Comparison

Distant Desert vs Pixel Farm Blast

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

Head to head
About

Distant Desert

Guide an Emirati Bedouin family stranded on Mars to survive by finding essential resources like food, water, and oxygen. Explore the alien planet and manage their needs to overcome the challenges of an unexpected interplanetary journey.

Highlights
  • Resource management
  • Exploration
  • Survival simulation
  • Family management
  • Interplanetary journey
Features
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A family of Emirati Bedouins find themselves stumbling onto a spaceship and are accidently taken to Mars! How will they survive?! Join and help the Bedouin family to look for food, drinks, oxygen, entertainment, and communication devices to survive on Mars.

About

Pixel Farm Blast

Features
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Welcome to Pixel Farm Blast โ€” the coziest pixel-art farm puzzle on iPhone! Grow your dream farm, blast through match-3 levels, and sort a flock of adorable songbirds. PLANT. HARVEST. BLAST! Every level is a crop on your farm. Swap and match corn, tomatoes, pumpkins and more, forge rockets and bombs, and chain juicy combos to hit each goal. TWO GAMES IN ONE Tap the birds in your orchard for Songbird Sort โ€” a relaxing color-sort puzzle. Hop birds between houses until each one sings in a single color. Play Campaign, a Daily Challenge, chill Endless, or beat the clock in Timed Rush. GROW A LIVING FARM Water, feed and harvest your plots on a beautiful, living farm map โ€” windmills turn, animals roam, and your orchard fills with life as you progress. COLLECT & PROGRESS Fill your Songbird Album with cute species, earn stars for clean solves, stock up on power-ups, and chase festival events and daily rewards. PREMIUM PIXEL ART Hand-crafted chunky pixel worlds, full-bleed scenes, satisfying pops and a cozy farm soundtrack โ€” all free of charge. Free to play. Drop in for a few minutes or grow your farm for hours. Download Pixel Farm Blast and start planting today!

Screenshots

Distant Desert3 screens
Pixel Farm Blast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Distant Desert at none against Pixel Farm Blast's 8. Distant Desert also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Pixel Farm Blast sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Distant Desert asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 4 level
Distant Desert versus Pixel Farm Blast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDistant DesertPixel Farm Blast
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size96 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMassDiGIWebElevated

In-app purchases

None

Distant Desert

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Pixel Farm Blast

One-time8
  • Gem Pouch$0.99
  • Handful of Coins$0.99
  • Harvest Bundle$2.99
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  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Sack of Coins$4.99
  • Gem Chest$4.99
  • Tool Chest$5.99
  • Silo Upgrade$7.99

Questions

Is Distant Desert free?
Distant Desert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixel Farm Blast free?
Pixel Farm Blast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Distant Desert or Pixel Farm Blast have ads?
Pixel Farm Blast shows ads; Distant Desert does not.

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