name: a mining app filed under Tools or Productivity, or published under a personal name or a string of keywords, is avoiding scrutiny. Then sort the reviews by newest and read the one-star ones about withdrawals. If none of those checks passes, the only safe amount to spend is nothing.
- Small early payouts are marketing, not proof.
- A new rule that blocks withdrawals after you stop buying is the business model showing.
- A personal name as developer and a Tools category are cheap checks you can do in seconds.
- Support that sends you elsewhere is not support.
If you have already paid
Cancel any subscription in Google Play (Payments & subscriptions), not inside the app. Request a refund through Google Play while the charge is recent. Screenshot your balance, the withdrawal screen and every purchase before anything changes. Then report it at IC3.gov, or to Action Fraud in the UK.
