Whale Trail Junior vs Octopus Evolution
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whale Trail Junior
Embark on a sky-high adventure with a friendly whale and friends. Navigate through rainbow kingdoms, collect items, and avoid obstacles in this engaging game designed for young children.
- Fly with Willow the Whale
- Collect colorful Blubbles and Stars
- Avoid mischievous clouds
- Unlock 9 zones
- Unlock 12 characters and costumes
- Escape from Baron Von Barry
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Did you know that whales can fly? Join Willow the Whale and his friends on an amazing adventure through the rainbow kingdoms of the sky. Whale Trail Junior is for 3-6 year olds and anyone looking for an easy ride. Avoid mischievous clouds, grab colourful Blubbles and collect Stars as you play this simple, fun and engaging game. Escape from the evil Baron Von Barry and unlock all 9 zones and 12 characters and costumes, including Wagner, Wendy and Emmy. Absolutely krilliant!
Octopus Evolution
Combine octopuses to evolve them into bizarre new forms in this deep-sea mutant clicker game. Earn coins by combining creatures or tapping them, then use those coins to buy more octopuses and discover new species and endings.
- Combine octopuses to evolve
- Discover curious and bizarre forms
- Earn octopus poop coins
- Buy new creatures
- Tap octopuses for coins
- Multiple stages and species
- Multiple possible endings
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The seventh Evolution game comes with eight arms! Are you ready for the greatest breakthrough in the Evolution game series? Neglected for centuries, feared by many and portrayed as monsters, these creatures are here to prove, once and for all, just how funny and clumsy they really are. Give them a chance and they will happily take you with open arms. In fact, with four pairs of them. Combine octopuses to evolve them and discover their most curious, exotic and bizarre forms! The Evolution series by Tapps Games continues! Had enough from Cow, Platypus, Goat, Giraffe, Zebra and Chicken Evolution? Octopus Evolution is here with the first-ever submarine mutant adventure. Ready for a splash? HOW TO PLAY • Drag and drop similar octopuses to combine them and create new mysterious creatures • Use octopus poop coins to buy new creatures and make even more money • Alternatively, fiercely tap the octopuses to make coins pop from pooping HIGHLIGHTS • Many stages and octopus species to discover • The unexpected mix of alpaca-like evolution, 2048 and incremental clicker games • Doodle-like illustrations • Many possible endings: find your own destiny • Upgrades, upgrades, upgrades…! More than ever! • No octopuses were harmed in the making of this game, only developers (again and again) Discover what the future has in store for octopuses besides becoming delicious seafood dishes. Yummy. Download Octopus Evolution and have fun! Disclaimer: While this App is completely free to play, some additional content can be purchased for real money in-game. If you do not want to use this feature, please turn off in-app purchases in your device's settings. Like our page on Facebook and be the first to know about our upcoming games and updates! http://fb.com/tappshq
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Whale Trail Junior at none against Octopus Evolution's 10. Whale Trail Junior also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). Octopus Evolution's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (4.1K vs 51). On price and device support 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. Octopus Evolution sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whale Trail Junior asks for nothing beyond the download.
Octopus Evolution holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Octopus Evolution has 4.1K ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Whale Trail Junior's written reviews are positive against 93% of Octopus Evolution's.
Whale Trail Junior ships an update every 21 months, Octopus Evolution every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Whale Trail Junior | Octopus Evolution |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (51 ratings) | 4.8 (4.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | 93.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 51 | 4.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ustwo games | TPG TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDA |
Customer experience
Whale Trail Junior
Octopus Evolution
Bugs and requests
Whale Trail Junior
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Octopus Evolution
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Disappearing items or progress loss
Requested features
4 requests- Add more unique octopus evolutions
- Improve rewards and progression system
- Introduce new game modes or challenges
- Allow more customization options
In-app purchases
Whale Trail Junior
No in-app purchases
Octopus Evolution
- ads removal$0.99
- pack of rubies$1.99
- instant coins doubler$1.99
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- pack with some diamonds$1.99
- pack of diamonds$1.99
- pack with more diamonds$4.99
- big pack of rubies$5.99
- income doubler$5.99
- pack with plenty of diamonds$9.99
- starter bundle with discount$9.99
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