My Colony vs Final Outpost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Colony
Forge your own space empire in this sci-fi city builder. Gather resources, unlock advanced technologies, and choose from unique factions to expand your influence across the galaxy. Engage in multiplayer, trade, and compete in daily challenges to rule the stars.
- Build and expand interplanetary colonies
- Unlock a vast tech tree
- Choose from four distinct factions
- Engage in single-city or multiplayer modes
- Trade on a player-run auction house
- Compete in daily online challenges
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Build. Expand. Rule the stars. Welcome to My Colony, the ultimate sci-fi city builder and space empire simulation. Whether you’re leading a peaceful outpost or an industrial powerhouse, the galaxy is yours to shape — one rover at a time. Build Your Colony Start with a single lander and rover, gather resources, and unlock a massive tech tree full of structures, utilities, and special units. Every resource leads to new possibilities as you evolve from a basic outpost to a sprawling interplanetary empire. Choose Your Civilization Play as one of four distinct factions, each with unique tech trees, units, and play styles: United Earth – Balanced and tech-driven League of Independent States – Resource-efficient rebels Zolarg Empire – Insectoid swarm-style economics Alpha Draconians – Advanced reptilian overlords Play Your Way Single-city sandbox or Premium Region Mode with connected cities across a shared map Multiplayer Regions: Cooperate or compete with friends — each sub-city run by a different player Declare independence from your “mother colony” and start your own empire — with players paying taxes to you! Form Federations with others to dominate galactic leaderboards Go Galactic Compete in daily online challenges Trade on the Galactic Board of Trade, a real-time player-run auction house Balance population, GDP, education, security, and more Rise through the ranks as you scale your economy and influence Play Anywhere Works offline or online Sync progress with your Ape Apps Account Join a living universe of colonists. Forge alliances. Grow your power. Leave your mark on the stars.
Final Outpost
Lead the last remnants of civilization to survive a zombie apocalypse. Build and manage your outpost, assign citizens to vital tasks, and craft weapons to defend against the undead. Balance resources, research, and defense to ensure your community's survival.
- Build and upgrade outpost structures
- Manage citizen jobs and skills
- Craft weapons and tools
- Scavenge and manage resources
- Defend against zombie attacks
- Simulated weather and day/night cycle
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===Final Outpost 2.0 is available now!=== Top-100 strategy game in 140+ countries worldwide! Build your Outpost • Manage your citizens • Survive the zombie apocalypse As the leader of one of the last remnants of civilization, you must manage your citizens, use resources to expand your outpost, and protect your citizens from both starvation and zombies. In the face of this great challenge, you are given control over the construction of new buildings for your citizens to live and work in. Striking the right balance of building types is critical to maintaining the resource stockpiles so valuable to your citizens. Equip your workforce with the right tools for the job as the needs of your Outpost are shaped by its growth. Craft weapons to protect and defend your Outpost from zombies that wander too close... -------------------- ==BUILD== Improve your base over time to shelter your citizens from the outside world, and stockpile resources to save as many lives as possible. ==UPGRADE== Upgrade the capabilities of your citizens with the skill tree. Earn skill points by killing zombies and ensure the survival of your citizens by guiding them from novice to warrior as you play. ==MANAGE== Lead your citizens into a new age of prosperity by assigning them the right jobs, including farmers and guards. ==CRAFT== Give your citizens the tools they need to survive. Build a workshop to unlock advanced crafting and create weaponry to fend off the dead. ==SURVIVE== Combat famine and the dead by perfecting your long-term strategic balance of management, research, building and crafting. GAME FEATURES • Assign your citizens to scavenge, hunt, farm, mine and more • Craft tools and manage your resources • Construct and upgrade 12+ building types • Defend your walls from 5+ zombie types • Feed your hungry citizens as your Outpost expands • Simulated weather, seasons and day/night cycle • Upgrade your citizens with the skill tree -------------------- Send your feedback and bug reports to support@exabytegames.com Join the newsletter: https://cutt.ly/news-d
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Final Outpost at none against My Colony's shown. Final Outpost also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. My Colony sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Final Outpost sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for My Colony against 4.0 for Final Outpost. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 854 and 1.9K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of My Colony's written reviews are positive against 67% of Final Outpost's.
My Colony ships an update every 5 weeks, Final Outpost every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Colony | Final Outpost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (854 ratings) | 4.0 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews | 66.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 854 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 279 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Brandon Stecklein | Exabyte Games Ltd |
Customer experience
My Colony
Final Outpost
User reviews
My Colony
From 854 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Great colony management
- 💡 Unique civilizations
- 👍 No pay-to-win mechanics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 👎 Laggy performance on some devices
- 🔒 Unreliable save/load functionality
Final Outpost
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 🚀 Challenging but fun
- 👍 No ads or pay-to-win
- 🚀 Frequent updates
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🔍 Lack of difficulty scaling
- 🔍 Repetitive late-game
- 🐛 Unresponsive workers
- 🔍 Tedious resource management
Bugs and requests
My Colony
Reported bugs
4 issues- Rovers not building properly
- Resources disappearing after save/load
- Certain buildings not unlocking after research
- Frequent crashes during autosave
Requested features
4 requests- Add tutorial or onboarding for new players
- Implement offline mode or background processing
- Allow building/resource management customization
- Add multiplayer or PvP functionality
Final Outpost
Reported bugs
6 issues- Workers not responding
- Snipers/guards not activating
- Resources disappearing
- Progress reset after updates
- Zombie invincibility glitch
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- Inconsistent resource collection
Requested features
12 requests- Sandbox mode
- Difficulty settings
- Ability to rearrange outpost
- More building/job variety
- Skill progression for workers
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- Ability to skip tutorial
- Faster time controls
- More enemy/event variety
- Multiplayer/co-op mode
- Ability to repair walls
- Food/resource storage upgrades
- Scavenging/exploration missions
In-app purchases
My Colony
- 100 Ape Coins$0.99
- Advertising Removal$4.99
- 500 Ape Coins$4.99
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- 1,000 Ape Coins$9.99
Final Outpost
- Set Traps$0.79
- Set Traps$0.99
- Continue$0.99
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- Additional Save Slots$1.99
- Ambush Survivors$1.99
- Ambush Survivors$2.99
- Search for Resources$4.99
- Search for Resources$7.99
- Raid Nearby Settlement$12.99
- Raid Nearby Settlement$16.99
Questions
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