Comparison

Mars Miner 2 vs Mars Future

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

Head to head
About

Mars Miner 2

Explore procedurally generated mines on six different planets to find artifact pieces and escape Mars Corp. Sell gems and ores to upgrade equipment and purchase supplies needed for deeper exploration. Manage your resources carefully to ensure a safe return to Earth.

Highlights
  • Mine for artifact pieces
  • Collect gems and ores
  • Upgrade mining equipment
  • Randomly generated mines
  • Explore six planets
  • Manage supplies
Features
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Mine, build, and upgrade your way to freedom...Again! You've, once again, been kidnapped by the evil Mars Corp. and forced to mine for pieces of an ancient artifact buried deep below the surface of six different planets. Finding all of the pieces of the artifact is your ticket back to Earth. You will find many valuable gems and ores along the way that can be sold at the shop to buy more supplies and better equipment to allow you to mine deeper. Make sure you have enough supplies to get back out of the mine! Every mine is randomly generated. No game is ever the same! Music: www.bensound.com

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!

Screenshots

Mars Miner 24 screens
Mars Future4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mars Miner 2 at none against Mars Future's shown. Mars Miner 2 also leads on ratings volume (73 vs 15) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Mars Future's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 63%). On price, rating, 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 Miner 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Mars Future 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Mars Miner 2 against 4.4 for Mars Future. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Mars Miner 2's written reviews are positive against 82% of Mars Future's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mars Miner 2 ships an update fortnightly, Mars Future every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mars Miner 2 versus Mars Future: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMars Miner 2Mars Future
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (73 ratings)4.4 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.4% of reviews81.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better15
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB280 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTuna Bowl Software LLCSTM GAMES FZCO

Customer experience

Mars Miner 2

All ratings73 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral5.5%
Negative13.7%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive63.4%
Neutral15.5%
Negative21.1%

Mars Future

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

Bugs and requests

Mars Miner 2

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Game crashes randomly
  • Won't generate new mines
  • Endless loop on generating new mine
  • Purchased items not received
  • Save doesn't work
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  • Crashes on red planet
  • Crashes when saving
  • Game crashes every time
  • Ruined after update
  • Flash-lightly flashlight broke the game
  • Crashes very occasionally
  • Bridges disappear when placed on ladder
  • Stuck on saved game
  • Game goes into endless loop
  • Not able to go back to Earth
  • Fuel has no use
  • Trial version without price

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add controller compatibility
  • More gems to mine
  • Way to place multiple ladders at once
  • Add aliens to encounter and fight
  • Add Mars Miner 3
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  • Allow right rotation
  • More events
  • Add music
  • Joystick replaced with tap
  • More gameplay factors
  • Make ores more valuable
  • Dark mode option

Mars Future

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Mars Miner 2

One-time10
  • 10,000 Credits!$0.99
  • God Mode!$0.99
  • Infinite Jetpack Fuel!$0.99
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  • Credit Doubler!$0.99
  • Full Game Unlock!$0.99
  • 25,000 Credits!$1.99
  • 60,000 Credits!$2.99
  • 6 Giant Gift Boxes$2.99
  • 150,000 Credits!$3.99
  • 500,000 Credits!$4.99
11 purchases

Mars Future

One-time11
  • 10,000 Coins$2.99
  • 150 Crystals$2.99
  • 40 Energy$2.99
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  • 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

Questions

Is Mars Miner 2 free?
Mars Miner 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mars Future free?
Mars Future is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mars Miner 2 or Mars Future?
Mars Future is rated higher. Mars Miner 2 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Mars Future averages 4.4 from 15 ratings.
Do Mars Miner 2 or Mars Future have ads?
Mars Future shows ads; Mars Miner 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Mars Miner 2 or Mars Future?
Mars Miner 2 ships an update fortnightly, and Mars Future every 2 weeks. Most recently, Mars Miner 2 was updated on October 1, 2026 and Mars Future on September 26, 2026.

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