Mars Base vs WiseMan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mars Base
Establish a human presence on Mars by cultivating crops in the harsh Martian soil. Manage a growing colony, interact with fellow colonists, and explore the Red Planet. Your mission is to make the base self-sustaining through advanced agriculture.
- Cultivate crops on Mars
- Manage a growing colony
- Interact with fellow colonists
- Build and upgrade facilities
- Explore the Martian surface
- Crafting and research
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Welcome to Mars, adventurer! You have been selected to join the latest Mars colonization mission, establishing a permanent human presence on the enigmatic Red Planet. Your assignment is at Mars Base, located in the scenic Erebus Montes region on the Amazonis Planitia. Your job? Make sure that our nascent colony can sustain itself through agriculture. Achieve the impossible and convert the harsh Martian soil into arable land, to grow everything the colonists need to survive. If successful, you'll mark the beginning of Human-Martian history. However, never forget that you'll be working tens of millions of kilometers away from Earth. Resupply is not an option for the most dangerous gardening job ever. WELCOME TO MARS BASE The scenic Erebus Montes region is located in one of the most fascinating regions of Mars, with a rich geological history. Mars Base will be tasked with digging into this rich history and help humanity understand our next home a little better. - The base is a living organism, with dozens of facilities. You will have access to all the necessary essentials upon landing, including crafting facilities, research labs, solar power plants, and your trusty greenhouses. - Every colonist has something to share. Be sure to interact with your fellow expedition members to learn their stories and see if you can't help them with their tasks. Teamwork! - More colonists will join you at the base every two Earth years, bringing with them more job expertise and assisting in growing Mars Base. See it grow from an outpost to humanity's first extraterrestrial city! SCIENCE THE "CROP" OUT OF MARS As the expedition's main botanist, you'll be responsible for turning a dead planet into a living one, a planter at a time. The other colonists will certainly appreciate your tireless labor to keep them fed and alive. - Martian soil can be toxic and barren, so botanists have to get creative. Starting with raw resources supplied by fellow colonists on a daily basis, you'll be able to gradually turn this sterile land into something much more suited for life to thrive. - A colonist does not live on “poo-tatoes” alone. Expand agriculture endeavors to provide a variety of crops and provide them with all the necessary micronutrients. Scurvy is not fun - and positively lethal when in the red variety instead of yellow. - Utilize a broad range of tools to succeed, from modular planters that can be combined in an infinite variety of configurations to autonomous robots to automate much of the labor. MISSION: MARS Mars is more than just humanity's first foothold in the stars. It is also endless wind-swept plains and cyclopean mountains above ground, gigantic pyroducts and vast caverns below, as well as the most hostile environment humanity has set foot upon. Grow your crops, pack them for the journey, and venture out beyond the safe perimeter of Mars Base to explore the Red Planet! - If you brave the dust storms on the surface and the undiscovered mysteries of the underground, you will gain access to valuable resources for crafting tools and supplies. You might even help further the mission's scientific research goals while you're at it. - Crafting is essential. Bring back those resources and see what can be made to help you survive the challenges of Mars - or grow your agricultural projects instead! - During down time, don your iconic chef hat and whip up Martian-cooked meals with freshly grown produce, race Mars rovers for research, or build rockets to explore other celestial bodies beyond the red horizon. - Settle into your assigned living space - a fully customizable home base - to catch up on sleep after a hard day’s work. We would like all colonists to remember that, on Mars, while sleep may be optional, work is not.
WiseMan
Lead a criminal empire from a small-time operator to a feared boss in this choice-driven story game. Build your crew, forge alliances, and make critical decisions that shape your path to power. Survive betrayal and explore different outcomes for high replayability.
- Story-driven campaigns
- Build your crew
- Survive betrayal
- Choice-driven narrative
- High replayability
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You are born with nothing — a name, a country, and a family you did not choose. From there, one year at a time, you decide who you become. WiseMan is a life simulator. The street is one road, not the only one. You can stay in school and become a doctor. You can open a shop and turn it into a holding company. You can run for office. Or you can take the other door, and find out what it costs. ONE CHOICE A YEAR Every year hands you a card. A friend needs an alibi. Your father calls for money. A stranger offers you work you shouldn't take. There is no right answer — only the answer you can live with, and the years that follow it. WHAT YOU CHOOSE COMES BACK A choice is not a number. Take the blame for someone today and, six years from now, a door opens that was closed to everyone else. Look away, and someone remembers. The game keeps your record and reads it back to you. THE INFLUENCE LADDER Street, money, office and name — four pillars, one score, seven rungs, from Kid of the Block to Legend. The top rungs do not fit inside a single life: a dynasty needs a second generation, a legend a third. A WHOLE LIFE, NOT A MENU Fall in love, marry, raise children, lose people. Study, work, get promoted, get fired. Buy a car, a shop, a house, a ship. Get sick, get old. Chronic illness does not go away — you manage it, and pay for it, for the rest of your life. Prison changes what people will do with you afterwards. WHEN YOU DIE, IT ISN'T OVER Your child inherits your name, your debts and your reputation. The Dynasty Book records the peak of every life — not the moment you died, but the highest you ever stood. BORN ANYWHERE Pick from over 250 countries and regions. Where you are born changes the names around you, the money in the house, the schools, the work, and the roads open to you. 22 LANGUAGES Written for each language, not run through a translator. Free to play. Optional purchases and rewarded ads; you can remove ads for good. No account, no sign-up. Your save lives on your phone and the game works offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WiseMan at Free against Mars Base's $4.99. WiseMan also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (60% vs 29%). Mars Base's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
WiseMan is free to download; Mars Base costs $4.99 up front. WiseMan sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Mars Base asks for nothing beyond the download.
WiseMan holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WiseMan has 32 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Mars Base's written reviews are positive against 60% of WiseMan's.
Mars Base ships an update every 3 weeks, WiseMan every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mars Base | WiseMan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Freedom Games, LLC | Mahmut Akyol |
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Mars Base
WiseMan
In-app purchases
Mars Base
No in-app purchases
WiseMan
- 50 GEMS PACK$0.99
- 150 Gems Pack$1.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
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- Boss Pack$6.99
- Enterprise Pack$9.99
- Don Pack$9.99
- All Expansions$19.99









