Comparison

Evolution vs Flipbook

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

Head to head
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
Currently charting
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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).

About

Flipbook

Easily create animated flipbooks and movies with drawing and painting tools. Print your creations to assemble physical flipbooks. Includes tutorials and lesson plans for kids, parents, and teachers.

Highlights
  • Draw, paint, and animate easily
  • Create cartoon characters and shape animations
  • Printable flipbooks in PDF format
  • Intuitive controls and tutorials
  • Stylus integration (e.g., Apple Pencil)
  • Lesson plans for parents and teachers
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Flipbook:Animate is an easy way for kids to create animation flipbooks and movies. Draw,paint and animate easily in this app designed specifically for kids. Create flipbooks and movies of cartoon characters,paintings or just doodle simple animations of shapes. Each animated movie can be printed out physically and assembled by hand to make a flipbook. *Print out your flipbooks,using the common PDF format *Intuitive controls and tons of tutorials *Integrates well with styluses like Ipad Pencil and Note *Features lesson plans for parents and teachers to create fun arts and crafts projects Flipbook:Animate is created by Appy Monkeys , the award winning studio behind Blox 3D,Animate Me and Draw 3D Junior which have collectively been downloaded more than 3 million times globally and been featured by Apple and Google.Our apps have won awards from Children's Tech review and have been featured by Purdue University in their STEAM/STEM guide for parents.

Screenshots

Evolution4 screens
Flipbook3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Evolution at 84% against Flipbook's 13%. Evolution also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (549 vs 10). Flipbook's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On ads, 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 costs $1.99 and Flipbook $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Evolution holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Evolution has 549 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Evolution's written reviews are positive against 13% of Flipbook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Evolution ships an update every 2 months, Flipbook every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Evolution versus Flipbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvolutionFlipbook
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.4 (549 ratings) — better2.3 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews83.6% of reviews — better12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings549 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#126 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKeiwan DonyagardArjun Gupte

Customer experience

Evolution

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

Flipbook

All ratings10 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative62.5%

Bugs and requests

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

Flipbook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Evolution

No in-app purchases

None

Flipbook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Evolution free?
Evolution costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flipbook free?
Flipbook costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Evolution or Flipbook?
Evolution is rated higher. Evolution averages 4.4 out of 5 from 549 ratings, while Flipbook averages 2.3 from 10 ratings.
Do Evolution or Flipbook have ads?
Neither Evolution nor Flipbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Evolution or Flipbook?
Evolution ships an update every 2 months, and Flipbook every 7 months. Most recently, Evolution was updated on October 14, 2026 and Flipbook on October 1, 2026.

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