Comparison

Around the World vs Mars Future

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

Head to head
About

Around the World

Embark on a magical Victorian-era adventure to find a legendary treasure. Explore six continents, uncover hundreds of hidden objects in vibrant locations, and solve puzzles. Combine items into collections to progress through an exciting storyline filled with steam-powered wonders and overcome challenges.

Highlights
  • Hidden object gameplay
  • Victorian era setting
  • Explore six continents
  • Combine items into collections
  • Exciting storyline
  • Mini-games
Features
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The Clues are right in front of your Eyes! Find the Great Treasure - a Magic Stone that can make your dreams come true! Based in the magical Victorian era, help a young girl discover ancient mysteries, overcome numerous enemies and find the magical stone. A beautiful Victorian world full of steam and electricity, airships and hot air balloons, heavy machines and frozen progress awaits. Immerse yourself and enjoy finding hundreds of Hidden Objects in every colorful corner of the World. Explore six continents! Discover items in every town, then combine them in collections and find the way to the great treasure! - Fantastic gameplay - Dozens of hidden object locations - Exciting storyline - Fun mini-games

About

Mars Future

Embark on a Martian adventure, exploring the planet, uncovering mysteries, and building a thriving city. Utilize unique resources and advanced robots to develop tourism and transform the landscape. Complete tasks, earn rewards, and expand your region in this offline colonization game.

Highlights
  • Explore Martian landscapes
  • Uncover mysteries and artifacts
  • Build and upgrade facilities
  • Develop interplanetary tourism
  • Transform the planet's terrain
  • Complete tasks and earn rewards
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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Become one of the Mars explorers! Experiments with gravity and atmosphere have already brought the first results. Animals and plants are starting to spread. In the nearest future a flight to Marks takes just a few hours - let's take ride! Explore the planet and find the things nobody has seen before! Solve mysteries. Find artifacts, abandoned bunkers, buried tunnels and other evidence that the earthlings were not the first ones to visit the planet. Or was it even inhabitated? Study the paranormal areas nobody has visited before, where something supernatural is going on. Be the first one! Build facilities. Use the unique natural resources of the planet and the most advanced robots! Develop tourism. Receive guests from all around the Galaxy and surprise them with service and entertainment, and they will bring you the skyrocket profit you can spend on development and research. Transform the planet. Use the objects available - glaciers, craters, Martian river beds - to create structures without equals on Earth. You have more than 50 buildings to choose from. Apart from those, you will receive the unique ones in reward for participating in events and competitions. The futuristic design of the buildings lets them perfectly match the bizarre landscape of the planet. Make progress! Complete interesting tasks, receive achievements and rewards, open new areas - explore and develop them. Let your region grow and thrive. Enter the world of outer space colonization, where you can follow your adventurous spirit and apply your talents of a pioneer, explorer, businessman and city planner. Play without the Internet connection in any place at any time!

Screenshots

Mars Future4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Around the World at none against Mars Future's shown. Around the World also leads on iOS requirement (6.1 vs 15.0). Mars Future's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 20 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Around the World sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Mars Future sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mars Future holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Future has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Around the World ships an update every 20 months, Mars Future every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Around the World versus Mars Future: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAround the WorldMars Future
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.4 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings115 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS6.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size532 MB280 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoyBits Co Ltd.STM GAMES FZCO

Customer experience

Around the World

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mars Future

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Around the World

One-time8
  • Traveler's Suitcase$3.99
  • Researcher's Suitcase$4.99
  • Silver Pack$4.99
Show 5 more
  • Small Gold Pack$4.99
  • Medium Gold Pack$9.99
  • Discoverer's Suitcase$12.99
  • Big Gold Pack$49.99
  • Extra Gold Pack$99.99
11 purchases

Mars Future

One-time11
  • 10,000 Coins$2.99
  • 150 Crystals$2.99
  • 40 Energy$2.99
Show 8 more
  • 100 Energy$5.99
  • 22,000 Coins$5.99
  • 52,000 Coins$10.99
  • 230 Energy$10.99
  • 525 Energy$20.99
  • 1,200 Energy$42.99
  • 10,000 Crystals$84.99
  • 2,600 Energy$84.99

Questions

Is Around the World free?
Around the World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mars Future free?
Mars Future is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Around the World or Mars Future?
Mars Future is rated higher. Around the World averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Mars Future averages 4.4 from 15 ratings.
Do Around the World or Mars Future have ads?
Mars Future shows ads; Around the World does not.
Which is updated more often, Around the World or Mars Future?
Around the World ships an update every 20 months, and Mars Future every 2 weeks. Most recently, Around the World was updated on October 2, 2026 and Mars Future on September 26, 2026.

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