Comparison

Grow Animals vs Element

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

Head to head
About

Grow Animals

Design and raise your dream pet by combining traits like cute, smart, strong, and lovable. Witness their evolution from a single cell to a fully grown creature, and even merge animals to discover new breeds. Decorate their habitat and care for them.

Highlights
  • Create dozens of unique animals
  • Experiment with trait combinations
  • Witness animal evolution
  • Decorate pet habitats
  • Pamper and play with pets
  • Merge animals to discover new breeds
Features
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Create your ideal pet! Make any pet animal you’ve ever dreamed of, there are dozens to collect! House them in your personal zoo, decorate it to your liking to keep your lovable fur babies happy. What is your ideal pet? Is it Cute? Smart? Strong? Lovable? Some combination of the four, or maybe just two of those traits? Experiment to find out! Science has produced concentrated potions of cute, smart, strong, and love, mix these traits together to create your favorite animal! What kind of animal is all Love but no Cute? What’s the strongest animal? The Smartest? Only you can find out. Start raising new animals starting with a single cell. Whatever mixture of traits you choose will produce a cell of your new animal, clone and merge cells together to slowly grow your pet. Witness the amazing evolution! What will your pet look like in its earliest stages of development? How adorable will it be as a baby? See the greatest miracle of life play out before your very eyes! Bring mythical creatures to life with your wondrous scientific abilities! Create dragons and unicorns. Bring dinosaurs back to life. Raise every breed of dog and cat! Combine fully grown animals together to create new and wonderful new pets. What does merging two kittens together create? You’ll have to try it yourself to know. Main Features: - Create Dozens of Adorable Animals! - Experiment to Discover New Animals to Add to Your Collection! - Decorate Your Pets’ New Home, Create Your Dream Garden! - Pamper, Feed, Bath, and Play with Your New Pets! Your journey of life, discovery, and creation starts now! Visit https://lionstudios.cc/contact-us/ if have any feedback, need help on beating a level or have any awesome ideas you would like to see in the game! From the Studio that brought you Mr. Bullet, Happy Glass, Ink Inc and Love Balls! Follow us to get news and updates on our other Award Winning titles; https://lionstudios.cc/ Facebook.com/LionStudios.cc Instagram.com/LionStudioscc Twitter.com/LionStudiosCC Youtube.com/c/LionStudiosCC

About

Element

Features
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Can your eyes keep up? Match your element to every ring — at a speed that never stops climbing. At first, it's just running. Then the speed starts to build. Faster. Faster. Elements flash in front of you and vanish in an instant. There's no time to think. Grab what you need. Dodge what you must. Keep running. Every right choice restores your stamina. Every second, the window to decide gets smaller. Follow with your eyes. Move with your hands. Decide in a split second. And the moment you hit MAX, everything you knew about speed turns to light. One more run. This time, faster. Break your record. Break your limits. How far can you go? ■ FEATURES - Five elements — match the right one to every ring - Chain combos and trigger the Combo Booster - Unleash ELEMENT BURST - Rank up from Bronze to Silver and beyond - Ranked solo runs and strategic battle mode - Compete on global, country and city leaderboards - Unlock new tunnel and background themes

Screenshots

Grow Animals4 screens
Element4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Element at none against Grow Animals's 2. Element also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Grow Animals sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Element asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Grow Animals versus Element: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrow AnimalsElement
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (45K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings45K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size334 MB41 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLion StudiosGaon Ahn

Bugs and requests

Grow Animals

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Animals disappearing after merging
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Incorrect animal spawning
  • Progress reset problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow users to create their own unique animals
  • Reduce the number of ads and ad breaks
  • Add more content and gameplay variety
  • Fix bugs and glitches

Element

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Grow Animals

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • All In One Bundle$4.99
None

Element

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grow Animals free?
Grow Animals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Element free?
Element is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grow Animals or Element have ads?
Grow Animals shows ads; Element does not.
Which is updated more often, Grow Animals or Element?
Grow Animals ships an update every 3 weeks, and Element every 3 weeks. Most recently, Grow Animals was updated on October 21, 2026 and Element on October 11, 2026.

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