Evolution vs Evolution Arena
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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).
Evolution Arena
Strategically place species on a sandbox map to observe their survival and competition. Watch as your created ecosystems evolve and interact in a dynamic environment.
- Species placement
- Ecosystem survival
- Competitive interaction
- Sandbox environment
- Evolution simulation
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Just tap the screen to place the species, and look how they survive and compete with each other!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Evolution Arena at Free against Evolution's $1.99. Evolution Arena also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Evolution's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, device support and iOS requirement 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
Evolution Arena is free to download; Evolution costs $1.99 up front. Evolution Arena sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Evolution asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Evolution against 4.5 for Evolution Arena. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Evolution has 549 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Evolution's written reviews are positive against 100% of Evolution Arena's.
Evolution ships an update every 2 months, Evolution Arena every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Evolution | Evolution Arena |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (549 ratings) | 4.5 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 549 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #178 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Keiwan Donyagard | Alexey Izvalov |
Customer experience
Evolution
Evolution Arena
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
Evolution Arena
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Evolution
No in-app purchases
Evolution Arena
- No ads$2.99
Questions
Is Evolution free?
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