Comparison

SingleEvo vs Space Colony Idle

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

Head to head
About

SingleEvo

Observe a dynamic world of single-celled creatures evolving before your eyes. This app provides a unique distraction from endless scrolling, allowing you to experiment with hundreds of settings and evolving traits.

Highlights
  • Observe single-cell evolution
  • Distraction from scrolling
  • Experiment with settings
  • Dynamically evolving traits
  • Hundreds of customization options
Features
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Distract from scrolling by watching evolution in front of your eyes. This timer will keep you off scrolling while you watch a world of single celled evolving creatures thrive and change. Experiment with hundreds of different settings and dynamically evolving traits.

About

Space Colony Idle

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2087. Earth has run out of resources, and its cities are going dark one by one. The Atlas Program launched its last capsule: humanity needs a new home across six worlds, and you are the one who builds it. You land on Mars with one solar field and a skeleton crew. A few hours later the lights never go out. BUILD AND PRODUCE Five production modules, each one paying for the next. The classic idle loop, with no dead time: tap to push output, speed it up, or close the app entirely. Production keeps running without you. SIX WORLDS Mars, Europa, Titan, Venus, Io, Callisto. Every planet brings its own hazard: dust storms, ice sheets, sulfur ash. Raise your shields, plan the drilling order, unlock adaptation tiers before the surface takes the colony apart. RECRUIT A CREW Engineers, pilots, guardians, scientists and prospectors. Assign them to modules, send them on missions, level them up. One legendary crew member changes how the whole colony runs. MISSIONS Launch scouting, mining and rescue runs from the star map. Collect planet keys and open up the next world. RESEARCH A 26-node research tree: production multipliers, automation droids, offline earnings, crew capacity. What you unlock first changes how your colony grows. LEAP AND BEYOND When the colony is complete, take the Leap: reset everything, earn Dark Matter, and come back far faster with permanent multipliers. Clear the 16-node Dark Matter tree to reach the Singularity, a final layer with no level cap. OFFLINE EARNINGS Production continues while the game is closed. Your energy is waiting when you come back. ON EVERY SCREEN Dedicated layouts for phones, tablets and open foldables. Color-blind friendly icon+name pairs, three text sizes, haptics you can switch off. CLOUD BACKUP Your progress is backed up automatically while you play. WEEKLY LEAGUE Production counts toward a weekly league score, offline earnings included. Race other colonies on the same table and collect extra rewards with the Season Pass. SKY EVENTS Now and then a black hole passes close to the colony, and the first close pass will take your flag. On Europa, Io and Callisto, Jupiter hides the sun once a day, and a shooting star crosses the sky when you unlock a letter or an achievement. Space Colony is free. Ads are optional: watching a rewarded ad is your call, and you can remove ads altogether. There are no countdowns, you lose nothing for missing a day, and progress is never for sale. Playable in English, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil). Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shaumne.github.io/uzay-kolonisi-gizlilik/

Screenshots

SingleEvo4 screens
Space Colony Idle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SingleEvo at none against Space Colony Idle's shown. Space Colony Idle's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.5). On price, in-app purchases 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. SingleEvo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Space Colony Idle sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SingleEvo ships an update every 2 weeks, Space Colony Idle every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
SingleEvo versus Space Colony Idle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSingleEvoSpace Colony Idle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.516.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew SchorrEMRECAN CETINKAYA

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SingleEvo

One-time1
  • Level Pack$1.99
10 purchases

Space Colony Idle

Subscriptions1
  • Orbit Pass$4.991 Month
One-time9
  • 100 Gems$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$2.99
  • Dark Matter Pack$4.99
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  • Season Pass$4.99
  • 550 Gems$7.99
  • 1200 Gems$14.99
  • 3000 Gems$29.99
  • 6500 Gems$59.99
  • 14000 Gems$99.99

Questions

Is SingleEvo free?
SingleEvo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Space Colony Idle free?
Space Colony Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SingleEvo or Space Colony Idle have ads?
Space Colony Idle shows ads; SingleEvo does not.
Which is updated more often, SingleEvo or Space Colony Idle?
SingleEvo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Space Colony Idle every 4 days. Most recently, SingleEvo was updated on October 30, 2026 and Space Colony Idle on October 31, 2026.

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