Comparison

Evolution vs Democratic Socialism Simulator

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
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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

Democratic Socialism Simulator

Simulate leading a political revolution as the first socialist president of the United States. Make radical reforms, transform the economy, and tackle pressing issues while managing voter approval and government finances. Navigate complex choices and unexpected challenges.

Highlights
  • Enact radical reforms
  • Tax the rich
  • Transform the economy
  • Hundreds of policy choices
  • Randomly generated scenarios
  • Multiple endings
  • Dating app/Reigns-inspired interface
Features
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The Democratic Socialism Simulator lets you play as the first socialist president of the United States! Enact radical reforms, tax the rich, transform the economy, tackle the most pressing issues without alienating voters or bankrupting the government. But beware: the ruling class won't give up its power easily. Even your closest allies may turn on you. *Hundreds of choices based on existing policy proposals *Randomly generated scenarios and multiple endings *Room for different play styles, ideologies, and strategies *A cast of extremely opinionated anthropomorphic animals The Democratic Socialism Simulator is a single player game that borrows its interface from the dating app Tinder and the popular game series Reigns. A single game typically last about 20-30 minutes.

Screenshots

Evolution4 screens
Democratic Socialism Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Democratic Socialism Simulator at Free against Evolution's $1.99. Democratic Socialism Simulator also leads on iOS requirement (9.3 vs 13.0). Evolution's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (84% vs 63%). On ratings volume, 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

Democratic Socialism Simulator 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 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 549 and 1.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Evolution's written reviews are positive against 63% of Democratic Socialism Simulator's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Evolution versus Democratic Socialism Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvolutionDemocratic Socialism Simulator
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (549 ratings) — better3.9 (1.5K ratings)
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews — better63.5% of reviews
Number of ratings5491.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB543 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKeiwan DonyagardPAOLO PEDERCINI

Customer experience

Evolution

All ratings549 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral4.4%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews194 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral4.6%
Negative11.3%

Democratic Socialism Simulator

All ratings1,461 ratings
Positive71.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative22.9%
Written reviews189 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral11.1%
Negative25.4%

User reviews

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

Democratic Socialism Simulator

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 🤖 Interesting political simulation
  • 👍 Funny and engaging
  • 🎨 Beautiful art style
  • 🎶 Excellent music

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes on startup
  • 🔒 Biased towards left-leaning policies
  • 📏 Limited screen orientation options
  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
  • ⏱️ Short playtime

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

Democratic Socialism Simulator

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on startup
  • Screen orientation issues
  • Inconsistent event outcomes

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to play as different political parties
  • More in-depth policy options and consequences
  • Expanded gameplay with additional terms/elections
  • Save/progress feature
  • More varied events and outcomes
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  • Achievements or scoring system

In-app purchases

None

Evolution

No in-app purchases

None

Democratic Socialism Simulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Evolution free?
Evolution costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Democratic Socialism Simulator free?
Democratic Socialism Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Evolution or Democratic Socialism Simulator?
Evolution is rated higher. Evolution averages 4.4 out of 5 from 549 ratings, while Democratic Socialism Simulator averages 3.9 from 1.5K ratings.
Do Evolution or Democratic Socialism Simulator have ads?
Neither Evolution nor Democratic Socialism Simulator shows ads.

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