Comparison

Evolution of Species 2 vs Mini Mining

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

Head to head
About

Evolution of Species 2

Create unique creatures and guide their evolution on alien planets. Compete with other players online to become the strongest inhabitant. Share your creations and participate in themed events.

Highlights
  • Participate in evolution
  • Create unique creatures
  • Explore thousands of planets
  • Compete with online players
  • Share creature creations
  • Participate in themed parties
Features
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Before you open a huge world, which is teeming with life! Thousands of planets with millions of inhabitants who seek to lead the food chain. Choose one of these planets, create your creature and go to conquer a new unknown world! Help your creature evolve from the simplest resident of the microscopic depths into a vivid and unique creature that can stand for itself. Use your imagination and create the most unusual creature! Show it to the world! Share it with your friends or compete with other online players. Game features: - Participate in evolution! Create unique creatures using a flexible set of settings, dozens of different body parts and many color options for them. Countless unique combinations! - Choose from thousands of planets available for life, compete with bizarre inhabitants and become the strongest one! - Develop your creatures in clashes with real players around the world. Prove that your creation is invincible! - Share your creatures with your friends and add their creations to your game. Find the most unusual form of life! - Participate in themed parties and prove that your creature is the best! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mini Mining

Embark on an adventure of strategy and mining to uncover the secrets of a mysterious village. Upgrade your abilities, discover unique ores, and collect hidden treasures and dig skins. This pixelated game offers a nostalgic experience for fans of classic mining titles.

Highlights
  • Deep mining exploration
  • Stat upgrades
  • Sell unique ores
  • Discover hidden treasures
  • Collect Dig Skins
  • Nostalgic pixel art style
Features
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Mini Mining is a game that mixes adventures, strategies, and mining with the unique objective to go deeper and deeper and find what makes this little village so intriguing. Upgrade your stats, sell unique ores, and discover an exceptional world full of mysteries and hidden treasures. Try to find every mysterious object deeply buried in the ground and gather every Dig Skin available. If you liked Motherload or Mega Miner, Mini Mining is for you. It will revive the nostalgia of those old games in a pixel mobile version. If you have any ideas for the game, please contact us: minimining.twerto@gmail.com Team behind this game: Léonard Pouliot: Game developer and programmer Marçal Balestero: Esthetic director and drawer Louis-Albert Pouliot: Designer and drawer Benjamin Astorga: Music

Screenshots

Evolution of Species 24 screens
Mini Mining4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Evolution of Species 2 at 4.5 against Mini Mining's 2.3. Evolution of Species 2 also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 33%) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 10). Mini Mining's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Evolution of Species 2 sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Mini Mining sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Evolution of Species 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Evolution of Species 2 has 1.2K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Evolution of Species 2's written reviews are positive against 33% of Mini Mining's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Evolution of Species 2 versus Mini Mining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvolution of Species 2Mini Mining
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.2K ratings) — better2.3 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better10
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoman LugovskihLeonard Pouliot

Customer experience

Evolution of Species 2

All ratings1,108 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews235 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral17.0%
Negative18.3%

Mini Mining

All ratings10 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral9.5%
Negative57.1%

Bugs and requests

Evolution of Species 2

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Creature editor issues with dragging and dropping parts
  • Progression reset after updates
  • Multiplayer server connection problems
  • Freezing and performance issues on some devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add land stage and creature evolution
  • Expand gameplay beyond just the cell stage
  • Improve AI and difficulty balancing
  • Introduce more varied environments and challenges

Mini Mining

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Evolution of Species 2

Subscriptions1
  • Premium subscription$2.997 Days
One-time8
  • Buy 200 DNA$0.99
  • Buy 500 DNA$0.99
  • Buy 1000 DNA$1.99
Show 5 more
  • Buy 2000 DNA$2.99
  • Disable Ads$3.99
  • Buy 15000 DNA$8.99
  • Buy 50000 DNA$14.99
  • Buy 200000 DNA$34.99
6 purchases

Mini Mining

One-time6
  • 15 000 coins in Mini Mining$0.99
  • Mini-Dig skin$0.99
  • Shadow-Dig skin$0.99
Show 3 more
  • 40 000 coins in Mini Mining$1.99
  • King-Dig skin$1.99
  • 110 000 coins in Mini Mining$3.99

Questions

Is Evolution of Species 2 free?
Evolution of Species 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mini Mining free?
Mini Mining is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Evolution of Species 2 or Mini Mining?
Evolution of Species 2 is rated higher. Evolution of Species 2 averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Mini Mining averages 2.3 from 10 ratings.
Do Evolution of Species 2 or Mini Mining have ads?
Evolution of Species 2 shows ads; Mini Mining does not.

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