MoonCrest vs Evolution Planet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MoonCrest
Relive classic arcade experiences with this retro-inspired shooter. Pilot your ship, destroy alien squadrons, and upgrade your vessel by docking with modules. Master simple touch controls to navigate and fire.
- Destroy alien squadrons
- Survive enemy waves
- Dock with modules to upgrade ship
- Slide to move ship
- Tap to fire
- Long press to throttle
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Do you like the classics? How much money have you spent in the arcade games? Want to relive the past? MoonCrest takes you to the past, relive your first arcade play of your life. Your mission destroy all Aliens squadrons, try to survive of enemy ships waves. Dock your ship with other modules to improve your ship. Slide Left or Right to move your ship (Like a Joystick). Tap to Fire. In docking levels long press to throttle ship.
Evolution Planet
Create and customize your own solar systems with detailed control over planetary orbits, sizes, and rotation. Save up to 100 unique celestial configurations. Explore the vastness of space you design.
- Solar system simulation
- Customizable planet orbits
- Adjust planet size and rotation
- Add rings and satellites
- Save up to 100 solar systems
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We develop to simulate a solar system, you can freely to configure and customise the solar system behaviour, change planet orbit size, shape, and speed. Also, you are change to planet size, rotational speed, rotational axis, and add ring, satellite and etc. Current it can store up to 100 different solar system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MoonCrest at $1.99 against Evolution Planet's $14.99. MoonCrest also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). Evolution Planet's advantage is review sentiment (58% vs 24%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 32 months). On 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
MoonCrest costs $1.99 and Evolution Planet $14.99 up front. Evolution Planet sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. MoonCrest asks for nothing beyond the download.
Evolution Planet holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Evolution Planet has 78 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of MoonCrest's written reviews are positive against 58% of Evolution Planet's.
MoonCrest ships an update every 32 months, Evolution Planet every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MoonCrest | Evolution Planet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (8 ratings) | 4.6 (78 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.4% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 78 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivan Cerra de Castro | Oscar Tsang |
Customer experience
MoonCrest
Evolution Planet
In-app purchases
MoonCrest
No in-app purchases
Evolution Planet
- 5000 Energy$1.99
- Remove Ad$2.99
- 30000 Energy$5.99
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- 90000 Energy$9.99
- 250000 Energy$19.99
- 500000 Energy$29.99
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