Comparison

Micro vs COSEA

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

Head to head
About

Micro

Engage in a cooperative board game simulation where players act as healthcare professionals to combat the spread of pathogenic agents in a city. Work together to prevent the population from falling ill using preventive measures and medications.

Highlights
  • Cooperative gameplay
  • Disease outbreak simulation
  • Healthcare professional roles
  • Preventive measures and medications
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Available in 18 languages
Features
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A new way to play Micro-Combat. Play alone, with friends or online! In Micro-Combat you will play the role of doctors, researchers and health-care personnel who have the mission of thwarting the attack of pathogenic agents which can make the population of your city ill. Your objective is to avoid any of the characters in the game losing all of their defenses, and to do this you will have different preventive measures and medications…which are not always enough! Micro-Combat is a cooperative game, so you need to work together in order to win! This App is based on the original idea of the card game that was created by ISGlobal in collaboration with the Laboratori de Jocs, produced and validated with the funding of European Union Joint Action on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (EU-JAMRAI). Micro-Combat App has been funded by the EU-JAMRAI and designed in collaboration with ISGlobal. AEMPS and ISGlobal are not responsible for and does not endorse player. Game available in 18 languages in January 2021!

About

COSEA

Document marine environments, coastal habitats, and species. Report on pollution, infrastructure, and the blue economy. Contribute data and photos to a collaborative map to help scientists understand marine factors and foster a healthy relationship between humans and the sea.

Highlights
  • Observe marine environments
  • Document coastal habitats and species
  • Report on pollution and infrastructure
  • Add photos and data to a collaborative map
  • Interact with the user community
  • Build an environment notebook
Features
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With COSEA you can observe your marine environment, document coastal habitats or species, do activities, and report on pollution, infrastructure, and the blue economy. COSEA is a collaborative, participatory, and community-driven project. With your contributions on the map and your activity in the app, you help scientists better understand the impacts and drivers of marine factors to protect and foster healthy relationship between humans and our seas. What can you do? In COSEA you can add your photos and data, aka "Spots, on the map. By submitting your observations and documentation, you can build up an environment notebook in your user profile and map your area. You can also interact, comment, and exchange with others in the user community, or simply respond to the contribution of a friend in the app with a heart & like. We all share a deep care for our seas and their resilience in changing times. With COSEA you can help strengthen a healthy relationship between humans and our oceans and learn more about marine protection, social impacts and sustainable use of natural resources. Open Project COSEA is an open project. We invite actors, stakeholders, environment groups, associations, youth projects, and others to co-use the COSEA App for observations, data collection, and community building. During the course of the projects, we will build innovative tools for you to enable independent and self-governed usage of COSEA for your marine and coastal activities. The COSEA App is running on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science Platform at www.spotteron.net

Screenshots

Micro4 screens
COSEA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Micro at every 2 weeks against COSEA's every 5 weeks. Micro also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Micro ships an update every 2 weeks, COSEA every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Micro versus COSEA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicroCOSEA
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size440 MB206 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAgencia Espa�ola de Medicamentos y Productos SanitariosSPOTTERON Gmbh

Customer experience

Micro

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

COSEA

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Micro

No in-app purchases

None

COSEA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Micro free?
Micro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is COSEA free?
COSEA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Micro or COSEA have ads?
Neither Micro nor COSEA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Micro or COSEA?
Micro ships an update every 2 weeks, and COSEA every 5 weeks. Most recently, Micro was updated on September 23, 2026 and COSEA on October 7, 2026.

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