Comparison

Evony vs Syntax Alchemist

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

Head to head
About

Evony

Build your empire, train troops, and engage in real-time strategy battles. Recruit historical generals, manage your cities, and form alliances to conquer seven kingdoms. Solve puzzles for rewards and experience dynamic warfare.

Highlights
  • City building and empire expansion
  • Real-time strategy battles
  • Recruit historical generals
  • Alliance system with voice/text chat
  • Puzzle solving for rewards
  • Multiple civilizations to choose from
Features
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Shoot and engage in battles! Build your cities. Train your troops. Expand your empire. Be the king of 7 kingdoms! All in Evony: The King's Return, the hottest real-time strategy MMO of 2024! Unique gameplay features: ◆ Challenge a variety of Survivor Levels ◆ Move, shoot, evolve weapons ◆ Use flexible finger controls ◆ Experience the joy of puzzle solving THE EXCEPTIONALLY RICH AND AMAZING SET OF FEATURES: ◆ YOU ARE THE SURVIVOR! Move, dodge, shoot, acquire weapons, and fight to the last moment! ◆ Choose from 7 civilizations to customize your game’s architectural style: American, Chinese, European, Russian, Korean, Arabia and Japanese! ◆ YOU ARE THE DIPLOMAT! Join a strong Alliance where you can make friends, communicate in real-time via voice and text with auto-translations so you can improve strategies and win epic battles. ◆ YOU ARE THE WARLORD! With over four types of troops to select and train from ground-pounding infantry to massive siege engines; wage epic wars, fight against your enemies and see the battles happen all around you in real-time on the stunningly animated World Map. ◆ YOU ARE THE GOVERNOR! Administrate your cities in your Empire and use your leadership skills in managing resources and research improvements to gain strategic advantages. ◆ YOU ARE THE MONARCH! Recruit famous Generals of history to help with battles and city development. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, GEORGE WASHINGTON, KING ARTHUR, CHARLES THE GREAT, JULIUS CAESAR, GENGHIS KHAN, ODA NOBUNAGA, YI SUN-SIN, and more await you to explore. See them battle across the world of Evony in real-time, capture enemy generals and use them against their own leaders! ◆ YOU ARE THE PUZZLE MASTER! For each Keep Level-up, you can solve puzzles and earn awesome rewards! Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/Evony.The.Kings.Return/ NOTICE: Evony: The King’s Return is a completely free-to-play game, however there are some game items that can also be purchased for real money. If you don’t want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device’s settings. Also under our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, you must be at least 13 years of age to play or download Evony: The King’s Return. Do you want to be the king of 7 kingdoms? Join now with your friends in the highly addictive RTS/SLG game NOW!

About

Syntax Alchemist

Features
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Syntax Alchemist is a logic puzzle game about rules, reactions, and transformation. You start with a simple syntax tree and a set of possible reactions. Each reaction rewrites part of the tree, changing its structure step by step. Your goal is to apply the right sequence of transformations and reach the target result. It looks simple at first. Then the rules start to combine. Some puzzles ask you to build an exact tree. Others introduce special nodes, obstacles, bonuses, limited moves, and unexpected constraints. Every level is handcrafted and designed to make you think carefully before each reaction. If you get stuck, you can use help credits to reveal the next move. A small number of help credits is available at the beginning, and more can be purchased later as optional in-app purchases. Features: • Tree-based logic puzzles • Rule-driven transformations • Handcrafted levels • Special nodes, bonuses, and obstacles • Optional hints using help credits • Minimalist interface focused on reasoning • No timers — think at your own pace Syntax Alchemist is made for players who enjoy logic, grammar, formal systems, programming puzzles, and compact strategy games. Rewrite the tree. Master the rules. Complete the reaction.

Screenshots

Evony4 screens
Syntax Alchemist3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Syntax Alchemist at none against Evony's shown. Syntax Alchemist also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 10 days). Evony's advantage is chart position (#2 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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. Evony sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and Syntax Alchemist sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Evony ships an update every 10 days, Syntax Alchemist daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Evony versus Syntax Alchemist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvonySyntax Alchemist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (180K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews17.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings180K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size749 MB37 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTOP GAMES INC.Andrey Lebedev

Bugs and requests

Evony

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearing resources and items after purchases
  • Inability to access game features due to server issues
  • Inconsistent and unreliable performance

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improved balance between free and paying players
  • Better customer support and issue resolution
  • More transparent and honest advertising

Syntax Alchemist

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Evony

One-time14
  • 200 Gems2 variants$0.99
  • Summer Super Sale Package$0.99
  • Poseidon's Grace Package$0.99
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  • 5,000 Gems$1.99
  • 1,000 Gems22 variants$4.99
  • Super Value Gem Package!$4.99
  • Super Value Activity Package$4.99
  • Blessing of Flame$4.99
  • 2,500 Gems7 variants$9.99
  • Rally Monthly Card$9.99
  • Precious Treasure$19.99
  • 5,000 Gems$19.99
  • 25,000 Gems29 variants$99.99
  • 25,000 Germs$99.99
3 purchases

Syntax Alchemist

One-time3
  • 100 credits$0.99
  • 500 credits$2.99
  • 1000 credits$4.99

Questions

Is Evony free?
Evony is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Syntax Alchemist free?
Syntax Alchemist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Evony or Syntax Alchemist have ads?
Evony shows ads; Syntax Alchemist does not.
Which is updated more often, Evony or Syntax Alchemist?
Evony ships an update every 10 days, and Syntax Alchemist daily. Most recently, Evony was updated on October 17, 2026 and Syntax Alchemist on October 9, 2026.

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