Mars Tomorrow vs Galactic Colonies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mars Tomorrow
Transform Mars from a hostile planet into a habitable home by building a sustainable economy and a vast transportation network. Join millions of players in a challenging settlement project, making crucial decisions to overcome obstacles and deliver resources. Experience real-time logistics and a deep tech tree in this expansive space simulation.
- Terraform Mars into a habitable planet
- Build a complex logistic and transport network
- Collaborate with millions of real players
- Explore a huge tech tree with over 100 researches
- Manage a complex resource system
- Participate in regular content updates
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Mars is known as the Red Planet but this is going to change in Mars Tomorrow. You inhabit the hostile planet and start turning it into a green and habitable place. Terraforming allows you to grow a sustainable economy and create a new place for living - soon called home. You take the role of a brave space pioneer – joining millions of real players. Together you become the last hope for humanity and build a massive transportation network on Mars. Can you overcome all obstacles, make crucial decisions and deliver all required resources on time? FEATURES - Up to thousands of real players per server - Build a complex logistic and transport network - Transporters move in real-time - 8 different terraforming phases - Huge Tech tree with over 100 different researches - Legendary vehicles and plugins - Complex resource system - Regular updates with new content - Growing guilds in a huge community Try your luck as a Martian and lead the challenging settlement project called Mars Tomorrow today! Enjoy Mars Tomorrow? Learn more about Mars Tomorrow and share your experiences with us! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marstomorrow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/marstomorrow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mars_tomorrow/ Mars Tomorrow is free to download and play. Some game items can also be purchased for real money. If you do not want to use this feature, please set up password protection for purchases in the settings of your App Store app.
Galactic Colonies
Explore a vast, procedurally generated galaxy and build thriving colonies on alien worlds. Manage resources, establish production lines, and research new technologies to expand your civilization. Discover diverse planets and ensure your colonists survive in challenging environments.
- Procedurally generated universe exploration
- Alien planet colonization
- Technology research
- Complex production pipelines
- Colony ship upgrades
- Diverse planet types
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Download the game for free and start exploring the galaxy! Galactic Colonies is a game about exploring space and building colonies. Explore a procedurally generated universe with thousands of planets. Every colony starts small. Start by providing housing and food for your colonists before you exploit a planet’s natural resources. Set up factories and create advanced high-tech products to make your colony grow even bigger. Discover tropical, desert and ice planets and help your colonists survive on harsh, alien worlds. FEATURES: - Explore a procedurally generated universe - Find and colonize alien planets - Research new powerful technologies - Set up complex production pipelines - Beautiful 3D graphics - Upgrade and improve your colony ship - Endless hours of fun. How far can you explore?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Galactic Colonies at 4.4 against Mars Tomorrow's 3.9. Galactic Colonies also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 31%) and ratings volume (303 vs 69). Mars Tomorrow's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Mars Tomorrow sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Galactic Colonies sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Galactic Colonies holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 303 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Mars Tomorrow's written reviews are positive against 70% of Galactic Colonies's.
Mars Tomorrow ships an update weekly, Galactic Colonies every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars Tomorrow | Galactic Colonies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (69 ratings) | 4.4 (303 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.7% of reviews | 69.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 | 303 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 196 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | gamefabrik GmbH | MetalPop, LLC |
Customer experience
Mars Tomorrow
Galactic Colonies
User reviews
Mars Tomorrow
From 69 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Great concept and design
- ✨ Amazing graphics
- ✨ Detailed menus
- ✨ Cooperative gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes constantly
- 🐛 Won't load or open
- 🐛 Login/account issues
- 🐛 Confusing interface/tutorial
- 💰 Greedy monetization
Galactic Colonies
From 303 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Highly addictive and engaging
- 👍 Accessible for blind and visually impaired users
- 🎨 Great graphics and sound design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches, especially with accessibility features
- 🔁 Repetitive and lacking variety in gameplay
- 💰 Unsustainable monetization model
Bugs and requests
Mars Tomorrow
Reported bugs
37 issues- Crashes instantly on startup
- App won't load
- Cannot login
- Menus open and won't close
- Fails to open on iPhone
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- Game won't even load
- Crashes even after reinstalling
- Keeps logging out
- Goes to a black screen
- No confirmation for resource usage
- Tutorial is overly confusing and tedious
- Registration area was buggy
- Internal error pop ups
- Cannot get more than 5 mins play before it crashes
- Unable to create an account
- Won't let me log in with Facebook
- Game won't even load on iPhone
- Stuck on loading additional files
- Gets stuck at eleven percent and then crashes
- Stuck on tutorial
- Fails to load game files from a server
- Cannot play the game without a Facebook account
- Tutorial is minimal
- Locked out of account
- Auto save progress didn't work
- Bug with prototype equipment purchase chance
- App update needed for server updates
- Username taken glitch
- App keeps crashing once loading screen is about to finish
- Cannot connect to server
- Doesn't recognise password
- Reset function shows '_ entity not found _'
- Login interface over-engineered
- Cannot log in using Game Center
- Tiny text on iPhone
- Doesn't load past opening screen
- Crashes when loading game
Requested features
7 requests- Make game playable offline
- Add more information/manual
- Improve tutorial clarity
- Add more phase/guild features
- Fix text size for mobile
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- Add survival element
- Allow fresh start on Mars
Galactic Colonies
Reported bugs
4 issues- Research projects getting stuck or going infinite
- Inability to connect buildings properly
- Inconsistent behavior of video rewards
- Crashes when trying to watch ads
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to relocate or remove buildings
- More varied mission objectives and planet types
- Improved navigation and map UI for accessibility
- Offline mode with background resource production
In-app purchases
Mars Tomorrow
- Tiny Tritium Package$1.99
- A bit of tritium$2.99
- Small Tritium package$3.99
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- Medium Tritium Package$8.99
- Big Tritium package$13.99
- Huge Tritium Package$26.99
- Giant Tritium Package$54.99
Galactic Colonies
- Small Pack Of Energy Cells$1.99
- Star Racer$1.99
- Welcome Bundle$1.99
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- Cold Steel$2.99
- Medium Pack Of Energy Cells$4.99
- Weekend Deal$4.99
- Doubled Planet Boost Time$4.99
- Colonizer's Bundle$7.99
- A Large Pack Of Energy Cells$9.99
- Huge Pack Of Energy Cells$19.99
Questions
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