Payload Mayhem vs Alien Grounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Payload Mayhem
Engage in combat to defeat enemies and gather gold. Carry your payload to your base to enhance your character, weaponry, and gear. This game offers a progression system for your in-game assets.
- Defeat enemies
- Collect gold
- Upgrade character
- Upgrade weapons
- Upgrade equipment
- Carry payload to base
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Defeat the enemies and collect gold in your payload to carry it into your base and upgrade your character, weapons and equipment!
Alien Grounds
Choose your invader and conquer planets across galaxies. Engage in battles to claim your territory and become the ultimate owner of all galaxies. Experience strategic conquest and expansion.
- Choose your invader
- Conquer planets
- Galactic battles
- Expand your territory
- Become galaxy owner
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You have an opportunity to choose your invader, and conquer planets! Fight for what has to be yours, and become an owner of all galaxies!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Alien Grounds at 5.0 against Payload Mayhem's 4.0. Alien Grounds also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Payload Mayhem's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Alien Grounds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Payload Mayhem ships an update weekly, Alien Grounds every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Payload Mayhem | Alien Grounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 740 MB | 746 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Hussein Ibrahim | Dmitriy Sychev |
Customer experience
Payload Mayhem
Alien Grounds
In-app purchases
Payload Mayhem
No in-app purchases
Alien Grounds
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Payload Mayhem free?
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