Comparison

To Mars vs Quarry Quest

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Quarry Quest

Embark on a digital scavenger hunt within a museum to discover Maine's minerals and mining history. Unlock items by finding secret codes, collect them all in your inventory, and potentially win an authentic Maine mineral.

Highlights
  • Interactive scavenger hunt
  • Learn about Maine minerals
  • Unlock items with secret codes
  • Collect items in inventory
  • Chance to win authentic mineral
Features
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Quarry Quest is a scavenger hunt game for visitors to the Maine Mineral Museum. Play the game to learn about Maine minerals, miners, and more. Collect all of the items for a chance to take home a piece of an authentic Maine mineral. How to Play: Scattered throughout the museum are key squares with secret codes. Enter the code pattern found on a key square or tap the square using the app to unlock items. After you have collected an item, it will appear in your inventory along with the remaining unknown items. Collect all items to win!

Screenshots

To Mars4 screens
Quarry Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Quarry Quest at 4.2 against To Mars's 3.0. Quarry Quest also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quarry Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
To Mars versus Quarry Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTo MarsQuarry Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings)4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.29.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTodd Studer3c32 LLC

Customer experience

To Mars

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Quarry Quest

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

To Mars

No in-app purchases

None

Quarry Quest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is To Mars free?
To Mars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quarry Quest free?
Quarry Quest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, To Mars or Quarry Quest?
Quarry Quest is rated higher. To Mars averages 3.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Quarry Quest averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do To Mars or Quarry Quest have ads?
To Mars shows ads; Quarry Quest does not.

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