Comparison

Mars Tomorrow vs Species evolution

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Species evolution

Develop and evolve your own creatures in a 3D life simulator. Choose between predator or herbivore paths, upgrade creature characteristics, and manage your species' survival and population growth in various game modes.

Highlights
  • Creature evolution and development
  • Survival and sandbox modes
  • Predator vs. Herbivore choices
  • Upgrade creature characteristics
  • Artificial intelligence for creature behavior
  • Population management
Features
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Species Evolution: Artificial Grow Life Simulator 3D is a game where you develop your creatures either in survival mode or in sandbox mode. Choose whose side you are on: Herbivores vs Predators If you want - make your kind a fast predator, let your creatures eat their rivals. Or make your creatures huge herbivores that will resist any predator. They will act without your help, they use their artificial intelligence. Species Evolution is in your hands. - Get Evolution Points! Earn EP and distribute evolution life points wisely. It is your main resource for adapting your species evolution to the circumstances of the world. - Upgrade the characteristics of creatures What will be more important at the moment? - Speed - Energy - Sensitivity - Size Improve the characteristics so that your species can successfully survive in a hostile environment. And they can only rely on their artificial intelligence. Even better — so that the number of creatures constantly increases. Like in real Grow Life Simulator 3D. - Survival mode In this mode you will fight for food, evolution life and a place in the sun with 2 more types of creatures. For each newborn creature, you will earn evolution life points and spend them on characteristics. And periodically you will be faced with a choice that will change the development of the whole species evolution — to become a predator or herbivore; have unique properties or stay with what we have now. Your choice will depend on how your enemies are developing. - Sandbox mode In this Grow Life Simulator 3D you have complete freedom of activity that rely on their artificial intelligence — at the end of each day, you can change the characteristics of your creatures and watch how this affects the population of the species. What could be more interesting? - Primer Research We all love the blogger Primer for his research on the effect of various characteristics on the survival of a species. Now you have the opportunity not only to watch his video, but also to stage experiments yourself in Grow Life Simulator. Create a supportive environment Become the master of your own evolution life. Take care of your charges. The fate of the whole species evolution is in your hands! Keep track of birth rate, control hunger, survive! Help a new life form conquer this planet

Screenshots

Mars Tomorrow4 screens
Species evolution2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mars Tomorrow at 3.9 against Species evolution's 2.7. Mars Tomorrow also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (69 vs 3). Species evolution's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mars Tomorrow sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Species evolution sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mars Tomorrow holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Tomorrow has 69 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mars Tomorrow ships an update weekly, Species evolution every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mars Tomorrow versus Species evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMars TomorrowSpecies evolution
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (69 ratings) — better2.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews30.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings69 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB168 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developergamefabrik GmbHMaksim Kenin

Customer experience

Mars Tomorrow

All ratings69 ratings
Positive71.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative26.1%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive30.7%
Neutral9.6%
Negative59.6%

Species evolution

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

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

Species evolution

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Mars Tomorrow

One-time7
  • 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
2 purchases

Species evolution

One-time2
  • Disable ads$1.99
  • Unlock sandbox$1.99

Questions

Is Mars Tomorrow free?
Mars Tomorrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Species evolution free?
Species evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mars Tomorrow or Species evolution?
Mars Tomorrow is rated higher. Mars Tomorrow averages 3.9 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Species evolution averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Mars Tomorrow or Species evolution have ads?
Mars Tomorrow shows ads; Species evolution does not.
Which is updated more often, Mars Tomorrow or Species evolution?
Mars Tomorrow ships an update weekly, and Species evolution every 5 months. Most recently, Mars Tomorrow was updated on November 2, 2026 and Species evolution on November 3, 2026.

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