Comparison

Virus Evolution vs Cells Arena

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

Head to head
About

Virus Evolution

Unleash a deadly pathogen and strategically spread a global pandemic. Your goal is to conquer humanity by increasing infection rates and decreasing survival rates. Become the ultimate threat and achieve world domination.

Highlights
  • Spread the virus
  • Start a pandemic
  • Conquer the world
  • Strategic gameplay
  • Increase infection rates
Features
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Global victory is yours to take! You’ve just invented the perfect plague and now it’s time to put it to the test. Create a world pandemic as you drive the epic war against humanity! Strategy is key as you work to increase the surge in case numbers and watch the survival rate fall. Fight to conquer it all as you become the deadliest threat this universe has ever seen! Life will never be the same again! Virus Evolution 3D Features: - Spread the virus - Start a pandemic - Conquer the world!

About

Cells Arena

Features
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One tiny cell. One giant dish. Cells Arena drops you into a glowing petri dish with 149 other cells. Eat what is smaller than you, run from what is bigger, and grow until you are at the top of the board. TAP PLAY, YOU ARE IN No sign-up, no queue, no waiting. One tap and you are in the dish within seconds. EAT. SPLIT. GROW. • Graze on pellets and swallow smaller cells to grow. • Split to lunge at prey that is getting away, then merge back together. • Eject mass to feed a burr until it fires at whoever is in front of it. • The bigger you get, the slower you crawl. Everybody is somebody's lunch. BURRS BITE THE BIG ONES Spiked burrs burst any cell big enough to swallow them. Shelter behind one while you are small, and give them room once you are not. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY • Amoeba, the ambusher: the longest lunge, quick to pull itself back together, a slow cruise. • Ciliate, the grazer: fast, with a wide mouth, but it bleeds mass. • Plasma, the gunner: cheap, far-flying ejects, and a bad time on a burr. • Jelly, the tank: holds its mass, shrugs off burrs, lunges short. Come back as a different one after every life. A DISH THAT IS ALWAYS FULL Every dish holds 150 cells. Real players share it in real time, and computer-controlled cells take every empty seat, some timid, some hunting, so there is always something to chase and something to run from. MADE FOR THE HAND • One thumb steers. Two buttons do the rest. • Portrait or landscape, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. • A live top 10, your rank always on screen, and a report on every life: best rank, peak mass, and who got you. • Haptics on iPhone for every bite, split and burst. • No ads. No purchases. No account. GOOD TO KNOW Cells Arena is online only and needs an internet connection.

Screenshots

Virus Evolution4 screens
Cells Arena4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cells Arena at none against Virus Evolution's 9. Cells Arena also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Virus Evolution sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Cells Arena asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Virus Evolution versus Cells Arena: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirus EvolutionCells Arena
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (867 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings867 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size245 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKwalee LtdCOMMIT APPS, SRL

Bugs and requests

Virus Evolution

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes after infecting USA
  • Unable to progress past USA
  • Upgrading/tapping issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add support for more countries
  • Fix game freezing/crashing issues
  • Improve geographical coverage

Cells Arena

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Virus Evolution

One-time9
  • 100 Lab Points$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 255 Lab Points$4.99
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  • Remove Ads Pack$7.99
  • Double Profits Forever$9.99
  • 1100 Lab Points$19.99
  • Remove Ads VIP$19.99
  • 2700 Lab Points$49.99
  • 5500 Lab Points$99.99
None

Cells Arena

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Virus Evolution free?
Virus Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cells Arena free?
Cells Arena is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Virus Evolution or Cells Arena have ads?
Virus Evolution shows ads; Cells Arena does not.

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