Comparison

EVO ISLAND vs Rubylands

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

Head to head
About

EVO ISLAND

Guide an intelligent species through eons of adaptation on a new world. Balance population, resistances, intelligence, and warrior upgrades to conquer territories while defending against predators. Can you achieve self-awareness and survival?

Highlights
  • Population growth management
  • Resistance and intelligence upgrades
  • Warrior unit development
  • Territory conquest
  • Predator defense
  • Species adaptation
Features
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Play the first 7 matches for FREE! In-app purchase is required to unlock unlimited games. Thank you for taking the time to download and try our game. After eons of adaptation, you find yourself on the shores of a new world. A new beginning... To achieve victory you must balance population growth, resistances, intelligence, and warrior upgrades to fully populate every territory in the region with your intelligent species. But beware, you aren't alone and must protect yourself from predators who will stop at nothing to bring you to extinction. Do you have what it takes to survive, grow, and achieve self awareness?

About

Rubylands

Engage in real-time strategy with settlement building, resource management, and defensive combat. Build epic defenses, compose armies, and use magic to overcome enemies in this offline RTS experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time RTS strategy
  • Settlement building and defense
  • Resource gathering
  • Offensive and defensive combat
  • Survival sandbox mode
  • Magic system
  • Offline play
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The key to success is your resource gathering, settlement building, defense and offensive combat RTS skills. Regularly adjust to enemy tactics and build up your RTS military strategy troops! Build an epic defense of towers, magic that withstands the toughest encounters with ease. Compose your armies, RTS defense strategy wisely, because your kingdom depends on them. Recapture your islands by destroying colossus or try to survive with an RTS. Use magic to win in the most difficult situations when there is no hope. Be prepared for any epic quests and defenses that lie ahead! Features: Real-time RTS strategy with no direct control of units. Build a strong settlement defense with towers that will withstand any attack. Choose the troops and defense towers with which you want to build your way in the RTS. Survival sandbox mode. Try yourself in SANDBOX survival mode, as long as you can hold out fighting off endless attacks from various golems that want to destroy your settlement. Create or destroy. Use magic to create the world around you, or destroy all living things. And much more. Are you ready to lead your settlement to victory? Do you have the best strategy for victory? The world of RUBYLANDS is waiting for you. Community: Discord: https://bit.ly/3xgBjDe Get the latest information: https://rubylands.info/ Terms of Service: RUBYLANDS is free to download and play, but some game elements can be purchased for real money. If you do not want to use these features, please disable in-app purchases in your device settings. You can play this RTS offline without wi-fi or internet connection Download RUBYLANDS - RTS game for FREE! If you are experiencing any problems, please do get in contact with me here: dev@supermoonbox.com Leave a feedback or suggestions if you want to see more features and units in this free real time strategy game!

Screenshots

EVO ISLAND4 screens
Rubylands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rubylands at every 3 weeks against EVO ISLAND's every 4 months. Rubylands also leads on rating (2.9 vs 2.7). EVO ISLAND's advantage is ratings volume (166 vs 33) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. EVO ISLAND sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Rubylands sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rubylands holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EVO ISLAND has 166 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of EVO ISLAND's written reviews are positive against 50% of Rubylands's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EVO ISLAND ships an update every 4 months, Rubylands every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
EVO ISLAND versus Rubylands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEVO ISLANDRubylands
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (166 ratings)2.9 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings166 — better33
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB101 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTeam17 USAArtem Karpenko

Customer experience

EVO ISLAND

All ratings166 ratings
Positive38.0%
Neutral7.2%
Negative54.8%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral11.0%
Negative45.2%

Rubylands

All ratings33 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative44.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

EVO ISLAND

One-time1
  • Unlock the full game!$0.99
1 purchases

Rubylands

One-time1
  • Premium content$0.99

Questions

Is EVO ISLAND free?
EVO ISLAND is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rubylands free?
Rubylands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EVO ISLAND or Rubylands?
Rubylands is rated higher. EVO ISLAND averages 2.7 out of 5 from 166 ratings, while Rubylands averages 2.9 from 33 ratings.
Do EVO ISLAND or Rubylands have ads?
Neither EVO ISLAND nor Rubylands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EVO ISLAND or Rubylands?
EVO ISLAND ships an update every 4 months, and Rubylands every 3 weeks. Most recently, EVO ISLAND was updated on October 8, 2026 and Rubylands on October 6, 2026.

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