Silicon Evolution vs Kardashev
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Silicon Evolution
Build a computing empire from an 8-bit CPU to a quantum supercomputer. Invest in research, upgrade hardware, and prestige to accelerate your progress through technology eras. Enjoy idle gameplay with persistent legacy income.
- Build a computing empire
- 8 technology eras
- Invest in research
- Prestige system
- Legacy hardware income
- Multiple architecture paths
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Start with a single 8-bit CPU. End up running a quantum supercomputer. Everything in between is up to you. Silicon Evolution is an idle game about building a computing empire across 8 technology eras. Buy hardware, invest in research, prestige to keep your gains, and come back to find your empire still ticking away while you were gone. The research tree has 122 nodes across 11 categories - power, cooling, networking, security, virtualization and more. Each node has 5 levels. It takes a while to work through all of it, and that's kind of the point. Once you hit the 32-bit era, you pick an architecture path that sticks for the rest of the run: - Overclocker: your cycle output goes up 60% and the Boost button lasts twice as long - Architect: knowledge generation goes up 80% and research gets 40% cheaper - Resilience: offline earnings jump 120% and your legacy hardware earns 3x as much Prestige resets your hardware but not your silicon shards, which permanently multiply what you earn. Each run is a bit faster than the last. After enough runs you can reset everything for a leaderboard time and try to beat yourself. Old hardware never disappears - it becomes legacy income that keeps paying out forever. No paywalls. No timers you can pay to skip. The only in-app purchase removes ads, and that's it.
Kardashev
Build a vast space empire by automating drones and harvesting stellar energy. Evolve from a single planet to a galactic civilization with continuous offline progress and strategic upgrades.
- Idle clicker gameplay
- Continuous offline progress
- Build a Dyson Swarm
- Drone swarm simulation
- Automation and logistics
- Prestige system (Big Crunch)
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Build a massive Dyson Swarm and harvest infinite stellar energy. Kardashev: Idle Universe is a sci-fi idle clicker where you automate drones, expand orbital stations, and evolve from a single planet to a galactic civilization. Optimize your strategy, trigger Big Crunch prestiges, and climb the Kardashev Scale. Start with a small planetary outpost and grow it into a massive, automated energy empire spanning the galaxy. Deploy drones, construct orbital infrastructure, and manage logistics fleets to maximize efficiency. Even when you close the app, your automated empire continues to expand. Return to massive offline rewards and invest them into exponential upgrades to skyrocket your energy production. Unlike traditional idle games filled with static menus, Kardashev presents a living cosmic simulation: featuring dynamic drone swarms, energy beams, and evolving celestial systems. Master the Kardashev Scale: Advance from planetary (Type I) to stellar (Type II) and ultimately galactic (Type III) energy control. Strategic depth meets idle gameplay: Every decision, from capacity limits and fleet routing to upgrade timing, impacts your long-term growth. Features - Idle clicker gameplay with exponential scaling and deep strategic optimization - Continuous offline progress - Build and expand a Dyson Swarm across the galaxy - Massive real-time drone swarm simulation - Automation, logistics, and energy management systems - Prestige system: Big Crunch - Dozens of research upgrades and capacitors - Dynamic cosmic events Privacy Policy: https://www.todaud.kr/games/kardashev/ EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Silicon Evolution at 5.0 against Kardashev's 4.8. Kardashev's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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. Silicon Evolution sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Kardashev sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Silicon Evolution holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kardashev has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Silicon Evolution | Kardashev |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | — | iPhone — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan Schmidt | TODAUD |
In-app purchases
Silicon Evolution
- Make Silicon Evolution AD free$2.99
Kardashev
- Remove Ads$2.99
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