Weapon Evolve vs Trigger Up
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weapon Evolve
Upgrade your weapon through different eras, from medieval swords to laser guns. Progress through unique levels, defeat enemies, and enhance your arsenal to conquer all challenges. Discover a wide variety of fun and unique weapons.
- Weapon evolution through time
- Unique weapons from different eras
- Enemy destruction
- Timeline progression
- Income enhancement
- Discover fun weapons
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Pick the best time gates to upgrade your weapon from Spear to Laser Gun! Kill all the enemies with different weapons from different timelines. Feel the progression with weapons from the changing era. From medieval sword to revolver, destroy everyone with UNIQUE weapons! Defeat all enemies, upgrade your year and income to earn more! Aim your weapons to doors, improve timeline and multiply weapons to win! Fun weapons to discover! Unique levels with unique weapons pack！ Lots of content for free!
Trigger Up
Experience an action-packed run-and-gun adventure where your weapon evolves as you play. Dash through levels, collect upgrades, and blast enemies to unlock powerful new firepower. The longer and better you run, the stronger your weapon becomes.
- Evolving weapon system
- Run-and-gun gameplay
- Collect upgrades
- Blast enemies and obstacles
- Action-packed levels
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The ultimate run-and-gun experience where your weapon evolves with every step! Dash through action-packed levels, collect upgrades, and blast your way through enemies and obstacles. The better you run, the stronger your weapon becomes! Run, shoot and evolve your gun to unlock unstoppable firepower!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Weapon Evolve at 100% against Trigger Up's 3%. Weapon Evolve also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.1) and ratings volume (186 vs 27). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Weapon Evolve sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Trigger Up sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Weapon Evolve holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weapon Evolve has 186 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Weapon Evolve's written reviews are positive against 3% of Trigger Up's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Weapon Evolve | Trigger Up |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (186 ratings) — better | 2.1 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 3.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 186 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 368 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mooncake Games Limited | Rollic Games |
Customer experience
Weapon Evolve
Trigger Up
In-app purchases
Weapon Evolve
- Remove Ads$2.99
Trigger Up
- Starter Bundle$0.99
- Small Energy Pack$1.99
- Special Offer - Offer 12 variants$1.99
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- Small Gem Pack$2.99
- Energy Bank$4.99
- World Bundle$4.99
- Medium Energy Pack$4.99
- No Ads$6.99
- Energy Bundle$8.99
- Battle Pass$9.99
- Large Energy Pack$14.99
Questions
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