Doug dug. vs Golf On Mars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doug dug.
Embark on a deep underground adventure to collect shimmering jewels and precious gold. Dig farther and deeper than your friends while avoiding colossal cave-ins, creepy monsters, and bottomless pits. Compete for the highest score and discover buried treasure.
- Dig deep underground
- Collect jewels and gold
- Avoid cave-ins
- Fight monsters
- Compete with friends
- Discover buried treasure
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Doug is a Dwarf. Doug loves digging. Well, actually he doesn't: what he likes is to find buried treasure. Anyway, one day Doug decided to gather as much treasure from as deep under the earth as he could go. So Doug dug. And he dug. And he fought monsters and avoided massive avalanches of falling rock. And then he dug some more. And he picked up lots of bling. Now it's your turn. Help Doug dig deep down under the earth in the quest for shimmering jewels and precious gold. Go farther and deeper than any of your friends. Find more gold than anyone in the world. Oh but watch out for colossal cave-ins. No they're really colossal—you won't believe it. And creepy monsters. And bottomless pits. Ah, don't worry it's just a game. Do you like Spelunky? Dig Dug? Well c'mon you like Minecraft don't you? Well then you'll like this. Plus it's cheaper. And better. Plus your friends are playing it and you don't want to be left out, do you? Or maybe no one is playing it, in which case you'll be the one who introduces all your friends to "Doug dug." Then everyone will say, "Hey look there goes *your name here* who introduced us to 'Doug dug' and who is therefore cooler than the rest of us because he/she discovered it first." One of those two great options is bound to happen. So what are you waiting for? Doug dug. Will you? Visit http://youtu.be/GZazFfw_O7A to see how it plays.
Golf On Mars
Experience golf on a terraformed Mars in the year 2866. Navigate an expansive, rocky landscape with unique Martian obstacles. With an immense number of holes, the game offers a virtually endless golfing adventure.
- Golf on Mars simulation
- Infinite* rocky Martian surface
- Unique Martian golfing obstacles
- Vast number of golf holes
- Realistic gravity simulation
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For centuries, philosophers and mathematicians have gazed up at the night sky and wondered: "Is there Golf On Mars?" The year is 2866. Mars is 35% terraformed, finally enough to allow the playing of the game of.. Golf! Golf across an infinite* rocky Martian surface. Discover golfing obstacles that make us Earthlings gasp in awe! --- *Infinity is impossible to represent on any non-quantum computer. In actuality there are roughly 25,770,000,000 golf holes in this game. In 2020, NASA will launch the Perseverance rover to search for life and golf on Mars. The journey there will take 200 days, If you were to play one hole of Golf On Mars every 30 seconds during that journey, you would only be able to complete 0.002% of the game (576000 holes). If you were a paleolithic hunter-gatherer gazing up at the Red planet one night during your traversal of the ice bridge connecting Russia to Alaska at the last glacial maximum 24515 years ago and a time traveler brought an iPhone for you and your tribe to ritually play a hole of Golf On Mars every 30 seconds, it would take until the present day to complete all the holes. But this is not a realistic simulation. For example, if the ball is 16 pixels wide on your screen then the typical hole will be 1200 pixels away. Scaling this to the size of a real ball (1.68 inches), it's as if the hole is only 3.5 yards away! A realistic 18 hole golf course where the fairways are 3.5 yards away would only require about 1300 square feet of land. However, gravity on Mars is 38% that of Earth's gravity, so you could hit a ball 7 times farther, or roughly 1400 yards for a good player. This 18 hole course then needs to be to 64000 square feet. You could cover the entire surface of Mars with 241 billion of these golf courses. Therefore, you could easily fit all the holes in Golf On Mars on the surface of Mars. Mars is par 3, so aim to finish in under 77 billion strokes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Doug dug. at Free against Golf On Mars's $2.99. Doug dug. also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 62%). Golf On Mars's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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
Doug dug. is free to download; Golf On Mars costs $2.99 up front. Doug dug. sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Golf On Mars asks for nothing beyond the download.
Doug dug. holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 193 and 184 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Doug dug.'s written reviews are positive against 62% of Golf On Mars's.
Doug dug. ships an update every 6 weeks, Golf On Mars every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doug dug. | Golf On Mars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (193 ratings) — better | 4.4 (184 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews — better | 61.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 193 — better | 184 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #50 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Electric Toy Company | Captain Games Inc. |
Customer experience
Doug dug.
Golf On Mars
User reviews
Doug dug.
From 193 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Great for casual play
- 💎 Charming retro-style graphics
- 🕹️ Simple but engaging controls
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🤑 Paywall at 500m depth
- 🤔 Unclear mechanics (e.g. 'trust fall')
- 🎮 Imprecise swipe controls
Golf On Mars
From 184 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Endless gameplay
- 👍 Relaxing and meditative experience
- 🚀 Efficient use of battery
- 👍 Simple and intuitive controls
- 👍 Aesthetically pleasing graphics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Impossible or unbeatable holes
- 🐛 Inconsistent ball physics and behavior
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches causing game crashes
- 🔍 Lack of instructions or tutorial
- 🔍 Frustrating when unable to skip impossible holes
Bugs and requests
Doug dug.
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes after iOS updates
- Stuck movement when digging left
- Reward text blocking view
Requested features
4 requests- More power-ups and upgrades
- Checkpoint system to avoid restarting
- Ability to customize Doug's appearance
- Multiplayer or co-op modes
Golf On Mars
Reported bugs
5 issues- Terrain generation creating unbeatable obstacles
- Ball getting stuck in walls or pits with no way out
- Settings not persisting between sessions
- Camera getting stuck at the bottom of the map
- Scrolling issues causing the ball to randomly reset
Requested features
5 requests- Add a reset/restart option
- Implement a statistics/leaderboard system
- Allow customization of ball/course colors
- Introduce new gameplay elements like windmills or low-gravity
- Provide an option to instantly skip impossible holes
In-app purchases
Doug dug.
- Unlock Infinite Depths$0.99
Golf On Mars
No in-app purchases









