Comparison

Monster Evolution vs Penguin Merge Evolution

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

Head to head
About

Monster Evolution

Combine and evolve creatures to discover new, fantastical forms. Tap to earn coins, upgrade tools, and customize your monsters. Explore a mysterious world with multiple endings.

Highlights
  • Combine monsters to evolve
  • Discover over 30 unique monsters
  • Tap for coins
  • Buy new animals and tools
  • Decorate monsters
  • Lucky draw feature
  • Mysterious Alien World
Features
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•••••••••••New Evolution Game!!! •••••••••••••• Monster evolution!!! One day, some scientific experiments made those little monsters start to mutate. Would you like to know what mutations happening to them? Combine monsters to evolve them and discover their most strange, fantastic and visionary forms! You never seen so many mutations and crazy features in other games! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INSTRUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ • Put same type monsters together to mutate new creatures • Use monster coins to buy new animals and new tools update • You can also tap the monster to make more coins • Decorate you lovely monster in fitting room • Lucky draw by flip the card • More features can let the mutations more fun • Mysterious Alien World ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FEATURES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ • There are more than 30 monsters for you to discover • This game is a similar game with alpaca evolution but more fun • Different endings and possibility: find your own monster world to be special one than others ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a simulator monster world, think you are one or the god of monsters. Disclaimer: Although this Game is free to play, some content can be purchased for real money in game. If you do not want to use these features, please turn off in-app purchases in your device's settings. Music: http://www.bensound.com

About

Penguin Merge Evolution

Combine adorable penguins to evolve them into bizarre and exotic new forms. Tap to earn coins, buy more creatures, and discover different endings in this unique merge and clicker game.

Highlights
  • Combine similar penguins
  • Evolve to discover new forms
  • Earn penguin poop coins
  • Buy new creatures
  • Tap to make coins
  • Discover different endings
Features
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You may have heard that winter was coming. So brace yourselves! No continent shall remain immune to the Evolution virus. The last frontier has finally been breached: Penguin Evolution is here! After starring in several children movies and even learning how to tap dance, penguins finally found their place in the evolutionary chain. Combine penguins to evolve them and discover their most curious, exotic and bizarre forms! And they are so cute you could die! No, seriously. They are, like, 4 feet tall sometimes. And have very sharp beaks. So… I don’t know… I... I wouldn’t get too close to one if I were you. HOW TO PLAY • Drag and drop similar penguins to create new mysterious creatures • Use penguin poop coins to buy new creatures and make even more money • Alternatively, fiercely tap a penguin to make coins pop when penguins poop HIGHLIGHTS • Different stages and many penguin species to discover • A mind-blowing story yet untold • The unexpected mix of alpaca-like evolution, 2048 and incremental clicker games • Doodle-like illustrations • Various possible endings: find your destiny • No penguins were harmed in the making of this game, only developers This game is cooler than a popsicle! Come play it. 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

Monster Evolution4 screens
Penguin Merge Evolution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Monster Evolution at none against Penguin Merge Evolution's shown. Monster Evolution also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). Penguin Merge Evolution's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 60%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Monster Evolution sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Penguin Merge Evolution sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Penguin Merge Evolution holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Penguin Merge Evolution has 3.7K ratings behind it against 156, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Monster Evolution's written reviews are positive against 93% of Penguin Merge Evolution's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Monster Evolution versus Penguin Merge Evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonster EvolutionPenguin Merge Evolution
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (156 ratings)4.8 (3.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.5% of reviews92.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1563.7K — better
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB152 MB
Age rating9++9
Developer延锐 胡TPG TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDA

Customer experience

Monster Evolution

All ratings155 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral4.5%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive60.5%
Neutral11.6%
Negative27.9%

Penguin Merge Evolution

All ratings3,704 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews339 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.4%

User reviews

Monster Evolution

From 156 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Great for spare time
  • 👍 Awesome monsters
  • 👍 Cool easy game
  • 👍 Good to pass time

Room to improve

  • 👎 Copying popular games
  • 👎 Unpolished design
  • 👎 Impossible to beat moon
  • 👎 Bad evolution game version
  • 👎 Requires diamonds for leveling

Penguin Merge Evolution

From 3.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐧 Cute and fun penguins
  • 👍 Simple and addictive gameplay
  • 💎 Ability to customize penguins
  • 🎨 Variety of penguin types and evolutions

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Repetitive gameplay
  • 💰 Too many ads
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches (disappearing items, loading issues)

Bugs and requests

Monster Evolution

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sound effects seem like stolen clips
  • Ads pop up even after purchasing upgrade

Requested features

5 requests
  • Make a new monster that copies Annihilape
  • Make a new monster that copies Glaceon
  • Add a snake monster
  • Add mermaid and butterfly monsters
  • Add more monsters

Penguin Merge Evolution

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Penguins losing customized items
  • Frequent crashes and loading problems
  • In-app purchases not working

Requested features

3 requests
  • More evolution games (e.g. bear, unicorn)
  • Cloud save/sync functionality
  • Reduce frequency of ads

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Monster Evolution

One-time10
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • coins X 2$1.99
  • 65 diamonds$1.99
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  • 200 diamonds$4.99
  • 1.2 Million Crystals$5.99
  • doubles alien coin production$5.99
  • doubles coin production$5.99
  • 520 diamonds$9.99
  • 1200 diamonds$19.99
  • 3500 diamonds$49.99
10 purchases

Penguin Merge Evolution

One-time10
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 1$1.99
  • pack with diamonds$1.99
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  • Pack of Rubies$1.99
  • Shop Bundle 1$2.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 2$4.99
  • big pack of rubies$5.99
  • Shop Bundle 2$5.99
  • Trinket$6.99
  • Starter Bundle$9.99

Questions

Is Monster Evolution free?
Monster Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Penguin Merge Evolution free?
Penguin Merge Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Monster Evolution or Penguin Merge Evolution?
Penguin Merge Evolution is rated higher. Monster Evolution averages 4.4 out of 5 from 156 ratings, while Penguin Merge Evolution averages 4.8 from 3.7K ratings.
Do Monster Evolution or Penguin Merge Evolution have ads?
Penguin Merge Evolution shows ads; Monster Evolution does not.

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