Evolution of Species 2 vs CodeMonsters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Participate in evolution
- Create unique creatures
- Explore thousands of planets
- Compete with online players
- Share creature creations
- Participate in themed parties
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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/
CodeMonsters
Discover unique pixel-art creatures by scanning real-world barcodes. Collect, battle, and breed monsters with elemental types and stats determined by the scanned code. Build your collection from everyday items and compete online.
- Scan barcodes to hatch monsters
- Collect monsters with unique elements and stats
- Battle other players online
- Breed monsters for new traits
- Build a collection from real-world codes
- Pixel-art creature design
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Every barcode hides a monster. Scan one and find out which. CodeMonsters turns the ordinary codes around you — books, groceries, packages, anything with a barcode — into unique pixel-art creatures. Each code is decoded into one specific monster: its species, element, rarity, and stats are locked to that barcode, so the same code always hatches the same beast. No two products give you the same result, and the rarest codes hide the rarest monsters. SCAN & HATCH Point your camera at any barcode to decode a new specimen. Watch it materialize in the hatching chamber, then catalog it in your collection. Common, Rare, Elder, Legendary, Godlike — the higher the tier, the harder it is to find in the wild. BUILD YOUR COLLECTION Every monster is rendered as original pixel art with its own element — Fire, Water, Thunder, Earth, Ice, Shadow, Light, Wind, Poison, Arcane — and a full stat line. Search, filter, sort, and favorite your way through a growing catalog of creatures. BATTLE ONLINE Assemble a team of six and take on other collectors in the Battle Arena. Position your monsters in formation, exploit element matchups, and time your attacks — a pre-battle reaction challenge and tap-charge mechanic mean your skill shapes the outcome, not just your stats. Climb the all-time leaderboard. BREED NEW MONSTERS Combine two monsters in the Breeding Lab to produce offspring with mixed traits. Chase rarer elements and stronger stat lines through generations. A WORLD MADE OF CODES There's no fixed roster to grind — your collection is built from the real barcodes you encounter. The shelf at the shop, the book on your desk, the parcel at the door: each one is a monster waiting to be decoded. Scan. Collect. Battle. The lab is ready. CodeMonsters requires an account (email + password) to sync your collection. Camera access is used only to read barcodes. See our Privacy Policy and Terms at codemonsters.app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Evolution of Species 2 at 65% against CodeMonsters's 0%. Evolution of Species 2 also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 1). CodeMonsters's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Evolution of Species 2 sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and CodeMonsters sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Evolution of Species 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Evolution of Species 2 has 1.4K ratings behind it against 1, 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 0% of CodeMonsters's.
Evolution of Species 2 ships an update monthly, CodeMonsters every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Evolution of Species 2 | CodeMonsters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.4K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Roman Lugovskih | ELLIOT MITCHELL FRY |
Customer experience
Evolution of Species 2
CodeMonsters
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
CodeMonsters
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Evolution of Species 2
- Premium subscription$2.997 Days
- Buy 200 DNA$0.99
- Buy 500 DNA$0.99
- Buy 1000 DNA$1.99
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- Buy 2000 DNA$2.99
- Disable Ads$3.99
- Buy 15000 DNA$8.99
- Buy 50000 DNA$14.99
- Buy 200000 DNA$34.99
CodeMonsters
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Basic Pack$1.99
- Premium Pack$4.99
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- Mega Pack$9.99
Questions
Is Evolution of Species 2 free?
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