Mars vs MicroBrick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mars
Embark on a thrilling space adventure as a volunteer on a mission to Mars. Pilot a jetpack to explore the Martian surface, capture unique selfies, and navigate the challenges of interplanetary travel. Prove the doubters wrong and make history on this groundbreaking expedition.
- Explore Mars on a jetpack
- Take selfies on Mars
- Avoid Rapid Unscheduled Disassemblies
- Discover Martian sights
- Volunteer for a space mission
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MarsCorp is ready to take the first group of volunteers on an exciting mission to Mars! Fly around Mars in one of our brand new jetpacks and discover what’s out there. As part of the “Put A Human On Mars No Matter What” program, we are proud to announce that MarsCorp is the first company cutting enough corners to make human flights to Mars finally viable. So-called “professional” astronauts will tell you things like “No sane person would travel across space on that thing” or “The fuel on that jetpack lasts about 30 seconds”, but you can prove them wrong! Here’s your chance to make history! - Explore Mars on a jetpack. - Take selfies on Mars's greatest sightings. - Avoid Rapid Unscheduled Disassemblies. - Have fun!
MicroBrick
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MicroBrick turns brick breaking into a flood. Start with one ball. Hit split bricks and power-ups, and that ball becomes hundreds, thousands, then millions. There is no ball limit: a GPU simulation keeps every ball moving, so huge floods wipe out thousands of tiny bricks in an instant. ONE BALL. THEN A FLOOD. • Real-time paddle play on boards of up to 50,000 tiny bricks • Balls split with no cap, and your ball count drives the score multiplier • Every level is a pixel-art picture: clear the bricks to reveal it 12 WORLDS, 240 HAND-MADE LEVELS • Each world adds a new mechanic: split bricks, bombs, thick bricks, steel and chain bricks, portals, keys and locks, cores, coins and goal flags, generators and bosses, mazes, timed storms, and a finale • Premium adds the Classic 600 vault: all 600 levels from MicroBrick 1.x COMPETE ON GAME CENTER • Weekly Tournament: 5 fixed-seed stages with modifiers and a weekly leaderboard • Daily Board: a new board every day, and only one attempt counts • Endless Flood: chase your peak ball count • Friend Duel: send a challenge link and race the same board • Total-stars leaderboard and achievements POWER-UPS Split, laser, pierce, explosive, wide paddle, net, slow motion, coin rain and multi-ball. WORKSHOP Build your own boards in the editor and share them as a file, link or QR code. Import boards from friends. From time to time the developer features official boards. SKINS AND GALLERY Earn coins as you play to unlock ball, paddle and palette skins and a pixel-art gallery. Coins come from playing only. They are never sold. FAIR PRICE, NO ADS • Free: Worlds 1–3, Daily Board, Weekly Tournament, Endless Flood, Workshop and skins • MicroBrick Premium (one-time purchase): Worlds 4–12, the Classic 600 vault, all weekly modifiers and an exclusive golden-brick skin • No ads. No subscription. Already bought Premium? You keep everything. PLAY YOUR WAY • Plays offline; progress syncs with iCloud • Auto paddle assist, Reduce Motion support, shape-coded special bricks, Dynamic Type in menus and VoiceOver labels • Made for iPhone and iPad • No tracking. No data collected.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MicroBrick at none against Mars's shown. MicroBrick also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Mars's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price 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 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and MicroBrick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mars ships an update monthly, MicroBrick every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars | MicroBrick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (22K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 256 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pomelo Games | ZHENZHOU SHI |
Bugs and requests
Mars
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when taking selfies
- Streak resets when returning to a previous level
- Inconsistent controls and fuel usage
Requested features
4 requests- Add new planets and environments to explore
- Introduce different gameplay modes (e.g., time trials, challenges)
- Allow players to customize platforms and backgrounds
- Implement a way to revisit previous levels
MicroBrick
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mars
- Arnold$0.99
- Little Martha$0.99
- Marselot$0.99
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- Nigiri$0.99
- Ufo$0.99
- Discman$0.99
- Kestrel 5$0.99
- Eagle$0.99
- Stephen$3.99
- El Dorado$3.99
MicroBrick
- MicroBrick Premium$2.99









