Comparison

Planetary Quarantine vs Ashworld

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

Head to head
About

Planetary Quarantine

Step into the role of a quarantine agent tasked with regulating departures from Earth. Uncover a conspiracy involving a mysterious society and a threat to interstellar civilization. Explore a detailed world, build your life, and make critical decisions to save humanity.

Highlights
  • Interactive narrative
  • Mystery solving
  • World exploration
  • Character development
  • Multiple choices
  • Replayable content
Features
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You're a quarantine agent—an extrajudicial representative of the law who lets only approved people and products leave Earth—and in a few days your starship will be arriving as your new home world. A dead passenger, a mysterious society, and a potential threat to interstellar civilization all await you. Solve the case and save the world. Build your life while building society. Explore this richly intricate game where new surprises await you each time you play!

About

Ashworld

Explore a procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world where survival depends on finding scarce resources like food and water. Battle dangerous creatures and road warriors, utilizing a variety of weapons, vehicles, and crafted items. Improve your character's skills through experience gained from missions and exploration.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated gameplay
  • Modifiable touch controls
  • Vehicle driving and combat
  • Diverse weapon selection
  • Resource scavenging
  • Vehicle customization
  • Crafting system
  • Character skill progression
Features
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Ashworld is an open world survival adventure set in a post apocalyptic world a few hundred years from now. Water and food are valuable, rare and the most important things you'll have to find, as you try to survive in the rage-lands. An area of the world terrorized by the Ragers. A stereotypical group of road-warriors with no respect for the little life that's left. During the night creatures, called the Skellies, roam the world and are becoming more dangerous as time passes. Use your smarts, combined with the various weapons, cars, gadgets and raw materials that can be found inside the many underground area's, buildings, old sky-scrapers, and other area's of the Ashworld. QUICK list of FEATURES: - Procedurally generated gameplay (no 2 games are the same) - Modifiable touch-controls (check options menu!!) - Run and drive around the ragelands, visiting buildings, talking to people, beating up ragers and skellies. - Use different weapons: boomerangs, chainsaws, rocket launcher, shotgun, machinegun, plasma rifle, flame thrower. - Search through buildings, underground cavern's, and unexplored area's of the Ashworld for usable items. - Find,Steal and drive a variation of different cars, all with their quirks and challenges. - A host of story missions and sub-missions to guide you around the world. - Craft new weapons and tools - Gain experience points and use them to improve your character skills

Screenshots

Planetary Quarantine4 screens
Ashworld4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ashworld at none against Planetary Quarantine's shown. Ashworld also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 25 months) and ratings volume (71 vs 19). Planetary Quarantine's advantage is review sentiment (47% vs 38%). On price, rating, 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

Planetary Quarantine costs $3.99 and Ashworld $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.4 for Planetary Quarantine against 3.3 for Ashworld. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 71 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Planetary Quarantine's written reviews are positive against 38% of Ashworld's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planetary Quarantine ships an update every 25 months, Ashworld every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Planetary Quarantine versus Ashworld: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanetary QuarantineAshworld
Price$3.99$3.99
Rating3.4 (19 ratings) — better3.3 (71 ratings)
Positive reviews46.7% of reviews — better37.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1971 — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB52 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperHosted Games LLCPascal Bestebroer

Customer experience

Planetary Quarantine

All ratings19 ratings
Positive47.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative42.1%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative40.0%

Ashworld

All ratings71 ratings
Positive45.1%
Neutral23.9%
Negative31.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive37.8%
Neutral28.9%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Planetary Quarantine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Ashworld

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Mission items not appearing
  • Dog disappeared
  • Cannot launch after iOS update
  • Saves at random spots
  • Buggy quests
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  • Impossible to escape dungeons
  • Game crashes frequently
  • Skill upgrade menu crashes
  • Game-crashing bug on loot skill
  • Map button not working
  • World stability issues (buildings disappear)
  • Stuck at bottom of areas
  • Cannot reach topmost left square of map
  • Joystick doesn't work well
  • Game gets stuck on dialog

Requested features

10 requests
  • More vehicles
  • More food
  • More enemies
  • More locations
  • Quest log
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  • Tutorial
  • Easier skill assignment
  • Spanish language option
  • Sequel
  • 3DS release

In-app purchases

None

Planetary Quarantine

No in-app purchases

None

Ashworld

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Planetary Quarantine free?
Planetary Quarantine costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ashworld free?
Ashworld costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Planetary Quarantine or Ashworld?
Planetary Quarantine is rated higher. Planetary Quarantine averages 3.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Ashworld averages 3.3 from 71 ratings.
Do Planetary Quarantine or Ashworld have ads?
Planetary Quarantine shows ads; Ashworld does not.
Which is updated more often, Planetary Quarantine or Ashworld?
Planetary Quarantine ships an update every 25 months, and Ashworld every 2 weeks. Most recently, Planetary Quarantine was updated on June 10, 2026 and Ashworld on October 15, 2026.

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