Raft Evolution vs Byron
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Raft Evolution
Navigate your raft through challenging environments, collecting power-ups and avoiding hazards. Unlock new boat designs and hire captains to enhance your gameplay experience as you race to the finish.
- Upgrade raft
- Dodge obstacles
- Collect boosts
- Explore unique worlds
- Unlock new boat types
- Recruit captains
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Upgrade your raft, dodge dangerous obstacles, collect powerful boosts, and race to the finish line! Explore unique worlds like Winter, Lava, Desert, and Swamp, unlock new boat types, and recruit captains to power up your journey!
Byron
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Byron is a word game you have to walk to. Letters appear on the map around you, and they stay where they are. Walk to one and it's yours. Your satchel holds fourteen letters and no more, so every letter you pick up means leaving another one behind. Once a day there's a word, the same word for everybody, and you spend your letters filling it in. Finish sooner and you score more and climb the board. Walking pays on its own as well. Every 7,000 steps you take in a day earns a letter, and every 10,000 earns a blank that fills any gap in the word. Steps are read from Apple Health. PLAY WITH FRIENDS Make a group and race just your friends on the daily word. Or start a game of Bestest Fastest: a round of 5 to 20 minutes where everyone collects letters at once. You get one go at a word, and it's worth more the earlier you lock it in. APPLE WATCH Start a walk on your watch and leave your phone in your pocket. Your wrist taps when you pass a letter. Raise it to see the letter, and pinch to keep it. Each walk is saved to Apple Health as a walking workout. Free to play. No ads, no energy bars, and nothing for sale that helps you win. Byron is named after a chocolate Labrador with strong opinions about the route.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Byron at none against Raft Evolution's shown. Byron also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). Raft Evolution's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Raft Evolution sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Byron sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Raft Evolution ships an update every 2 months, Byron every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Raft Evolution | Byron |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 329 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sorolla | Stupid Human Ltd |
In-app purchases
Raft Evolution
- 10 Gems$4.99
- Remove Ads$6.99
- Remove Ads + Gems$9.99
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- 30 Gems$12.99
- Double Nitro$12.99
- 100 Gems$24.99
- 150 Gems$34.99
- 200 Gems$44.99
- 500 Gems$49.99
Byron
- Another trail$0.99
- Buy Byron a biscuit$2.99
- Buy Byron a good biscuit$4.99
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- Byron's suspiciously good biscuit$9.99









