Comparison

Mars vs MicroBrick

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Explore Mars on a jetpack
  • Take selfies on Mars
  • Avoid Rapid Unscheduled Disassemblies
  • Discover Martian sights
  • Volunteer for a space mission
Features
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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!

About

MicroBrick

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Mars4 screens
MicroBrick4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mars ships an update monthly, MicroBrick every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mars versus MicroBrick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarsMicroBrick
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (22K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings22K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size256 MB8 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPomelo GamesZHENZHOU 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

10 purchases

Mars

One-time10
  • Arnold$0.99
  • Little Martha$0.99
  • Marselot$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Nigiri$0.99
  • Ufo$0.99
  • Discman$0.99
  • Kestrel 5$0.99
  • Eagle$0.99
  • Stephen$3.99
  • El Dorado$3.99
1 purchases

MicroBrick

One-time1
  • MicroBrick Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Mars free?
Mars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MicroBrick free?
MicroBrick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mars or MicroBrick have ads?
Mars shows ads; MicroBrick does not.
Which is updated more often, Mars or MicroBrick?
Mars ships an update monthly, and MicroBrick every 5 days. Most recently, Mars was updated on November 3, 2026 and MicroBrick on October 28, 2026.

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