Cave FRVR vs To Mars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cave FRVR
Pilot a spacecraft through an endless cave, collecting jewels and power-ups. Use quick reflexes to land on platforms and avoid crashing into walls or attackers. Enjoy simple graphics and charming sound effects in this game suitable for all ages.
- Pilot spacecraft
- Navigate endless cave
- Collect jewels and points
- Land on platforms
- Use safety shields
- Immortal option
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Are you prepared to hone your piloting skills and navigate your way through an endlessly deep cave? Don’t worry, there are platforms along the way where you can fuel up and collect points, but you’ll need dexterity and quick reflexes – wait for your landing gear to appear before lowering your craft! Collect jewels and watch your score increase as you travel into the depths and discover the secrets of Cave. Pick up safety shields along the way to help guard your spaceship from crashing into the rugged walls and destroying your craft. Safety shields are also useful protection from any underground attackers you may happen across as you navigate the numerous twists and turns. Cave is fun for everyone. Features - Simple, pleasing graphics - Immortal option - Charming sound effects - Suitable for all ages - Sharpen your skills - Intuitive play
To Mars
A retro puzzle and simulation game where players must strategically load a rocket with resources and crew to colonize Mars. Manage fuel, supplies, and mission timing to ensure a successful landing and establish a new home on the red planet.
- Retro puzzle and simulation gameplay
- Resource management for colonization
- Rocket loading and launch mechanics
- Space travel and landing simulation
- Building and survival elements
- Timed challenges
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Are you smart enough to solve the puzzle and colonize Mars? To Mars is a unique retro puzzle / simulation of the soon-to-come real life colonization of Mars; it's fun to play, easy to learn, but very difficult to solve. You have 60 seconds to load all four stages of your rocket with the correct amounts of fuel components, food, and people to colonize Mars. Over the course of the next two minutes, your team of astronauts will lift off from Earth, travel to Mars, touchdown on Mars, and build a new home on the red planet! Calculate the Hydrogen / Oxygen fuel mixture to get from Earth into solar orbit. Determine when to start your deceleration burns from deep space into Mars orbit and for a perfect landing on Mars. Build greenhouses and water mines to generate life sustaining resources. All without running out of supplied resources along the way. If you choose wisely, listen carefully to hints from ground control and the ships captain, watch your resource levels, and learn from your mistakes, you can colonize Mars! Make a wrong decision, however, and leave your ship damaged, floating through space, or stranded, with your crew of astronauts left in cryo-sleep, waiting for rescue. Follow the Red Roadster and Occupy Mars!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: To Mars at 100% against Cave FRVR's 53%. To Mars also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Cave FRVR's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (238 vs 6). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Cave FRVR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. To Mars asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cave FRVR holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cave FRVR has 238 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Cave FRVR's written reviews are positive against 100% of To Mars's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cave FRVR ships an update every 2 months, To Mars every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cave FRVR | To Mars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (238 ratings) — better | 3.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 238 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FRVR ApS | Todd Studer |
Customer experience
Cave FRVR
To Mars
Bugs and requests
Cave FRVR
Reported bugs
15 issues- App doesn't open
- Stuck on logo/splash screen
- Game freezes randomly
- Screen goes black randomly
- Sound effects persist after game over/restart
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- Lasers buzz even when not active
- Game crushes on power up timeout
- Ship won't ascend straight up
- Controls don't always work simultaneously
- Progress reset after logging into Facebook
- Invulnerable power-up crashes the game
- Frame rate is low
- Game locks up when getting power-ups
- BGM plays even when off
- Ship upgrade history reset
Requested features
7 requests- Port over progress from Facebook/Messenger
- Option to change controls (left/right)
- More plentiful pink diamonds or IAP option
- Fix missions that don't work
- Optimize for iPhone X series
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- Add music slider
- Amplify engine sounds
To Mars
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cave FRVR
- Remove Ads$2.99
To Mars
No in-app purchases
