Terraforming Mars vs Wingsong
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Terraforming Mars
Lead a corporation to terraform Mars by building cities, forests, and oceans. Manage resources, complete objectives, and increase your Terraform Rating to make the planet habitable. Compete against rivals and lead humanity into a new era.
- Official board game adaptation
- Play against AI or up to 5 players
- Online and offline multiplayer
- Corporate Era variant
- Solo challenge mode
- Expansions available for new content
Read full descriptionHide full description
CREATE LIFE ON MARS Lead a corporation and launch ambitious Mars terraforming projects. Direct massive construction works, manage and use your resources, create cities, forests and oceans, and set rewards and objectives to win the game! In Terraforming Mars, place your cards on the board and use them wisely: - Achieve a high Terraform Rating, by increasing the temperature and oxygen level or creating oceans... Make the planet habitable for future generations! - Get Victory Points by building cities, infrastructure and other ambitious projects. - But watch out! Rival corporations will try to slow you down... That's a nice forest you planted there... It'd be a shame if an asteroid crashed right on it. Will you be able to lead humanity into a new era? The terraforming race begins now! Features: • The official adaptation of Jacob Fryxelius' famous board game. • Mars for all: Play against the computer or challenge up to 5 players in multiplayer mode, online or offline. • Game variant: Try the rules of the Corporate Era for a more complex game. With the addition of new cards, including 2 new corporations, focused on economy and technology, you will discover one of the most strategic variants of the game! • Solo Challenge: Finish terraforming Mars before the end of generation 14. Try new rules and features in the most challenging Solo mode on the (red) planet. DLCs: • Speed up your game with the Prelude expansion, adding a new phase at the start of the game to specialize your corporation and boost your early game. It also introduces new cards, corporations and a new solo challenge. • Explore a new side of Mars with the Hellas & Elysium maps, each bringing a new set of twists, awards and milestones. From the Southern Wilds to the Other Face of Mars, the taming of the Red Planet continues. • Add the Venus board to your game, with a new Solar phase to hasten your games. Shake up Terraforming Mars with the Morning Star expansion, featuring new cards, corporations, and resources! • Spice up the game with 7 new cards from the Original Promo Pack: Includes everything from the microbe-oriented corporation Splice to the game-changing Self-Replication Robot project. * Try the Big Box Promo Pack and its 23 cards to raise the level even higher. Play as the expert-only Pharmacy Union or enjoy the more relaxed Astrodrill corporation with this DLC! * Establish outposts and trade with them in Colonies! Featuring 49 project cards, 5 corporations, and a whole new game system, Colonies is the most content-packed DLC to date! Languages available: French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish Having an issue? Looking for support? Please contact us: https://asmodee.helpshift.com/ Find all the latest news for Terraforming Mars on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TwinSailsInt Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwinSailsInt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/twinsailsinteractive © Twin Sails Interactive 2019. © FryxGames 2016. Terraforming Mars™ is a trademark of FryxGames. Developed by Artefact Studio.
Wingsong
Discover the authentic bird songs from the popular board game 'Wingspan'. Simply point your smartphone camera at a bird card to hear its unique chirping. Create custom playlists of your birds' songs for an enhanced gaming atmosphere.
- Identify bird songs via camera
- Play bird songs from cards
- Create custom bird song playlists
- Immersive gaming experience
Read full descriptionHide full description
Did you ask yourself, how all the birds of the boardgame 'Wingspan' are singing? With Wingsong you can easily find out how all the birds of the boardgame Wingspan are singing. You just have to hold a bird card in the camera of you smartphone and right away you'll hear the chirping of the bird on your card. In addition you can add all of your birds that are in your wildlife preserve to a playlist. The songs of your birds will play randomly throughout your game to create an even more immersive Wingspan experience. Thanks to Elizabeth Hargrave and Stonemaier Games for providing such a beautiful game. This is not an Official Stonemaier Games product.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Wingsong at Free against Terraforming Mars's $8.99. Wingsong also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (69% vs 45%). Terraforming Mars's advantage is chart position (#31 vs unranked) and ratings volume (7.6K vs 1.8K). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Wingsong is free to download; Terraforming Mars costs $8.99 up front. Terraforming Mars sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Wingsong sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wingsong holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.6K and 1.8K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Terraforming Mars's written reviews are positive against 69% of Wingsong's.
Terraforming Mars ships an update every 3 weeks, Wingsong monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Terraforming Mars | Wingsong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (7.6K ratings) | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.1% of reviews | 68.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 1.8K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #31 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 353 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Twin Sails Interactive | Marcus Katscher |
Customer experience
Terraforming Mars
Wingsong
User reviews
Terraforming Mars
From 7.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Faithful adaptation of board game
- 👍 Great UI and animations
- 🕹️ Smooth solo gameplay
- 💰 Good value for money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🕹️ Unreliable multiplayer experience
- 🕰️ Long load times to resume games
- 🤯 Confusing multiplayer features
- 🤖 Weak AI opponents
Wingsong
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎉 Great from the beginning
- 🎶 Adds to the game experience
- 🤖 Incredible undertaking
- 👍 Awesome
- 🤩 Delightful masterpiece
Room to improve
- 🐛 Playlist doesn't work
- 🔊 Sound doesn't work
- 🌍 Doesn't work in other languages
- 🔌 Crashes on startup
- 🤖 Doesn't recognize cards
Bugs and requests
Terraforming Mars
Reported bugs
4 issues- Science tags not counted properly
- Power infrastructure card not functioning
- Inability to place tiles in some cases
- Saved games not loading properly
Requested features
5 requests- Undo button for actions
- Ability to see final game metrics
- Notifications for turn updates
- Ability to track win/loss records
- More expansion content
Wingsong
Reported bugs
5 issues- Playlist doesn't work
- Sound doesn't work
- Crashes on startup
- Doesn't recognize cards
- App no longer working
Requested features
5 requests- Shuffle button for playlist
- Overlapping birdsongs for immersion
- Bluetooth speaker support
- More information about the birds
- Add support for Italian/Russian/other languages
In-app purchases
Terraforming Mars
- Original Promo Pack$2.99
- Terraforming Mars - Prelude$3.99
- Hellas & Elysium$3.99
Show 3 moreShow fewer
- Venus Next$3.99
- Colonies$3.99
- Big Box Promo Pack$4.99
Wingsong
- One cup of coffee$2.99
- Two cups of coffee$5.99
- Three cups of coffee$8.99








