Comparison

Colony Setup vs Deliberate Evolution

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

Head to head
About

Colony Setup

This app helps board game players create randomized setups for variable cards. Customize card appearance frequency, from "Always On" to "Always Off", to tailor your game experience. It also includes options for card type balance and conditional defense card availability.

Highlights
  • Customizable randomized setups
  • Adjust card appearance frequency
  • Exclude disliked cards
  • Ensure specific cards appear
  • Balance card types
  • Conditional defense card logic
Features
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The Colony Setup app is designed to be used with the boardgame "Colony" from Bezier Games, Inc. It provides customizable randomized setups of all variable cards in the game. If there's a card you don't like, set it to "Unlikely" and it won't show up all that often. Despise a card? Set it to "Always Off" and it will never show up. Want to always see a card in your random setups? Set it to "Always On". There are a number of other options as well, including the ability to always have one of each type of card, and to ensure that defense cards are only present if there are attack cards available.

About

Deliberate Evolution

Engage in a unique card battle game where you breed units from parent units, inheriting their genes. Discover new species by combining genetic patterns, which determine all attributes and abilities. This open-world experience focuses on strategic gene-based gameplay.

Highlights
  • Gene-based unit breeding
  • Inherit parent genes
  • Discover new species
  • Open-world card battles
  • Gene pattern determines traits
  • Strategic gameplay
Features
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1 Beat your opponents. 2 ๑乛◡乛๑ Making babies! 3 Discover new species with both sides’ genes. 4 goto 1 This is a card battle game, and its theme is about genes. The battle ability of each cards and the gameplay experience are all based on your particular design of each cards’ genes pattern. It’s the world’s first GBG (gene-based game) in which all units are bred from its parent units, and inherit their genes. All attributes, skills, and other powers are completely determined by its gene pattern. Remember the principles: gene pattern determines traits, and traits determine species.

Screenshots

Colony Setup3 screens
Deliberate Evolution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Deliberate Evolution at 100% against Colony Setup's 50%. Deliberate Evolution also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 113 months). Colony Setup's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Deliberate Evolution sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Colony Setup asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Deliberate Evolution holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Colony Setup's written reviews are positive against 100% of Deliberate Evolution's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colony Setup ships an update every 113 months, Deliberate Evolution every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Colony Setup versus Deliberate Evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColony SetupDeliberate Evolution
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyEvery 113 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB164 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBezier Games, Inc.鹏飞 孙

Customer experience

Colony Setup

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Deliberate Evolution

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Colony Setup

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Deliberate Evolution

One-time4
  • A Handful of Diamonds$0.99
  • An Eyeful of Diamonds$4.99
  • A Diamond Dress$29.99
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  • A Diamonds Planet$99.99

Questions

Is Colony Setup free?
Colony Setup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deliberate Evolution free?
Deliberate Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Colony Setup or Deliberate Evolution?
Deliberate Evolution is rated higher. Colony Setup averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Deliberate Evolution averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Colony Setup or Deliberate Evolution have ads?
Neither Colony Setup nor Deliberate Evolution shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Colony Setup or Deliberate Evolution?
Colony Setup ships an update every 113 months, and Deliberate Evolution every 2 weeks. Most recently, Colony Setup was updated on September 6, 2026 and Deliberate Evolution on September 15, 2026.

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