Comparison

Mars Future vs Mars

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

Head to head
About

Mars Future

Embark on a Martian adventure, exploring the planet, uncovering mysteries, and building a thriving city. Utilize unique resources and advanced robots to develop tourism and transform the landscape. Complete tasks, earn rewards, and expand your region in this offline colonization game.

Highlights
  • Explore Martian landscapes
  • Uncover mysteries and artifacts
  • Build and upgrade facilities
  • Develop interplanetary tourism
  • Transform the planet's terrain
  • Complete tasks and earn rewards
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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Become one of the Mars explorers! Experiments with gravity and atmosphere have already brought the first results. Animals and plants are starting to spread. In the nearest future a flight to Marks takes just a few hours - let's take ride! Explore the planet and find the things nobody has seen before! Solve mysteries. Find artifacts, abandoned bunkers, buried tunnels and other evidence that the earthlings were not the first ones to visit the planet. Or was it even inhabitated? Study the paranormal areas nobody has visited before, where something supernatural is going on. Be the first one! Build facilities. Use the unique natural resources of the planet and the most advanced robots! Develop tourism. Receive guests from all around the Galaxy and surprise them with service and entertainment, and they will bring you the skyrocket profit you can spend on development and research. Transform the planet. Use the objects available - glaciers, craters, Martian river beds - to create structures without equals on Earth. You have more than 50 buildings to choose from. Apart from those, you will receive the unique ones in reward for participating in events and competitions. The futuristic design of the buildings lets them perfectly match the bizarre landscape of the planet. Make progress! Complete interesting tasks, receive achievements and rewards, open new areas - explore and develop them. Let your region grow and thrive. Enter the world of outer space colonization, where you can follow your adventurous spirit and apply your talents of a pioneer, explorer, businessman and city planner. Play without the Internet connection in any place at any time!

About

Mars

Build and manage a thriving colony on Mars in the year 2050. Explore the planet, research new technologies, and collaborate with other colonies to overcome daily challenges and establish a new civilization.

Highlights
  • Explore Mars with Rovers
  • Collaborate on Mega Builds
  • Help Citizens with Minigames
  • Research New Technologies
  • Build Colony Structures
  • Collect and Study Stone Samples
Features
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We are in the year 2050, all the resources on Earth are close to depletion, so we have no choice but to colonize other planets. Mars is the closest planet to us, and we have to find a way to colonize it as fast as possible. However, going to a new planet that we never lived on before is not going to be easy. Every day is different and comes with new challenges. -Explore the Mars- Upgrade or unlock new Rovers to explore Mars on exciting Expeditions and collect and study Stone Samples. -Collaborate with other Colonies- Together with other Colonies you can collaborate on building a Space Lift or other Mega Builds. -Help your Citizen with Minigames- Meet various Citizens of your Colony. Like Freddy the Mechanic, Luna the Scientist, Nura the Gardener or Yuri the Technician and help them with little Puzzles or fun Minigames. -New Technologies- Research on new Technologies like Fusion Energy to unlock new Possibilities for your Colony and Humanity -Build your own Colony- Aluminum Mines, Water Pumps, Solar Power Plants, Residences, Nuclear Power Plants, Science Centers and many more Buildings. Build up a completely new Civilization on Mars. Give it a try for yourself and enjoy creating the best Mars Colony of all!

Screenshots

Mars Future4 screens
Mars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mars Future at 82% against Mars's 20%. Mars Future also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (15 vs 3). Mars's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mars Future sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Mars sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mars Future holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Future has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Mars Future's written reviews are positive against 20% of Mars's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mars Future ships an update every 2 weeks, Mars every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mars Future versus Mars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMars FutureMars
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (15 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size280 MB402 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSTM GAMES FZCOPaul Noack

Customer experience

Mars Future

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

Mars

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Mars Future

One-time11
  • 10,000 Coins$2.99
  • 150 Crystals$2.99
  • 40 Energy$2.99
Show 8 more
  • 100 Energy$5.99
  • 22,000 Coins$5.99
  • 52,000 Coins$10.99
  • 230 Energy$10.99
  • 525 Energy$20.99
  • 1,200 Energy$42.99
  • 10,000 Crystals$84.99
  • 2,600 Energy$84.99
11 purchases

Mars

One-time11
  • Tiny Antimatter Pack$0.99
  • Small Antimatter Pack$1.99
  • Medium Antimatter Pack$3.99
Show 8 more
  • Small Bundle$4.99
  • Large Antimatter Pack$8.99
  • Small Bundle$12.99
  • Medium Bundle$13.99
  • Extra Large Antimatter Pack$24.99
  • Large Bundle$31.99
  • Medium Bundle$34.99
  • Large Bundle$69.99

Questions

Is Mars Future free?
Mars Future is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mars free?
Mars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mars Future or Mars?
Mars Future is rated higher. Mars Future averages 4.4 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Mars averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Mars Future or Mars have ads?
Both Mars Future and Mars show ads.
Which is updated more often, Mars Future or Mars?
Mars Future ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mars every 4 days. Most recently, Mars Future was updated on September 26, 2026 and Mars on September 11, 2026.

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