Drill Evolution vs Build Penguin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drill Evolution
This idle clicker game combines incremental upgrades with a luck-based system. Collect items to enhance your drill, then use the upgraded drill to gather more items. Success depends on both diligent grinding and fortunate outcomes.
- Item collection
- Drill upgrades
- Luck-based progression
- Incremental gameplay
- Idle mechanics
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이 클리커는 보통 클리커가 아니오... 아이템을 모으고 아이템으로 드릴을 업그레이드 하고 그 드릴로 또 아이템을 모으고 ... 노가다만 한다고 될 문제가 아니야 ! 운도 없으면 개고생 ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 노가다와 운빨의 운명적인 만남 ! 어디까지 키울 수 있겠니 드릴 키우기 ~!
Build Penguin
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Grow your own penguin village in the Antarctic - a cozy pixel idle game. [Mine the Ice] Tap the ice rock and your penguin swings the axe. Every tap stacks more ice into your store. [Merge the Ice] Tap two matching pieces in the ice store and they merge into a higher tier. Soft Ice to Hard Ice to Crystal. Three tiers to merge! [Build Igloos] Tap once to pour your crystals into an igloo. It rises floor by floor, and when it's done a new penguin moves in and the village grows. [Penguin Dex] Every new penguin joins your Dex. Collect all 7, from the tiny penguin to the golden one and the legendary rainbow penguin. Tap a penguin walking around town and it will say hi. [Upgrade and Idle] Clear quests to earn fish, then spend them at the shop on pickaxes, auto-miner penguins, bigger storage and defense walls. With auto-miners on duty, ice keeps piling up while you're away. A polar bear shows up now and then - tap to chase it off and grab a reward. Under a sky that shifts from morning to day to sunset to night, with auroras overhead, take your time and grow your little pixel penguin town. No sign-up, no in-app purchases. Just tap and build.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Build Penguin at every 5 days against Drill Evolution's every 3 months. Drill Evolution's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Drill Evolution ships an update every 3 months, Build Penguin every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drill Evolution | Build Penguin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SOYOUNG HONG | SOUNDGYM |
In-app purchases
Drill Evolution
No in-app purchases
Build Penguin
No in-app purchases
Questions
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