Comparison

Hamster Life vs Turtle Evolution

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

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About

Hamster Life

A free simulation game where you can easily and happily raise your own virtual hamster. Interact with your pet by feeding, touching, and playing with it. Decorate its home and watch its cute behaviors.

Highlights
  • Feed and touch your hamster
  • Decorate hamster's house
  • Play mini-games for coins
  • Collect different hamster looks
  • Add new hamsters
  • Participate in events
Features
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10 million downloads!This is a super healing free app game 「Hamster Life」,you can raise your hamster easily and happily. 「Hamster Life」is a free game app which can play with hamster and through with healing life. You can give food to it, touch its cute face. If hamster is full of foods it even take food home, there ara many of cute behavior you can see. Not only touch or give food to it,even if put the hamster to the wheels. Thera are hundreds of way to take care your hamster. Let's take care it everyday and found many kinds of look about it. *Now Start the game by dragging the hamster to the wheel! *You can save coins if you let hamster to play the facilities. ■How to play・How to raise the hamster *The way to take care hamster ・You could give food to it or touch it cute face. ・Press the hamster longly and you could move the hamster.You also can change your furniture or decoration. ・Double click screen, hamster will come to you! *How to save the coins ・If you touch hamster or give it food many times,EXP could be accumulated. ・If Hamsters are full of food,they will take foods back to house! ・If Hamster come near to water feeder,will start to drink water cutely! ・Use coin to add the mount of hamster, also can accumulate EXP easily. ・Thera still have other way to save coins, let's find it out! *The way to get cheeses Just take care you hamster,there will give coins when you level up. And take the hamster to walk around, there also will give you coin when you level up. *How to add new hamster Please click the hamster which on the top of screen.Then you can exchage or add new hamster. If you want to promote the stage level, you also can exchange by cheese. *How to change the decoration of house ・You can save coins and exchange furniture by coins in shop. ・After you bought new furniture or decoration, you can decorate it directly. *About take a walk It is very easy to play, just array three blocks with the same color vertically or Horizonally. Then you could get coin or cheese or hamsters. *About event According to your level, official side prepares many kinds of event. *About start page After you finish tutorial, you can choose home or walk mode. You can pass you life with hamster and free to decorate the house .

About

Turtle Evolution

Merge and evolve various turtle species to discover new creatures. Earn in-game currency by collecting eggs or tapping turtles. Customize your turtles with hats and colors while navigating through different levels and avoiding impostors.

Highlights
  • Merge similar turtles to evolve
  • Discover new turtle species
  • Collect turtle eggs for coins
  • Tap turtles to lay eggs
  • Customize turtles with hats and colors
  • Avoid impostors
Features
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Dude, it’s time to CHILL OUT! It’s time to leave all the RUSH behind you and enjoy the most relaxed version of the EVOLUTION series: the turtles are finally here! Get ready to embrace all the peace of mind of the wisest animals on earth (and sometimes in the undersea world too)! In this AWESOME evolution game, you’ll meet all kinds of turtles! Make them evolve and discover new ones while you make money out of the very special TURTLE EGGS! HOW TO PLAY • Drag and drop similar turtles to create new mysterious creatures • Use turtle egg coins to buy new turtles and make even more money • Alternatively, fiercely tap a turtle to make them lay eggs and collect more coins! HIGHLIGHTS • Different levels and many different turtle species to discover • Watch out for the impostors that will get in your way! • Put on funny HATS in your turtles and make them unique! • Paint your turtles the color you want and create a very very special group of turtles! No turtles were harmed in the making of this game, only developers. Come and check them out! Disclaimer: While this App is completely free to play, some additional content can be purchased for real money in-game. If you do not want to use this feature, please turn off in-app purchases in your device's settings. Like our page on Facebook and be the first to know about our upcoming games and updates! http://fb.com/tappshq

Screenshots

Hamster Life4 screens
Turtle Evolution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Turtle Evolution at 94% against Hamster Life's 79%. Turtle Evolution also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (9.9K vs 747). On price, ads, 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. Hamster Life sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Turtle Evolution sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Turtle Evolution holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Turtle Evolution has 9.9K ratings behind it against 747, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Hamster Life's written reviews are positive against 94% of Turtle Evolution's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hamster Life ships an update every 3 months, Turtle Evolution every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hamster Life versus Turtle Evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHamster LifeTurtle Evolution
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (747 ratings)4.8 (9.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7479.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
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
Size212 MB153 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCross Field Inc.TPG TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDA

Customer experience

Hamster Life

All ratings747 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews503 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral7.6%
Negative13.3%

Turtle Evolution

All ratings9,920 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews435 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.0%

User reviews

Hamster Life

From 747 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐹 Cute hamsters
  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 🎨 Adorable art style
  • 🕹️ Enjoyable mini-games
  • 🏠 Ability to decorate and customize hamster habitat

Room to improve

  • 🧀 Difficult to earn in-game currency (cheese)
  • 🕰️ Slow progression and long wait times
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 📝 Poor grammar and translation issues
  • 🔍 Limited content and things to do after progressing

Turtle Evolution

From 9.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐢 Cute and fun turtles
  • 👍 Enjoyable gameplay
  • 💡 Ability to customize turtles
  • 🚀 Addictive and engaging

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Disappearing turtle accessories
  • 🔍 Difficulty progressing without ads
  • 🔋 Slow crate drop rate

Bugs and requests

Hamster Life

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Stages sometimes crash before completion
  • Hamsters not always responding to feeding/cleaning requests
  • Inconsistent performance and loading issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to have more than 5 hamsters at a time
  • Faster breeding and growth of baby hamsters
  • More mini-games and activities to interact with hamsters
  • Option to watch ads to earn cheese instead of only through gameplay
  • Ability to save and restore progress across devices

Turtle Evolution

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Glitches with turtle accessories
  • Slow loading times
  • Invisible ad close buttons

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to share coins/diamonds with friends
  • More customization options
  • Faster progression without ads
  • Expanded game content

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Hamster Life

One-time9
  • Cheese +13$0.99
  • StarterPack$0.99
  • Limited sale cheese +17$0.99
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  • Cheese +5, extra login bonus$1.99
  • Cheese +55$3.99
  • Cheese +110$6.99
  • Cheese +350$22.99
  • Cheese +640$39.99
  • Cheese +1100$49.99
13 purchases

Turtle Evolution

One-time13
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 1$1.99
  • pack with diamonds$1.99
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  • pack of rubies$1.99
  • instant coins doubler$1.99
  • Shop Bundle 1$2.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 2$4.99
  • big pack of rubies$5.99
  • income doubler$5.99
  • Shop Bundle 2$5.99
  • Trinket$6.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 3$9.99
  • starter bundle discount$9.99

Questions

Is Hamster Life free?
Hamster Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Turtle Evolution free?
Turtle Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hamster Life or Turtle Evolution?
Turtle Evolution is rated higher. Hamster Life averages 4.6 out of 5 from 747 ratings, while Turtle Evolution averages 4.8 from 9.9K ratings.
Do Hamster Life or Turtle Evolution have ads?
Both Hamster Life and Turtle Evolution show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hamster Life or Turtle Evolution?
Hamster Life ships an update every 3 months, and Turtle Evolution every 6 weeks. Most recently, Hamster Life was updated on October 11, 2026 and Turtle Evolution on October 14, 2026.

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