Evolution Arena vs Idle Crusher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Idle Crusher
Build and upgrade crushing machines to process materials. Earn money to unlock new elements and enhance your grinders. Enjoy a casual idle experience where your machines work even when you're offline.
- Upgrade grinders and materials
- Unlock over 50 elements
- Optional ads
- Earn offline
- Incremental gameplay
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Build up your grinders to crush materials! Spend the money you earn on upgrading materials and unlocking new elements as you go! Enjoy casual idle fun with Idle Crusher! Spend the materials you grind up in the furnace to unlock the power of your grinders. Upgrade your grinders from the softest material all the way to diamond. You'll start weak but grow powerful in this incremental game! -------------------------------------------- Idle Incremental Gameplay -------------------------------------------- • Unlock - Upgrade both your materials and your grinders. • Discover - Over 50 elements to unlock. • No forced ads - Optional ads that don't force you to watch them. • Free to Play - Earn gems by grinding materials. Stronger materials are worth more! • Earn while offline - Your grinders will keep working while you're offline, earning you cash and materials to spend! Join the discord and win free prizes in regular giveaways! https://discord.gg/sNsDHek Play now for free!
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Verdict
Evolution Arena and Idle Crusher both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Evolution Arena's written reviews are positive against 33% of Idle Crusher's. Idle Crusher's advantage is ratings volume (106 vs 21). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Arena sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Idle Crusher sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Evolution Arena against 4.4 for Idle Crusher. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Crusher has 106 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Evolution Arena's written reviews are positive against 33% of Idle Crusher's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Evolution Arena | Idle Crusher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (21 ratings) — better | 4.4 (106 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 106 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexey Izvalov | WaffleStack Studio LLC |
Customer experience
Evolution Arena
Idle Crusher
In-app purchases
Evolution Arena
- No ads$2.99
Idle Crusher
- Purchase 5000 Gems$0.99
- Purchase 17500 Gems$2.99
- Purchase 30000 Gems$2.99
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- Gem Vault$4.99
- Purchase 30000 Gems$4.99
- Remove All Ads$5.99
- Purchase 70000 Gems$9.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
- 160K Gems$19.99
- Pro Pack$19.99
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