Comparison

Biotix vs MicroWars

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

Head to head
About

Biotix

Engage in a microscopic war for survival, evolving your species through genetic engineering. Explore a world under the microscope, battle viral enemies, and conquer host cells to become dominant. Features include upgradable stats, challenging levels, and multiplayer modes.

Highlights
  • Genetic engineering for species enhancement
  • Microscopic world exploration
  • Viral combat against other organisms
  • Upgradable stats and abilities
  • Challenging levels and host cell types
  • Multiplayer mode
Features
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Immerse yourself in an epic war for survival, encounter tiny, yet deadly enemies, guide the smallest of beings to greatest victories, evolve and become the dominant species. Core: Your mission is to ensure the survival of your species. Use genetic engineering to make your life form stronger, gain new abilities, help it replicate and conquer new hosts. Discover a new world under the microscope. Prove your skills in deadly viral fight with other microbiological organisms. Features: - Universal App - Distinct iPhone and iPad levels. - Full Retina support - Endless replay value: play with randomized enemies, collect rewards for each replay. - 5 Upgradable stats, 10 Upgrade levels, 100.000 upgrade combinations. - Unlock 30 challenging levels - Interact with four host cell types: Normal, Regeneration, Defense, Speed - Multi Touch - Intuitive Controls - Multiplayer

About

MicroWars

Engage in strategic microscopic battles where you command cells to conquer opponents. Collect resources, upgrade your units, and devise invasion plans to capture enemy bases and expand your territory. Outwit your rivals by building defenses and launching timely offensives.

Highlights
  • Microscopic battleground gameplay
  • Command and conquer cells
  • Resource collection and upgrades
  • Strategic invasion planning
  • Defensive and offensive tactics
  • Board-based conquest
Features
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Experience the thrill of a microscopic battleground with Microwars! In this action-packed mobile strategy game, players take on the role of a microscopic organism and send cells to conquer their opponent’s cells on a board. The objective is to take control of all the cells on the board and defeat the opponent. Collect resources, upgrade your cells, and strategize your attacks to gain an advantage. Microwars is a puzzle strategy game, where you need to find the best tactic to capture the enemy base. Here, brains over brawn is the rule! Create new invasion plans and put them into action in each level. Bit by bit, conquer the whole universe as your nodes expand and capture the enemies. Your expansion can only match the greatness of your strategic skills. But beware! keep an eye on your enemy’s strategy as they will try to overtake you while you are conducting your own offensives. You will have to build your defense and prepare your attacks in the same time, in order not to get defeated. Will you manage to elaborate the best strategy to take over the world? Prove it now by downloading Microwars!

Screenshots

Biotix4 screens
MicroWars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Biotix at 80% against MicroWars's 34%. Biotix also leads on ads (none vs shown). MicroWars's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Biotix sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and MicroWars sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MicroWars holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MicroWars has 10K ratings behind it against 467, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Biotix's written reviews are positive against 34% of MicroWars's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Biotix ships an update every 9 months, MicroWars every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Biotix versus MicroWars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBiotixMicroWars
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (467 ratings)4.6 (10K ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.5% of reviews — better34.0% of reviews
Number of ratings46710K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB94 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlexandru CraciunBenoit Freslon

Customer experience

Biotix

All ratings468 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral8.5%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews830 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral8.1%
Negative11.4%

MicroWars

All ratings10,387 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.1%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews156 reviews
Positive34.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative50.0%

User reviews

Biotix

From 467 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Quick gameplay
  • 👍 Addictive and fun
  • 🎨 Great visuals

Room to improve

  • 🔁 Repetitive and grindy
  • 💰 Pay-to-win mechanics
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔍 Lack of content/levels

MicroWars

From 10K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 💡 Customizable characters
  • 🚀 Quick game sessions

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Repetitive levels
  • 🔋 Excessive ads
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes
  • 💰 Paid features don't work as expected

Bugs and requests

Biotix

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezing/crashing
  • Ads not removed after purchase
  • Multiplayer issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Improved multiplayer experience
  • Better progression system

MicroWars

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game resets progress on restart
  • Impossible level 40 and 130
  • Ads play over gameplay

Requested features

5 requests
  • More challenging AI opponents
  • Ability to reinforce controlled cells
  • Disable timer option
  • More unique levels and characters
  • Improved memory mini-game

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Biotix

One-time6
  • 10.000 Coins$0.99
  • 24.000 Coins$1.99
  • Disable Ads$1.99
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  • 48.000 Coins$2.99
  • Special Offer$3.99
  • 128.000 Coins$5.99
1 purchases

MicroWars

One-time1
  • No ads$3.99

Questions

Is Biotix free?
Biotix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MicroWars free?
MicroWars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Biotix or MicroWars?
MicroWars is rated higher. Biotix averages 4.3 out of 5 from 467 ratings, while MicroWars averages 4.6 from 10K ratings.
Do Biotix or MicroWars have ads?
MicroWars shows ads; Biotix does not.
Which is updated more often, Biotix or MicroWars?
Biotix ships an update every 9 months, and MicroWars every 2 months. Most recently, Biotix was updated on November 1, 2026 and MicroWars on November 9, 2026.

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