Mindustry vs SmoothTrack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mindustry
Build complex factories, manage supply chains, and defend your base from enemy waves in this real-time strategy game. Conquer planets, research new technologies, and engage in multiplayer battles with friends.
- Factory building and supply chains
- Tower defense against enemy waves
- Cross-platform multiplayer co-op and PvP
- Conquer planets with campaign and procedural sectors
- Research new blocks and technologies
- Map editor with scripting support
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Mindustry is a factory-building game with tower defense and RTS elements. Create elaborate supply chains to feed ammo into your turrets, produce materials to use for building, and construct units. Command units to capture enemy bases, and expand your production. Defend your core from waves of enemies. Gameplay Features: - Use production blocks to create a wide variety of advanced materials - Defend your structures from waves of enemies - Play with your friends in cross-platform multiplayer co-op games, or challenge them in team-based PvP matches - Distribute liquids and fight constant challenges, like outbreaks of fire or enemy flier raids - Get the most out of your production by supplying optional coolant and lubricant - Produce a wide variety of units for automatic management of your base or assault on enemy bases - Set up assembly lines to construct armies of mechanized units - Use your units to square up against fully functional enemy bases Campaign: - Conquer the planets Serpulo and Erekir as you advance through 35 hand-made maps and 250+ procedurally generated sectors - Capture territory and set up factories to produce resources while you play other sectors - Defend your sectors from periodic invasions - Coordinate resource distribution between sectors via launch pads - Research new blocks to fuel progress - Invite your friends to complete missions together - 250+ technology blocks to master - 50+ different types of drones, mechs and ships Custom Games & Cross-Platform Multiplayer: - 16+ built in maps for custom games, in addition to two entire campaigns - Play co-op, PvP or sandbox - Join a public dedicated server, or invite friends to your own private session - Customizable game rules: Change block costs, enemy stats, starting items, wave timing and more - Full functional map editor with scripting support
SmoothTrack
Enhance your simulation gaming experience with phone-based head and eye tracking. This app allows for intuitive, 6-degrees-of-freedom head movements to control your in-game perspective without any extra hardware. Seamlessly look around cockpits, check blind spots, or zoom in on details with natural head gestures.
- 6DoF head tracking
- Optional eye tracking
- No extra hardware required
- Works with FreeTrack/TrackIR games
- Customizable view presets
- Exaggerated head movements for control
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SmoothTrack 2.0 uses the head and eye tracking AR capabilities of your phone to provide the simplest and best head tracker for 6 degrees-of-freedom head movements in your sim games. ----- "The best new controller on the market." - Charlie Hall, Polygon Customer reviews: "SmoothTrack just works. Less than 5 minutes to install, setup and fly. Love not being tethered to my desk! 5 stars!!" "This worked perfectly and way better than expected! Totally enhanced my experience with MFS 2020!" --- It's a near magical experience to seamlessly slightly move your head and have your game perspective immediately play along (the movements in the game are exaggerated so that you only have to make slight movements of your head to control the camera). Additionally, since version 2, your eyes are also optionally tracked and will nudge the camera based on where you're glancing on screen! - Simply lean forward to get a closer look at your Flight Simulator cockpit! - Look a bit up to see the overhead panel of your A320! - Simply shift your head a bit to the right to see the direction of the space station you're approaching in Elite: Dangerous! - Look a bit left before a hard left turn in Euro Truck Simulator 2! No headset or extra equipment of any kind is required! Simply set up your device so that it can see your face. Using simple camera gestures, you can shift your perspective in-game. Also, if you want, you can store views (say, a copilot angle, or a cockpit closeup) as Quick Views for easy access later. Your head movements are slightly exaggerated which enables you to look out of a cockpit side window with just a slight movement of your head to the left. Any game that supports the FreeTrack or TrackIR protocol will work with this, including: - Microsoft Flight Simulator - Microsoft FSX - DCS World - Elite: Dangerous - IL2: Sturmovik - Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Kerbal Space Program - ...and many, many others! Email and Discord support is provided if there are any issues (or if you have any ideas for new features!).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mindustry at $1.99 against SmoothTrack's $14.99. Mindustry also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months) and chart position (#36 vs unranked). SmoothTrack's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (86% vs 74%). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Mindustry costs $1.99 and SmoothTrack $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SmoothTrack holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1K and 249 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Mindustry's written reviews are positive against 86% of SmoothTrack's.
Mindustry ships an update every 4 days, SmoothTrack every 4 months. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Mindustry | SmoothTrack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) | 4.7 (249 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.3% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 249 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #36 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anton Kramskoi | John Goering |
Customer experience
Mindustry
SmoothTrack
User reviews
Mindustry
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 🚀 Excellent value
- 🚀 Tons of content
- 🚀 Impressive depth
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🐛 Unintuitive controls
- 🐛 Lack of tutorial/guidance
- 🐛 Outdated UI for newer devices
- 🐛 Progression bottlenecks
SmoothTrack
From 249 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth and accurate head tracking
- 👍 Affordable alternative to expensive hardware
- 💡 Doesn't require any additional equipment
- 🚀 Easy to set up and use
- 👍 Enhances immersion in flight simulators
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional connectivity issues
- 🔋 Drains phone battery quickly
- 🔧 Requires some technical knowledge for setup
- 🔧 Calibration and sensitivity adjustments needed
Bugs and requests
Mindustry
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes on launch
- Freezing and performance issues
- Save data corruption and loss
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
8 requests- Ability to save/load custom maps
- More campaign levels and content
- Improved tutorial and onboarding
- Expanded tech tree and upgrades
- Better UI scaling for larger screens
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- Ability to queue/fast-forward waves
- Improved pathfinding and unit AI
- More diverse enemy types and mechanics
SmoothTrack
Reported bugs
2 issues- Tracking issues with certain phone positions
- Compatibility problems with some devices/OSes
Requested features
3 requests- Background mode support
- Ability to use rear camera
- Improved UI and customization options
In-app purchases
Mindustry
No in-app purchases
SmoothTrack
No in-app purchases









