Comparison

Evolution of Species vs Evolution

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

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About

Evolution of Species

Design and evolve unique creatures with extensive customization options. Explore diverse planets, battle procedurally generated monsters, and test your creations in thrilling online PvP battles. Your ultimate goal is survival and galactic domination.

Highlights
  • Deep creature customization
  • Explore thousands of planets
  • Online PvP arena battles
  • Unique evolution simulator
  • Monster creation and development
Features
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Evolution of Species: Create a Creature for Single-Player and Online PvP! Ready for evolution? Dive into a thrilling creature creation and survival simulator! In Evolution of Species, you'll start small, but your potential is limitless. Evolve a unique monster capable of dominating in online PvP battles and conquering the galaxy! This is your evolution, your survival! Deep Evolution and Customization System: Dreaming of creating your dream creature? Our monster maker offers a multitude of body parts and endless appearance customization. Customization is your key to crafting the perfect predator or survival master. Creature creation has never been so exciting! Explore the Infinite Cosmos: Thousands of planets await you, full of dangers and unique life. Each planet is a new survival challenge for your creature. Battle millions of procedurally generated monsters, apply strategy, and prove your superiority in this evolution game. Online PvP Arena and Battles: Think your creation is the strongest? Put it to the test! Fight in real-time on the online PvP arena against other players' creatures. Develop evolution strategies and combat tactics to win exciting online battles. Climb to the top of the food chain! Key Features of "Evolution of Species": - Unique evolution and survival simulator. - Powerful creature constructor with deep customization. - Thrilling online PvP battles with real players. - Create and evolve unique monsters. - Explore thousands of planets in a vast cosmos. - Constant species development and survival strategy. Download "Evolution of Species" right now! Start your evolution, create an invincible creature, and become a legend in the Universe or the online PvP arena!

About

Evolution

Design and build unique creatures using joints, bones, and muscles. Witness their learning and improvement through evolutionary algorithms and neural networks as they tackle tasks like running, jumping, and flying. Share your creations with friends.

Highlights
  • Creature design with joints, bones, muscles
  • Neural network learning
  • Evolutionary algorithm improvement
  • Tasks: running, jumping, climbing, flying
  • Share simulation saves and creature designs
  • View source code
Features
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Use joints, bones and muscles to build creatures that are only limited by your imagination. Watch how the combination of neural networks and an evolutionary algorithm can enable your creatures to learn and improve at their given tasks all on their own. The tasks include running, jumping, climbing and flying. Can you design the ultimate creature that is good at all of the tasks? The latest update allows you to easily share your simulation saves and creature designs with your friends. Note that this is more of a simulation than a game. There are no real objectives. But there is a lot to learn if you are interested in the basics of machine learning and neural networks. You can even look at the source code if you want. There is also a Mac & PC version available for download and a browser version for you to try out on the main project website (keiwando.com/evolution).

Screenshots

Evolution of Species4 screens
Evolution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Evolution of Species at Free against Evolution's $1.99. Evolution of Species also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.4). Evolution's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (84% vs 62%). On ratings volume, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

Evolution of Species is free to download; Evolution costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Evolution of Species holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 868 and 549 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Evolution of Species's written reviews are positive against 84% of Evolution's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Evolution of Species ships an update every 3 months, Evolution every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Evolution of Species versus Evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvolution of SpeciesEvolution
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.6 (868 ratings) — better4.4 (549 ratings)
Positive reviews62.3% of reviews83.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings868 — better549
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#189 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoman LugovskihKeiwan Donyagard

Customer experience

Evolution of Species

All ratings508 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews167 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral12.0%
Negative25.7%

Evolution

All ratings549 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral4.4%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive83.6%
Neutral5.1%
Negative11.3%

User reviews

Evolution of Species

From 868 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 AWESOME MAN!!!
  • 👍 Good memories
  • 🚀 Best offline game ever
  • 🚀 Awesome Game
  • 🚀 Mobile spore?

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Didn't save my character
  • 🐛 Irritating
  • 🐛 Adds kill the game
  • 🔋 Controls are too janky
  • 🐛 Bad bug and some ideas for this game

Evolution

From 549 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game
  • 🚀 Addictive and fun
  • 💡 Interesting concept of AI-driven evolution
  • 👍 Unique and creative
  • 👍 Enjoyable to watch creatures evolve

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 🐛 Creatures behave erratically
  • 🐛 Difficulty creating functional creatures

Bugs and requests

Evolution of Species

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • 🐛 Won't let me place a beak
  • 🐛 Didn't save my character
  • 🐛 Crashes often
  • 🐛 It keeps crashing it kicks me out

Requested features

8 requests
  • 💡 Add land animals and new parts
  • 💡 Add a 3D section, friend system, and seasonal parts
  • 💡 Add a land stage
  • 💡 Add a land stage and more customization
  • 💡 Add a land stage and more parts
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  • 💡 Add a sandbox mode with all parts for free
  • 💡 Add more accessories
  • 💡 Add land creatures

Evolution

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Creatures re-appear after being deleted
  • Horizontal distance not recorded properly
  • Simulation screen turns white
  • Creatures get stuck in a looping state

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add swimming and flying modes
  • Ability to customize creature body parts
  • Option to speed up or pause evolution
  • Save and load creature designs
  • More task types (e.g. grabbing, throwing)
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  • Multiplayer or competition modes
  • Improved camera controls
  • Ability to create obstacles or terrain

In-app purchases

None

Evolution of Species

No in-app purchases

None

Evolution

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Evolution of Species free?
Evolution of Species is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Evolution free?
Evolution costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Evolution of Species or Evolution?
Evolution of Species is rated higher. Evolution of Species averages 4.6 out of 5 from 868 ratings, while Evolution averages 4.4 from 549 ratings.
Do Evolution of Species or Evolution have ads?
Evolution of Species shows ads; Evolution does not.
Which is updated more often, Evolution of Species or Evolution?
Evolution of Species ships an update every 3 months, and Evolution every 2 months. Most recently, Evolution of Species was updated on October 21, 2026 and Evolution on October 20, 2026.

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