Comparison

Terraforming Mars vs wrap

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

wrap

A two-player abstract strategy game played on a toroidal 4x4 grid. Players take turns placing 1s and 0s, aiming to form a quad of four cells before their opponent. Features single-player, stack mode, daily puzzles, and various opponent options.

Highlights
  • Toroidal 4x4 grid gameplay
  • Single and stack board modes
  • Daily timed puzzles
  • AI opponents with four difficulties
  • Online pass-and-play and friend codes
  • Guest play and optional account sign-in
Features
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wrap is a two-player puzzle played on a 4×4 grid where the edges connect — the left meets the right, the top meets the bottom. Build a "quad" of four cells before your opponent does. Sounds simple. Then you discover the corners count as a quad too. That's the trick: cells that look far apart on the flat grid are neighbors on the donut shape the board really is. To win you need to keep track of groups across edges, diagonally, anywhere four cells share a hidden pattern. HOW TO PLAY You and your opponent take turns placing 1s and 0s. First to form a valid quad wins. 1s always go first. In stack mode, two boards sit on top of one another. A group of 8 (octet) wins the game. If no one manages an octet there is a tiebreaker to count each player's quads. The game includes tutorials on single and stack mode for more detailed instructions. Long press a cell on the board during any game to highlight its neighbors. MODES • Single — a 4×4 board, the classic game. • Stack — two boards stacked together, an extra layer of strategy. • Daily Puzzle — find every quad on today's board against the clock. New every day at 8am ET. Free for everyone. • Speed — same rules, faster format. Built for short sessions. (wrap pro) OPPONENTS • Pass-and-play — share one device with a friend. • AI — four difficulties: Easy, Medium, Hard, Insane. • Friend by code — start a game, share the code, your friend joins async. Take your turn whenever. • Random match — get paired with anyone, anywhere, ranked or casual. WRAP PRO A monthly or yearly subscription that unlocks: • Speed mode with friends • Unlimited online play (free includes 3 online games/day) • Friends leaderboard on the daily puzzle and ranked play Free includes the full game: pass-and-play, AI, three online games a day, and the daily puzzle. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED You can play the entire game as a guest with pass and play (two players on a single device) or against the AI. Sign in with Apple or Google to play with friends, do the daily puzzle, and play ranked games. SUBSCRIPTION & LEGAL wrap pro is an auto-renewable subscription: $1.99/month or $14.99/year. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://wrap.intellekt.fyi/terms Privacy Policy: https://wrap.intellekt.fyi/privacy

Screenshots

Terraforming Mars4 screens
wrap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: wrap at Free against Terraforming Mars's $8.99. wrap also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Terraforming Mars's advantage is ratings volume (7.6K vs 2) and chart position (#42 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

wrap is free to download; Terraforming Mars costs $8.99 up front. Terraforming Mars sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and wrap sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

wrap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Terraforming Mars has 7.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Terraforming Mars ships an update every 3 weeks, wrap every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Terraforming Mars versus wrap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTerraforming Marswrap
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (7.6K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.6K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#42 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size353 MB17 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTwin Sails InteractiveIntellekt LLC

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

wrap

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Terraforming Mars

One-time6
  • Original Promo Pack$2.99
  • Terraforming Mars - Prelude$3.99
  • Hellas & Elysium$3.99
Show 3 more
  • Venus Next$3.99
  • Colonies$3.99
  • Big Box Promo Pack$4.99
2 purchases

wrap

Subscriptions2
  • wrap pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • wrap pro (Annual)7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Terraforming Mars free?
Terraforming Mars costs $8.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is wrap free?
wrap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Terraforming Mars or wrap?
wrap is rated higher. Terraforming Mars averages 4.5 out of 5 from 7.6K ratings, while wrap averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Terraforming Mars or wrap have ads?
Neither Terraforming Mars nor wrap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Terraforming Mars or wrap?
Terraforming Mars ships an update every 3 weeks, and wrap every 4 days. Most recently, Terraforming Mars was updated on October 29, 2026 and wrap on September 27, 2026.

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