Monster Box vs Mars 2501
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monster Box
Engage in strategic battles against waves of monsters. Upgrade your stickman characters with gold and jewels to enhance their power and defeat increasingly formidable foes. Enjoy a simple yet engaging combat experience.
- Monster battles
- Stickman upgrades
- Gold and jewel currency
- Strategic combat
- Monster evolution
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Monster overflowing and Battle of Stickman! Stickman after upgrade in gold and jewel, please earnestly defeat a lot of monsters. By upgrade the monster, enjoy fight against powerful monsters.
Mars 2501
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Mars 2501 is a strategy game. It is a simple and fast game. During the game you build robots that destroy your opponents. The opponents are red and your color is blue. The one who destroys the opponent's Factory and Head building wins the game. As I said, the game is fast, you have to act all the time to defeat the opponent. There are three types of robots and each of them has a different firepower. Robot 3 is the strongest. Of course, there is also a bonus character, the Immortal. Killing him is not as easy as destroying the robots. And you can also build workers who repair buildings. Go to the building with the worker, if the building is damaged, it will be repaired. Movement is done by pressing the character with your finger, then he will stop, if you move in a certain direction, then he will move in that direction. Shooting is done automatically when the opponent is at a certain distance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Monster Box at none against Mars 2501's 1. Monster Box also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Mars 2501's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Mars 2501 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Monster Box asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monster Box | Mars 2501 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (212 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Janek Soomets |
Bugs and requests
Monster Box
Reported bugs
6 issues- Stick figures drift to the right when revived repeatedly
- Game crashes for no apparent reason
- Certain medals are unobtainable (Ohagi medal)
- iPhone X notch cuts off progress bar
- Game data loss when too many monsters spawn
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- Occasional freezing on newer high-definition phones
Requested features
15 requests- More character classes (especially from Stick Ranger)
- Landscape/horizontal mode support
- Zoom feature to see action better
- Cloud save and cross-device progress transfer
- Sandbox mode with infinite monsters
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- More monsters and enemy variety
- Reset progress button
- Backup/save functionality
- Steam port
- Terrain and environment elements
- More upgrade options
- Idle mode that doesn't end at monster cap
- Ad-free premium version
- Larger UI scaling option
- Landscape orientation support
Mars 2501
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Monster Box
No in-app purchases
Mars 2501
- Upgrade Mars 2501$4.99
