Comparison

Castle Champions vs Evolution

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

Head to head
About

Castle Champions

Build a magnificent castle, train a diverse army of warriors, and manage your kingdom's economy. Defend against invaders and embark on quests to gather resources and climb the league rankings in this unique tower-building RPG.

Highlights
  • Tower building and strategic RPG mix
  • Train army from 9 classes
  • Recruit 6 unique Heroes
  • Advance through leagues
  • Build over 40 room types
  • Defend against invaders
  • Send warriors on quests
Features
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"Castle Champions lives up to its billing as a tower building/RPG mash-up." - Gamezebo * Top 10 RPG in US, France, Australia and over 20 countries! Build your *ultimate* castle to train an army of mages, paladins, archers, and other warriors to battle against other kingdoms. Manage your castle by housing civilians who must run the restaurants, banks, etc and protect them against monstrous invaders. EPIC FEATURES ------------------------------------------- - Unique mix of tower building and strategic RPG! - Create an awesome army from 9 classes including Mage, Crusader, Paladin, Archer, and Swordsman. - Recruit one of 6 unique Heroes as team captain, each with special abilities. - Advance through the Amateur and Pro Leagues and raise your kingdom’s rankings. - Build over 40 different rooms including restaurants, banks, and casino halls, with more to come in future updates. - Defend your castle from horde of invaders! - Send warriors on an endless number of Quests to gain valuable gold and resources. - Universal app for all iOS devices. Castle Champions is developed by Artlogic Games and published by Gamenauts. --------------------------------------- Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! http://twitter.com/Gamenauts

About

Evolution

Embark on an interstellar expedition to a post-apocalyptic planet. This RPG game blends action, strategy, and advanced graphics as you uncover mysteries, build a colony, and engage in thrilling real-time combat. Explore, research alien technology, and battle formidable foes.

Highlights
  • Engaging storyline and intergalactic adventure
  • Real-time battle action and tactical combat
  • Build and fortify a military base
  • Terraform a post-apocalyptic planet
  • Equip and upgrade advanced weaponry
  • Investigate a world with hidden secrets
  • Fight alongside friends and allies
Features
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Become the captain of an interstellar expedition! After a star ship crash, you’ve landed on a post-apocalyptic deadly planet. Evolution: Battle for Utopia is a new multi-genre blockbuster combining unprecedented Action, Strategy and Advanced Graphics into one RPG game. FEATURES: - Engaging storyline: Utopia is a deadly, hostile planet, which survived the apocalypse. Uncover its darkest mysteries in an intergalactic adventure. - Exciting gameplay: Experience real-time battle action and develop smart tactics. Easy to pick up yet difficult to master the combat system delivers the strength of an action game. - Establish a colony: Build a military base and fortify your defence with a system of turrets. - Terraform Utopia: Shape the planet as you transform scorched wasteland into a thriving environment. Research and exploit alien technology and pioneer evolution. - Enthralling combat: Equip and upgrade yourself with the most advanced weaponry, and build an installation to run continental ballistic missiles to overwhelm enemies the size of a skyscraper! - Investigate the world: One of the most epic games in the history of iOS holds endless hidden surprises and secrets. Uncover them all in the game’s thrilling missions. - Fight alongside your friends and allies: Meet Fido, a cyborg dog and your faithful companion. - Find valuable resources: Search through hidden loots and hack electronic terminals to grow your wealth. - Communicate with your allies and enemies: A trusted team of four will follow you from the beginning. Challenge fellow players from all over the world to battles. PLEASE NOTE! Evolution: Battle for Utopia is free to download and play, however, some game items can also be purchased for real money. Contains ads. Brought to you by MY.GAMES

Screenshots

Castle Champions4 screens
Evolution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Castle Champions at none against Evolution's shown. Castle Champions also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 67%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Castle Champions sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Evolution sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Castle Champions holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 321 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Castle Champions's written reviews are positive against 67% of Evolution's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Castle Champions versus Evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCastle ChampionsEvolution
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better4.5 (321 ratings)
Positive reviews92.5% of reviews — better67.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better321
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS4.3 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB1.0 GB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperGamenautsKeystorm Holdings Limited

Customer experience

Castle Champions

All ratings1,112 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews915 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.0%

Evolution

All ratings321 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews1,151 reviews
Positive67.1%
Neutral7.8%
Negative25.1%

User reviews

Castle Champions

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive game
  • 🚀 Lots of content and features
  • 💡 Unique fantasy theme
  • 👍 Good time killer

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 Timers stop when app is closed
  • 🔒 Difficulty managing citizens and heroes
  • 💡 Lack of customization options

Evolution

From 321 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Engaging gameplay
  • 🚀 Impressive graphics
  • 💡 Unique story and world
  • 🎮 Fun combat system

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Slow progress and resource gathering
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔧 Unbalanced enemy difficulty

Bugs and requests

Castle Champions

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Heroes not attacking monsters
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Issues with kingdom naming
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow timers to continue running in background
  • Add ability to fire/replace heroes and citizens
  • Implement more customization options for castle
  • Improve tutorial and onboarding experience

Evolution

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to save progress
  • Invisible obstacles and enemy highlighting issues
  • Forced shield activation after kills
  • Crashes and freezes after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline mode
  • More frequent updates and content
  • Improved resource management and progression
  • Better PvP balancing

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Castle Champions

One-time9
  • 10 Crystals$0.99
  • 10,000 Gold$1.99
  • 100 Crystals$4.99
Show 6 more
  • 50,000 Castle Gold$4.99
  • 250 Crystals$9.99
  • 600 Crystals$19.99
  • 300,000 Castle Gold$19.99
  • 2,000 Crystals$49.99
  • 700,000 Castle Gold$49.99
10 purchases

Evolution

One-time10
  • 2000 Biofuel$1.99
  • 200 Diamond$1.99
  • 500 Diamond$2.99
Show 7 more
  • 5000 Biofuels$2.99
  • 5500 Biofuel$4.99
  • 550 Diamond$4.99
  • 12000 Biofuels$9.99
  • 1200 Diamond$9.99
  • 25000 Biofuel$19.99
  • 2500 Diamond$19.99

Questions

Is Castle Champions free?
Castle Champions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Evolution free?
Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Castle Champions or Evolution?
Castle Champions is rated higher. Castle Champions averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Evolution averages 4.5 from 321 ratings.
Do Castle Champions or Evolution have ads?
Evolution shows ads; Castle Champions does not.

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