Comparison

Breaking Away vs Colony Zero

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

Head to head
About

Breaking Away

Experience a fast-paced bike racing game inspired by a famous university event. Draft, attack, and manage your health to avoid crashes and achieve victory. Choose your rider and difficulty for a challenging race.

Highlights
  • Physics-based gameplay
  • AI Competitors
  • Simple Slide & Tap controls
  • Health management
  • Drafting mechanic
  • Crash avoidance
  • Rider selection
  • Difficulty and lap selection
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Avoid wrecks and ride your way through the pack as you seek victory in this fast-paced bike racing game. Based off Indiana University’s iconic bike race, the Breaking Away game is a fun yet challenging racer celebrating this annual spring event. Draft off other riders and time your attack but watch out because your chance at glory could end in a cloud of dust. GAME FEATURES - Physics-based gameplay - A.I. Competitors - Simple Controls - Slide to steer, Tap to pedal - Manage health to avoid bonking. - Draft off other riders to recover. - Avoid crashing and other gnarly wrecks. - Pick your rider to fit your style. - Select level of difficulty and number of laps. - Beat the field and your personal best. “The race is won by the rider who can suffer the most.” – Eddy Merckx “Cycling isn’t a game, it’s a sport. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn’t play at cycling.” – Jean de Gribaldy

About

Colony Zero

Features
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Colony Zero is a colony simulation where you never issue direct orders. You set priorities, policies, and conditions — then ten colonists decide who mines, builds, farms, and explores. You land on an unknown world with a landing module, a generator, and a thirty-day survival goal. Keep food, water, energy, metal, minerals, electronics, plastic, and medicine in balance while health, happiness, and loyalty shift with every cycle. Propose buildings — mines, greenhouses, solar panels, storage, and quarters for workers, engineers, and scientists — then assign work on the colony map. Scan, repair, and trade from the action wheel as Outpost Alpha grows. People carry professions, traits, values, and ambitions. Friendships and rivalries form, factions appear, and autonomy requests can split districts from your control. Choose a governance model: Colony Council, Administrator, Corporate Colony, Military Command, or Free Settlement. Research new projects, manage the economy, and push into new biomes as days pass: Red Desert, Alien Forest, Frozen Zone, Volcanic Region, Ocean, and Crystal Caves. Daily events force hard choices. Survive the first thirty days, or watch the colony fail.

Screenshots

Breaking Away4 screens
Colony Zero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Breaking Away at none against Colony Zero's shown. Breaking Away also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Breaking Away ships an update every 8 days, Colony Zero every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Breaking Away versus Colony Zero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreaking AwayColony Zero
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size317 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopermodulR LLCBenjamin Foster

In-app purchases

None

Breaking Away

No in-app purchases

None

Colony Zero

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Breaking Away free?
Breaking Away is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Colony Zero free?
Colony Zero is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Breaking Away or Colony Zero have ads?
Colony Zero shows ads; Breaking Away does not.
Which is updated more often, Breaking Away or Colony Zero?
Breaking Away ships an update every 8 days, and Colony Zero every 3 weeks. Most recently, Breaking Away was updated on October 7, 2026 and Colony Zero on October 10, 2026.

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