Comparison

Dragon Evolution vs Creature Crafter

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Drag and drop similar dragons to merge
  • Discover new mutant creatures
  • Collect dragon poop coins
  • Buy new creatures
  • Customize dragons with hats
  • Avoid impostors
Features
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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

About

Creature Crafter

Design unique creatures with extensive customization tools, then bring them to life to explore vibrant online worlds with friends. Collect new parts to enhance abilities, complete quests, battle foes, and engage in minigames or roleplaying.

Highlights
  • Creature building and customization
  • Online multiplayer exploration
  • Collect and upgrade creature parts
  • Quest completion and battles
  • Minigames and roleplaying
  • Procedural animation for environments
Features
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Create your own creatures to explore online worlds with friends and collect new parts to upgrade your stats and abilities! Complete quests, battle enemies, challenge friends to minigames, or just have fun roleplaying — the possibilities are endless when your imagination is the limit! The core gameplay loop involves constructing creatures to explore hand-crafted worlds and collecting body parts and patterns to further upgrade your creature. You can then use your newly acquired abilities to complete quests to earn cash and re-invest into your creature. If you’re just interested in creating creatures, however, then simply switch over to creative mode and everything will already be unlocked! The creation tool consists of three different modes: ● BUILD: Customize the shape of your creature by manipulating its spine and attaching transformable body parts. Altering your creature then changes its statistics (e.g., weight, speed, health etc.) and attaching certain body parts gives it special abilities (e.g., flying, swimming, biting etc.). ● PAINT: Change the color of your creature’s body and attached body parts, as well as the pattern and texture of your creature’s skin. ● PLAY: When you’re finished designing your creature, you can bring it to life! Traverse lush forests, swim in the ocean or fly high above the clouds — your creature will procedurally animate to adapt to its environment. Please note that this project is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected to EA, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

Screenshots

Dragon Evolution4 screens
Creature Crafter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Creature Crafter at weekly against Dragon Evolution's every 5 weeks. Dragon Evolution's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 72%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dragon Evolution sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Creature Crafter sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Dragon Evolution against 4.8 for Creature Crafter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15K and 11K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Dragon Evolution's written reviews are positive against 72% of Creature Crafter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dragon Evolution ships an update every 5 weeks, Creature Crafter weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dragon Evolution versus Creature Crafter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDragon EvolutionCreature Crafter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (15K ratings)4.8 (11K ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews — better72.3% of reviews
Number of ratings15K — better11K
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB844 MB
Age rating+49+
DeveloperTPG TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDADaniel Lochner

Customer experience

Dragon Evolution

All ratings14,759 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews354 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.2%

Creature Crafter

All ratings11,163 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews613 reviews
Positive72.3%
Neutral10.0%
Negative17.8%

User reviews

Dragon Evolution

From 15K App Store ratings

What 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

Creature Crafter

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 👍 Soothing sounds
  • 👍 Easy to play
  • 👍 Accurate representation
  • 👍 No ads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Screen gets stuck in servers
  • 🐛 Glitches with body parts and mouths
  • 🐛 Difficulty with resizing and positioning body parts
  • 🐛 Black screen issues
  • 🐛 Camera control problems

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

Creature Crafter

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Screen going black and freezing
  • Inability to move the camera
  • Creatures turning into recent creations when saved
  • Difficulty with resizing and positioning body parts
  • Issues with the creature workshop and unlocking parts
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  • Creatures walking backwards
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more body parts, accessories, and customization options
  • Implement a map maker for mobile
  • Add more maps and environments to explore
  • Introduce a cell stage, tribal stage, and civilization stage
  • Implement a spawn tool to summon created creatures
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  • Add more range attack options like lasers and poison
  • Improve animation and smoothness of creature movements
  • Implement a chat filter and moderation system
  • Add the ability to build structures and nests
  • Introduce a leveling system with attributes and skills

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Dragon Evolution

One-time13
  • 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
3 purchases

Creature Crafter

One-time3
  • Pets$2.99
  • Full Game$5.99
  • Supporter$9.99

Questions

Is Dragon Evolution free?
Dragon Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Creature Crafter free?
Creature Crafter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dragon Evolution or Creature Crafter?
Creature Crafter is rated higher. Dragon Evolution averages 4.7 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Creature Crafter averages 4.8 from 11K ratings.
Do Dragon Evolution or Creature Crafter have ads?
Both Dragon Evolution and Creature Crafter show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dragon Evolution or Creature Crafter?
Dragon Evolution ships an update every 5 weeks, and Creature Crafter weekly. Most recently, Dragon Evolution was updated on October 25, 2026 and Creature Crafter on October 26, 2026.

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