Wasteland Orchard vs Potatoes on Mars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Grow resilient trees
- Harvest valuable fruit
- Explore and scavenge
- Craft items and build
- Research abilities
- Permanent upgrades
- Idle progression
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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!
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.
- Strategic card stacking
- Merge resources
- Discover card combinations
- Exploration and discovery
- Casual strategy gameplay
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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!
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Wasteland Orchard sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Potatoes on Mars asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Wasteland Orchard | Potatoes on Mars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (153 ratings) — better | 1.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 237 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dustin Auxier | TPG TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDA |
Customer experience
Wasteland Orchard
Potatoes on Mars
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
Wasteland Orchard
- 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
Potatoes on Mars
No in-app purchases
Questions
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