Comparison

Wasteland Orchard vs Potatoes on Mars

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

Head to head
About

Wasteland Orchard

Cultivate resilient trees and harvest valuable fruit in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Manage your orchard, scavenge resources, and research abilities to survive storms and radiation. Your trees grow even when you're offline, offering daily rewards and permanent upgrades.

Highlights
  • Grow resilient trees
  • Harvest valuable fruit
  • Explore and scavenge
  • Craft items and build
  • Research abilities
  • Permanent upgrades
  • Idle progression
Features
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Survive a wasteland ravaged by storms and radiation by growing the strongest, most resilient trees with the most valuable fruit! Select fruit with the ideal properties to plant more trees and expand your orchard! Explore the map each run, scavenge for resources, craft items, build structures, trade with and receive gifts from townsfolk, research powerful abilities, and use rare golden seeds for permanent upgrades! Your trees in Wasteland Orchard continue growing while you're away so check back daily to harvest, purchase upgrades, and expand your orchard!

About

Potatoes on Mars

Embark on a casual strategy game where you stack cards, merge resources, and explore a whimsical Martian landscape. Discover new cards and combinations to overcome challenges in this space-faring adventure.

Highlights
  • Strategic card stacking
  • Merge resources
  • Discover card combinations
  • Exploration and discovery
  • Casual strategy gameplay
Features
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Embark on a space-faring escapade with "Potatoes on Mars," a casual strategy game that invites you to don the spacesuit of the Astronaut. Your mission: stack cards, merge resources, and enjoy an epic adventure on the whimsical red planet. Key Features: -Strategic Card Stacking: Engage in a subtle yet strategic card stacking experience. Harness your planning skills as you strategically place cards to generate essential resources. Each move counts, offering an engaging and thoughtful gameplay experience. -Merge Resources: Gather and merge a variety of resources in the Martian environment. Take a thoughtful approach to merging your resources and enjoy the satisfying melding as you breeze through your mission. -Card Combinations: Discover a lighthearted assortment of cards, each with its own whimsical benefits. Dive into the joy of experimenting with different combinations to uncover delightful synergies. Let your creativity flow as you stumble upon amusing card pairings. -Exploration and Discovery: Embark on a journey of exploration and unveil new cards with distinct abilities. The discovery adds an exciting layer to your strategic decisions, keeping the gameplay experience fresh and engaging. Embark on this cosmic journey, where a balance of casual play and strategic depth awaits. Overcome challenges, experiment with cunning card combinations, and download 'Potatoes on Mars' now to experience the perfect fusion of innovation and strategic excitement. Chart your course through the Martian landscape and prove that survival and escape can be as strategically rewarding as they are enjoyable. Ready for a cosmic challenge? Download now and let the strategic space exploration begin!

Screenshots

Wasteland Orchard4 screens
Potatoes on Mars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wasteland Orchard at 91% against Potatoes on Mars's 0%. Wasteland Orchard also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (153 vs 4). Potatoes on Mars's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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. Wasteland Orchard sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Potatoes on Mars asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wasteland Orchard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wasteland Orchard has 153 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Wasteland Orchard's written reviews are positive against 0% of Potatoes on Mars's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Wasteland Orchard versus Potatoes on Mars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWasteland OrchardPotatoes on Mars
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (153 ratings) — better1.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings153 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size237 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDustin AuxierTPG TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDA

Customer experience

Wasteland Orchard

All ratings152 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%

Potatoes on Mars

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Wasteland Orchard

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Seeds disappear
  • Disappointing Nerfs
  • Monotonous gameplay loop
  • Save bug
  • Game not launching after update
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  • Game not opening
  • Glitch where trying to claim tree treasure rewards makes it inaccessible after a storm kills trees and makes a giant text box until you close the game
  • Seeds disappear after a storm

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add search/filter radar function to tutorial
  • Journal or easily find specific trees by stats
  • More missions
  • More content
  • Make game able to save progress
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  • Quickly switch between all trees
  • More frequent time potion in shop
  • Balance storm requirements
  • No shortcuts/features to reseed the entire map
  • No shortcuts to add auto harvest/mulch/tree stakes/lightning wall/concrete wall to all trees
  • No shortcut/features to see dead trees
  • Not possible to make Chests keys
  • Time warp Potions should be easier to come by at the beginning
  • Balance some storms

Potatoes on Mars

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Wasteland Orchard

One-time9
  • Wasteland Starter Pack$1.99
  • Peaceful Harvests PhillipAddOn$1.99
  • Peaceful Harvests BountifulAdd$2.99
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  • Great Listener$3.99
  • Bountiful Orchard$4.99
  • Nature's Bounty$5.99
  • Peaceful Harvests$6.99
  • Shard Shaman$12.99
  • Time Lord$19.99
None

Potatoes on Mars

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wasteland Orchard free?
Wasteland Orchard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Potatoes on Mars free?
Potatoes on Mars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wasteland Orchard or Potatoes on Mars?
Wasteland Orchard is rated higher. Wasteland Orchard averages 4.7 out of 5 from 153 ratings, while Potatoes on Mars averages 1.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Wasteland Orchard or Potatoes on Mars have ads?
Neither Wasteland Orchard nor Potatoes on Mars shows ads.

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