Dragon Evolution vs Zoopolis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dragon Evolution
Merge and evolve dragons to discover new mutant creatures. Collect coins by managing your dragons and use them to buy more beasts or earn money. Customize your dragons with hats and navigate through different levels while avoiding impostors.
- Drag and drop similar dragons to merge
- Discover new mutant creatures
- Collect dragon poop coins
- Buy new creatures
- Customize dragons with hats
- Avoid impostors
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You’re definitely gonna hear these ones ROAR! The amazing and POWERFUL dragons are now in the EVOLUTION series! Feeling like a real WARRIOR? Come meet these big guys that are so cool they will BURN everything UP! In this evolution game, you’ll have to prove yourself to be the DRAGON MASTER! Control all your nice beasts - but get out of their way if they accidentally sneeze some fire - and make money out of it! HOW TO PLAY • Drag and drop similar dragons to create new mysterious and mutant creatures • Use the MAGIC dragon poop coins to buy new creatures and make even more money • Alternatively, fiercely tap a dragon to make them poop and collect more coins! HIGHLIGHTS • Different levels and many different dragon types to discover • Watch out for the impostors that will get in your way! • Dragons can be funny: put on crazy HATS in your dragons and make them unique! Make sure all your fire alarms are working and enjoy this amazing adventure! 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
Zoopolis
Merge animals to create new creatures and populate diverse islands. Unlock all animals through research and enjoy simple, entertaining gameplay suitable for all ages.
- Merge animals to create new creatures
- Unlock animals on various islands
- Research animals to discover them all
- Travel across multiple themed islands
- Simple and entertaining gameplay
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Click away to bring new animals to life and travel across fun islands in Zoopolis! Merge together two animals to create a new, bigger creature and populate your islands with everything from tiny hedgehogs to furry foxes! Travel across different islands, each with 6 new animals to unlock before you sail to the next: - Ocean - Seaside - Lowland island - Forest island - Snow island - Savanna - Jungle - Mountain island - River - Desert island - Farm island - City Research every animal to unlock them all! Zoopolis is a fun, entertaining game for animal lovers that the whole family can play! Beautiful graphics and simple gameplay will help time fly for you and your friends no matter where you are!
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Verdict
Dragon Evolution and Zoopolis both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of Dragon Evolution's written reviews are positive against 31% of Zoopolis's. Dragon Evolution also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 339). Zoopolis's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Dragon Evolution sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Zoopolis sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dragon Evolution holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dragon Evolution has 15K ratings behind it against 339, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Dragon Evolution's written reviews are positive against 31% of Zoopolis's.
Dragon Evolution ships an update every 5 weeks, Zoopolis every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dragon Evolution | Zoopolis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15K ratings) — better | 4.5 (339 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews — better | 30.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 339 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 180 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | TPG TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDA | Azur Interactive Games Limited |
Customer experience
Dragon Evolution
Zoopolis
User reviews
Dragon Evolution
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🐉 Cute and creative dragon designs
- 💡 Ability to customize dragons
- 🤩 Enjoyable evolution process
Room to improve
- 🙄 Excessive ads and interruptions
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs (e.g., disappearing hats, freezing, crashing)
- 😒 Repetitive and gets boring over time
Zoopolis
From 339 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Great graphics and visual design
- 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay mechanics
- 🐾 Cute animal characters and animations
- 🎵 Good background music
- 👨👧 Family-friendly entertainment for kids
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
- 📺 Excessive ads throughout gameplay
- 🔄 Repetitive gameplay loop
- ⏱️ Game takes too long to progress
- 🎮 Limited endgame content and progression
Bugs and requests
Dragon Evolution
Reported bugs
4 issues- Diamonds glitching and disappearing
- Hats disappearing from dragons
- Game freezing and crashing
- Coin/gem count being obscured by UI elements
Requested features
4 requests- Add more color options for dragons
- Implement a battle arena or mini-games
- Reduce the frequency of ads
- Allow players to sell or discard excess hats
Zoopolis
Reported bugs
10 issues- Hamster code not updating or showing as expired
- Hamster icon disappears during gameplay
- Game freezes after entering hamster key code
- App crashes on load (especially on iPhone)
- Game crashes when popping bubbles
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- Kicked out of game every few minutes
- App crashes and deletes progress
- Animal value inconsistencies with gold rewards
- Visual mismatches between animals and pictures
- Endgame animal level counting as multiple animals
Requested features
7 requests- Add more maps and levels
- Cross-device progress saving/syncing
- Scaling animal monetary values with collection size
- New map: Australia with unique animals
- End-game cutscene and completion celebration
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- Ability to disable or reduce ads
- Fix animal level counting system at endgame
In-app purchases
Dragon Evolution
- 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$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
Zoopolis
- Gold Membership3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Starter pack$1.99
- Gems pack 1$2.99
- No ads$3.99
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- Gems pack 2$5.99
- Gems pack 3$9.99
Questions
Is Dragon Evolution free?
Is Zoopolis free?
Which has better reviews, Dragon Evolution or Zoopolis?
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