Comparison

Colony Master vs Interstellar Frontier

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

Head to head
About

Colony Master

Manage an ant colony by adding new ants, merging them to improve efficiency, and directing them to gather food. Tap to accelerate their actions and clear obstacles.

Highlights
  • Add new ants
  • Merge ants
  • Increase ant speed
  • Gather food
  • Destroy obstacles
Features
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Add new ants, merge them and make them work faster to access food. Tap tap to speed them up, destroy earth and food.

About

Interstellar Frontier

Features
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Command a mobile expedition across procedurally generated alien worlds. Start with a single lander and expand a connected colony across hostile planets. Balance energy, alloy production, defenses, barracks, drone hangars, and heavy factories while choosing from randomized construction offers. Every planet creates a different tactical challenge. Frozen, fungal, and volcanic environments shape your routes and battles. Alien nests produce stronger creatures, retaliate when attacked, migrate, replicate, and evolve shields as the difficulty rises. Deploy robots, rovers, aircraft, and specialized defenses. Capture strategic nodes, protect your lander, and destroy every alien nest before your colony falls. Every fifth planet introduces a powerful boss. Victory increases the difficulty of the next world, creating an endless campaign. Track your score, planets secured, enemies eliminated, and nests destroyed. The core game is playable offline. Optional rewarded ads can provide bonus upgrade points.

Screenshots

Colony Master3 screens
Interstellar Frontier4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Interstellar Frontier at none against Colony Master's 18. Colony Master's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Colony Master sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Interstellar Frontier asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Colony Master versus Interstellar Frontier: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColony MasterInterstellar Frontier
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (427 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews5.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings427 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB241 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUpperpik Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Ticaret Anonim Sirketi万泉 聂

Bugs and requests

Colony Master

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Ads cannot be skipped or disabled
  • Game crashes or becomes unplayable due to ads

Requested features

2 requests
  • Remove forced ads
  • Improve gameplay to make it more engaging

Interstellar Frontier

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

18 purchases

Colony Master

One-time18
  • Kickstart Pack$1.99
  • 10 Tickets!$1.99
  • Manager$2.99
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  • Engineer$2.99
  • Money Fountain Pack$2.99
  • 20 Tickets$2.99
  • Financier$3.99
  • Big Deal Pack$3.99
  • Royal Treasury Pack$4.99
  • 50 Tickets$4.99
  • No Ads$4.99
  • Bundle$5.99
  • Treasury Trove Pack$5.99
  • 30 Tickets & No Ads$5.99
  • Mega Bundle$7.99
  • Big Vault Pack$8.99
  • Ultra Bundle$10.99
  • Big Chest Treasure$11.99
None

Interstellar Frontier

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colony Master free?
Colony Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Interstellar Frontier free?
Interstellar Frontier is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Colony Master or Interstellar Frontier have ads?
Both Colony Master and Interstellar Frontier show ads.
Which is updated more often, Colony Master or Interstellar Frontier?
Colony Master ships an update every 4 days, and Interstellar Frontier every 4 days. Most recently, Colony Master was updated on October 22, 2026 and Interstellar Frontier on October 29, 2026.

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