Comparison

Colony Attack vs Mars Race

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 Race

Build a Martian city by harvesting solar power and extracting water. Expand your territory by constructing drones to visit and compete with other players for resources, while defending your own colony.

Highlights
  • Martian city building
  • Resource harvesting (solar power, water)
  • Drone construction for exploration and combat
  • Player versus player resource battles
  • Territory occupation on Mars
Features
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Occupy Mars. You will be assigned one of the nomenclature NASA locations and stake your ground on the red planet. Here you need to harvest solar power and extract water to build your Martian city. Speed up progress by building drones to visit other colonizers and fight for resources. And the same will be done onto you. The race is on!!

Screenshots

Colony Attack4 screens
Mars Race4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Colony Attack at none against Mars Race's shown. Colony Attack also leads on ratings volume (205 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). Mars Race's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On price, rating, 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. Colony Attack sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Mars Race sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Colony Attack against 4.5 for Mars Race. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Colony Attack has 205 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Colony Attack's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mars Race's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colony Attack ships an update every 3 months, Mars Race every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Colony Attack versus Mars Race: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColony AttackMars Race
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (205 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings205 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB249 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGeek BeachaGame Company

Customer experience

Colony Attack

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

Mars Race

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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 Race

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Colony Attack

One-time7
  • Small Nanites$0.99
  • Medium Nanites$2.99
  • Elite$4.99
Show 4 more
  • Large Nanites$9.99
  • Huge Nanites$19.99
  • Speed Bundle$28.99
  • Massive Nanites$39.99
5 purchases

Mars Race

One-time5
  • Few$3.99
  • Pile$9.99
  • Bag$18.99
Show 2 more
  • Box$48.99
  • Vault$94.99

Questions

Is Colony Attack free?
Colony Attack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mars Race free?
Mars Race is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Colony Attack or Mars Race?
Mars Race is rated higher. Colony Attack averages 4.4 out of 5 from 205 ratings, while Mars Race averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Colony Attack or Mars Race have ads?
Mars Race shows ads; Colony Attack does not.
Which is updated more often, Colony Attack or Mars Race?
Colony Attack ships an update every 3 months, and Mars Race every 6 months. Most recently, Colony Attack was updated on October 7, 2026 and Mars Race on October 3, 2026.

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