Comparison

Mars 2055 vs Partywheel

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

Head to head
About

Mars 2055

Embark on a solo first-person adventure on Mars. Survive, search for clues, and repair systems to find your way home. MacGyver items and make critical choices to escape the desolate planet.

Highlights
  • First-person solo adventure
  • Survival mechanics
  • Clue searching and puzzle solving
  • Item repair and system restoration
  • Sandbox exploration
  • Escape objective
Features
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Loneliness is the only feeling you may ever know? You wake up, alone, on a planet that appears to be Mars. There is not much else I can tell you. The rest is up to you. In this first person solo game there are clues all around you but the only thing I can tell you is its time to start moving. While you still can. Finding your way home seems like the best option. What? You need something more than that? Mars 2055 is a first person solo adventure where you, as the player, find yourself in an unknown location, for unknown reasons, alone. In this sandbox you need to: • first and foremost: survive • search for clues left behind by other intelligence: human or artificial • use those clues to make good choices • use those clues to repair broken items • use those clues to restore damaged systems • use those clues to access secure areas • use those clues to MacGyver seemingly unrelated items into usable modules • be careful to not destroy the entire base with a single miscalculation When you have, and only when you have finally pieced together the entire puzzle, there will be an opportunity for you to escape, with nothing more than the suit on your back. Where does the adventure come from? Why it comes from the stories you tell yourself, alone, inside your head.

About

Partywheel

This app offers a fun and interactive way to enhance social gatherings with a variety of games and challenges. Spin a wheel to determine the next activity, from dance-offs to truth-or-dare, ensuring an engaging experience for all participants.

Highlights
  • Interactive game wheel
  • Spin to determine actions
  • Variety of challenges
  • Easy setup and play
  • Suitable for social events
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One spin picks what you play together next. Partywheel brings 14 group games to Apple TV, iPhone and iPad, with no player names to enter and no ads. The cropped wheel reveals your next game. Its rules stay on screen until you spin again, so you can jump straight into playing together. All 14 classics are included for free. A one-time purchase of Partywheel Premium lets you disable individual games and add, edit or delete your own games with a title, emoji and description. With iCloud, your personal game selection syncs across your devices. On iPhone and iPad, you can also save your own games locally without iCloud. Editing on Apple TV requires an available iCloud connection; games already saved there can also be played offline. One Premium purchase works on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV using the same Apple Account for purchases. If you previously purchased the ad-free option, Premium is included without another purchase. The interface and classic games are available in English, German, French and Spanish. Your own game descriptions stay just as you wrote them. Sound and supported haptics can be switched off separately.

Screenshots

Mars 20554 screens
Partywheel3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Partywheel at 3.2 against Mars 2055's 2.3. Partywheel also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). Mars 2055's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 27.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 2055 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Partywheel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Partywheel holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Mars 2055's written reviews are positive against 50% of Partywheel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mars 2055 ships an update every 4 weeks, Partywheel monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mars 2055 versus Partywheel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMars 2055Partywheel
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)3.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS15.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size301 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBurningThumb SoftwareJohannes Bauer

Customer experience

Mars 2055

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Partywheel

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mars 2055

One-time1
  • Mars 2055$9.99
1 purchases

Partywheel

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Mars 2055 free?
Mars 2055 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Partywheel free?
Partywheel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mars 2055 or Partywheel?
Partywheel is rated higher. Mars 2055 averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Partywheel averages 3.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Mars 2055 or Partywheel have ads?
Mars 2055 shows ads; Partywheel does not.
Which is updated more often, Mars 2055 or Partywheel?
Mars 2055 ships an update every 4 weeks, and Partywheel monthly. Most recently, Mars 2055 was updated on October 27, 2026 and Partywheel on October 16, 2026.

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