Card Evolution vs TCGSim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Card Evolution
Collect, upgrade, and evolve a vast array of trading cards from sports to monsters. Battle other players to earn in-game currency, unlock rarer cards, and build the ultimate deck to become the top collector.
- Collect diverse card series
- Build powerful decks
- Battle other players
- Upgrade and evolve cards
- Merge cards for evolution
- Compete for prizes
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Grow your epic card collection: unlock new character series - ranging from sports to monsters - and build the most powerful deck. Battle against other players to become the greatest and earn money to unlock more cards. Be the owner of the world's rarest and most expensive cards collection. Upgrade your cards to become the largest card collector of the rarest and most expensive cards in the world. Unlock new cards and deck as you progress through the game. Compete in epic card battles to win prizes to invest back in your collection and build unique decks. Features - Run to increase the value and rarity of your cards - Evolve your cards in a fun, choice-based runner - Collect all the cards and build the strongest deck - Fight epic card battles - Merge cards in battle to evolve into higher level cards
TCGSim
Practice popular trading card games solo with this easy-to-use app. It supports deck tuning, strategy research, and includes features like free card manipulation and dice rolls. Customize your experience with optional in-app purchases.
- Solo play for 1-2 player fields
- Free card manipulation
- Deck and card management
- Import decks via codes/CSV
- Dice roll and coin toss
- Customizable backgrounds
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A must-have app for TCG players! This app is a simple and easy-to-use solo play app for popular trading card games. Use it for deck tuning and strategy research. Supported TCG Examples: - Yu-Gi-Oh! - Pokémon TCG (Pokémon Card) - Duel Masters *This app is a non-official app for each TCG. Key Features: - Solo play (supports 1-player and 2-player fields) - Free card manipulation - Deck management (create/edit/delete) - Card management (create/edit/delete) – up to 500 cards - Download cards/decks from deck codes or CSV files - Dice roll / coin toss functions In-App Purchases (Optional): - Remove ads - Increase deck registration limit - Customize card back images Customize field background images *For the setting method, please refer to the X (old twitter) account below. https://twitter.com/TCGSim
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Card Evolution at 4.8 against TCGSim's 3.0. Card Evolution also leads on ratings volume (80K vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). 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
Both are free to download. Card Evolution sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and TCGSim sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Card Evolution holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Evolution has 80K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Card Evolution's written reviews are positive against 78% of TCGSim's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Card Evolution ships an update every 3 weeks, TCGSim every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Evolution | TCGSim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (80K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.4% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 80K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| 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 | 12.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 413 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HOMA GAMES | Kenta Hayakawa |
Customer experience
Card Evolution
TCGSim
Bugs and requests
Card Evolution
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezing or crashing
- Unresponsive controls and movement issues
- Inconsistent card unlocking and progression
- Syncing and data loss problems
Requested features
4 requests- Add more card types and collections (e.g., sports, other themes)
- Improve stability and fix bugs
- Reduce frequency and intrusiveness of ads
- Enhance in-app purchase and reward system transparency
TCGSim
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Card Evolution
- Pile of gems$1.99
- No ads$2.99
- Starter Pack$3.99
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- Heap of gems$5.99
- Premium Pack$5.99
- Bucket of gems$11.99
- Barrel of gems$23.99
- Chest of gems$59.99
- Cart of gems$119.99
TCGSim
- Unlock Custom Field Image$1.99
- Unlock Custom Card Back$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- Unlock Deck Slots$2.99
