Comparison

Colony Attack vs Mars Tomorrow

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

Head to head
About

Colony Attack

Build and command your own space colony, construct a powerful fleet, and engage in epic interstellar warfare. Explore a vast universe, battle pirates or other players, and forge alliances to achieve galactic dominance.

Highlights
  • Build spaceships
  • Develop colony buildings
  • Attack player and AI planets
  • Research new technologies
  • Explore the universe
  • Form alliances
Features
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Colony Attack is a space mmo where you create your planet, build your fleet, explore the universe and engage in epic space battles! As the commander of your own space colony you must prepare to fight for supremacy or simply fight for survival. This massively multiplayer space game allows you to create everything you need to grow your space colony, build a powerful fleet of spaceships and attack other planets. As you battle for dominance you can choose to fight space pirates, attack player planets or explore asteroids, stars and other deep space wonders looking for treasure. - Build spaceships including Fighters, Corvettes, Battleships, and the awesome Dreadnaught are ready to command. - Develop buildings such as Sensor Arrays, Plasma Facilities, Research Centers and Armory's. - Attack other player planets or AI planets including the Empire and Pirates, it's space warfare! - Research to unlock powerful Shields, Armor and new ships through the tech tree. - The Universe is populated with Planets, Asteroid fields, Debris, Nebula's and Stars to explore using specialist ships such as the mighty Freighter. - One Universe containing every player amongst millions of stars, no more server selection. - Play with your friends, create alliances, and top the leaderboard. Colony Attack is one of those classic space games you will just want to keep on playing. PLEASE NOTE! Colony Attack is free to play, however some game items can also be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. A network connection is required to play Colony Attack. Terms of Use: http://www.colonyattack.com/termsofuse Privacy Policy: http://www.colonyattack.com/privacypolicy Geek Beach Website: http://www.geekbeach.com

About

Mars Tomorrow

Transform Mars from a hostile planet into a habitable home by building a sustainable economy and a vast transportation network. Join millions of players in a challenging settlement project, making crucial decisions to overcome obstacles and deliver resources. Experience real-time logistics and a deep tech tree in this expansive space simulation.

Highlights
  • Terraform Mars into a habitable planet
  • Build a complex logistic and transport network
  • Collaborate with millions of real players
  • Explore a huge tech tree with over 100 researches
  • Manage a complex resource system
  • Participate in regular content updates
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Mars is known as the Red Planet but this is going to change in Mars Tomorrow. You inhabit the hostile planet and start turning it into a green and habitable place. Terraforming allows you to grow a sustainable economy and create a new place for living - soon called home. You take the role of a brave space pioneer – joining millions of real players. Together you become the last hope for humanity and build a massive transportation network on Mars. Can you overcome all obstacles, make crucial decisions and deliver all required resources on time? FEATURES - Up to thousands of real players per server - Build a complex logistic and transport network - Transporters move in real-time - 8 different terraforming phases - Huge Tech tree with over 100 different researches - Legendary vehicles and plugins - Complex resource system - Regular updates with new content - Growing guilds in a huge community Try your luck as a Martian and lead the challenging settlement project called Mars Tomorrow today! Enjoy Mars Tomorrow? Learn more about Mars Tomorrow and share your experiences with us! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marstomorrow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/marstomorrow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mars_tomorrow/ Mars Tomorrow is free to download and play. Some game items can also be purchased for real money. If you do not want to use this feature, please set up password protection for purchases in the settings of your App Store app.

Screenshots

Colony Attack4 screens
Mars Tomorrow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Colony Attack at 79% against Mars Tomorrow's 31%. Colony Attack also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). Mars Tomorrow's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Colony Attack sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Mars Tomorrow sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Colony Attack holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 208 and 69 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Colony Attack's written reviews are positive against 31% of Mars Tomorrow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colony Attack ships an update every 3 months, Mars Tomorrow weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Colony Attack versus Mars Tomorrow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColony AttackMars Tomorrow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (208 ratings) — better3.9 (69 ratings)
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews — better30.7% of reviews
Number of ratings208 — better69
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB152 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGeek Beachgamefabrik GmbH

Customer experience

Colony Attack

All ratings205 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews277 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral5.8%
Negative15.2%

Mars Tomorrow

All ratings69 ratings
Positive71.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative26.1%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive30.7%
Neutral9.6%
Negative59.6%

User reviews

Colony Attack

From 208 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great gameplay
  • 👍 Addictive and fun
  • 🚀 Excellent graphics
  • 👍 Nostalgic feel
  • 🚀 Engaging battles

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Pay-to-win mechanics
  • 🐛 Lack of updates and new content
  • 🐛 Imbalanced gameplay
  • 🐛 Difficult for new players to progress
  • 🐛 Repetitive and grindy

Mars Tomorrow

From 69 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Great concept and design
  • ✨ Amazing graphics
  • ✨ Detailed menus
  • ✨ Cooperative gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes constantly
  • 🐛 Won't load or open
  • 🐛 Login/account issues
  • 🐛 Confusing interface/tutorial
  • 💰 Greedy monetization

Bugs and requests

Colony Attack

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent chat functionality
  • Incorrect resource/time calculations

Requested features

5 requests
  • More ship variety and customization
  • Improved battle mechanics and tactics
  • Ability to protect/bank ships
  • Expanded galaxy and exploration
  • Better balancing between players

Mars Tomorrow

Reported bugs

37 issues
  • Crashes instantly on startup
  • App won't load
  • Cannot login
  • Menus open and won't close
  • Fails to open on iPhone
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  • Game won't even load
  • Crashes even after reinstalling
  • Keeps logging out
  • Goes to a black screen
  • No confirmation for resource usage
  • Tutorial is overly confusing and tedious
  • Registration area was buggy
  • Internal error pop ups
  • Cannot get more than 5 mins play before it crashes
  • Unable to create an account
  • Won't let me log in with Facebook
  • Game won't even load on iPhone
  • Stuck on loading additional files
  • Gets stuck at eleven percent and then crashes
  • Stuck on tutorial
  • Fails to load game files from a server
  • Cannot play the game without a Facebook account
  • Tutorial is minimal
  • Locked out of account
  • Auto save progress didn't work
  • Bug with prototype equipment purchase chance
  • App update needed for server updates
  • Username taken glitch
  • App keeps crashing once loading screen is about to finish
  • Cannot connect to server
  • Doesn't recognise password
  • Reset function shows '_ entity not found _'
  • Login interface over-engineered
  • Cannot log in using Game Center
  • Tiny text on iPhone
  • Doesn't load past opening screen
  • Crashes when loading game

Requested features

7 requests
  • Make game playable offline
  • Add more information/manual
  • Improve tutorial clarity
  • Add more phase/guild features
  • Fix text size for mobile
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  • Add survival element
  • Allow fresh start on Mars

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Colony Attack

One-time7
  • Small Nanites$0.99
  • Medium Nanites$2.99
  • Elite$4.99
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  • Large Nanites$9.99
  • Huge Nanites$19.99
  • Speed Bundle$28.99
  • Massive Nanites$39.99
7 purchases

Mars Tomorrow

One-time7
  • Tiny Tritium Package$1.99
  • A bit of tritium$2.99
  • Small Tritium package$3.99
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  • Medium Tritium Package$8.99
  • Big Tritium package$13.99
  • Huge Tritium Package$26.99
  • Giant Tritium Package$54.99

Questions

Is Colony Attack free?
Colony Attack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mars Tomorrow free?
Mars Tomorrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Colony Attack or Mars Tomorrow?
Colony Attack is rated higher. Colony Attack averages 4.4 out of 5 from 208 ratings, while Mars Tomorrow averages 3.9 from 69 ratings.
Do Colony Attack or Mars Tomorrow have ads?
Mars Tomorrow shows ads; Colony Attack does not.
Which is updated more often, Colony Attack or Mars Tomorrow?
Colony Attack ships an update every 3 months, and Mars Tomorrow weekly. Most recently, Colony Attack was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mars Tomorrow on October 20, 2026.

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