Comparison

Space Colony Idle vs Idle Marathon

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

Head to head
About

Space Colony Idle

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2087. Earth has run out of resources, and its cities are going dark one by one. The Atlas Program launched its last capsule: humanity needs a new home across six worlds, and you are the one who builds it. You land on Mars with one solar field and a skeleton crew. A few hours later the lights never go out. BUILD AND PRODUCE Five production modules, each one paying for the next. The classic idle loop, with no dead time: tap to push output, speed it up, or close the app entirely. Production keeps running without you. SIX WORLDS Mars, Europa, Titan, Venus, Io, Callisto. Every planet brings its own hazard: dust storms, ice sheets, sulfur ash. Raise your shields, plan the drilling order, unlock adaptation tiers before the surface takes the colony apart. RECRUIT A CREW Engineers, pilots, guardians, scientists and prospectors. Assign them to modules, send them on missions, level them up. One legendary crew member changes how the whole colony runs. MISSIONS Launch scouting, mining and rescue runs from the star map. Collect planet keys and open up the next world. RESEARCH A 26-node research tree: production multipliers, automation droids, offline earnings, crew capacity. What you unlock first changes how your colony grows. LEAP AND BEYOND When the colony is complete, take the Leap: reset everything, earn Dark Matter, and come back far faster with permanent multipliers. Clear the 16-node Dark Matter tree to reach the Singularity, a final layer with no level cap. OFFLINE EARNINGS Production continues while the game is closed. Your energy is waiting when you come back. ON EVERY SCREEN Dedicated layouts for phones, tablets and open foldables. Color-blind friendly icon+name pairs, three text sizes, haptics you can switch off. CLOUD BACKUP Your progress is backed up automatically while you play. WEEKLY LEAGUE Production counts toward a weekly league score, offline earnings included. Race other colonies on the same table and collect extra rewards with the Season Pass. SKY EVENTS Now and then a black hole passes close to the colony, and the first close pass will take your flag. On Europa, Io and Callisto, Jupiter hides the sun once a day, and a shooting star crosses the sky when you unlock a letter or an achievement. Space Colony is free. Ads are optional: watching a rewarded ad is your call, and you can remove ads altogether. There are no countdowns, you lose nothing for missing a day, and progress is never for sale. Playable in English, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil). Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shaumne.github.io/uzay-kolonisi-gizlilik/

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Idle Marathon

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An around-the-world marathon that runs itself. Your runner keeps running while the app is closed. Open it now and then, give him water, spend the coins he earned. Simple to play, with more to it than it looks. ■ Run 191 countries, one after another You start from your own country, run to the next one, then the next. All the way around the world, until one day you come home again. ■ Collect a badge for every flag One badge for each country you reach, 192 in all. See how much of the collection you can complete. ■ New scenery with every arrival City, suburb, forest, coast, mountain, desert, snow. The weather and the time of day shift as well. Built so that simply watching him run is part of it. ■ What you do is simple Give him water to restore stamina. Spend coins on Speed and Stamina. Raise your runner and send him on to the next country. ■ Can you make the target time? Every destination has its own time limit. Make it and you earn the badge; miss it and he runs the same leg again. Either way, you never lose the distance or the coins. The kind of game that is just nice to check in on. ・No account or sign-up required

Screenshots

Space Colony Idle4 screens
Idle Marathon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idle Marathon at none against Space Colony Idle's 10. Space Colony Idle's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Space Colony Idle sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Idle Marathon asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Space Colony Idle ships an update every 4 days, Idle Marathon every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Space Colony Idle versus Idle Marathon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpace Colony IdleIdle Marathon
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.215.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEMRECAN CETINKAYAGOLDEN DOG, K.K.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Space Colony Idle

Subscriptions1
  • Orbit Pass$4.991 Month
One-time9
  • 100 Gems$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$2.99
  • Dark Matter Pack$4.99
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  • Season Pass$4.99
  • 550 Gems$7.99
  • 1200 Gems$14.99
  • 3000 Gems$29.99
  • 6500 Gems$59.99
  • 14000 Gems$99.99
None

Idle Marathon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Space Colony Idle free?
Space Colony Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Marathon free?
Idle Marathon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Space Colony Idle or Idle Marathon have ads?
Both Space Colony Idle and Idle Marathon show ads.
Which is updated more often, Space Colony Idle or Idle Marathon?
Space Colony Idle ships an update every 4 days, and Idle Marathon every 9 days. Most recently, Space Colony Idle was updated on October 31, 2026 and Idle Marathon on October 31, 2026.

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