Comparison

Silicon Evolution vs AquaBloom

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

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About

Silicon Evolution

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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.

About

AquaBloom

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AquaBloom is a calm, living aquarium you grow at your own pace. Feed your fish, keep them happy, and watch your tank flourish — a single guppy today, a collection of rare elemental species tomorrow. Your fish keep living, growing, and earning coins even while the app is closed. Come back to a friendly "welcome home" and a tank that missed you. THREE WAYS TO GROW YOUR COLLECTION • Shop — buy new species with the coins your fish earn. • Breed — pair two adults and hatch something new. Combine elemental variants for rarer results, or cross different species for surprising hybrids… including a few secret ones. • Catch — use a fish as bait to lure wild fish into your tank. The rarer your bait, the better your odds of hooking something special. ELEMENTAL FISH Every species can appear in a dazzling variant — Ember, Frost, Leaf, Storm, Steam, and the legendary Rainbow. Rarer fish earn far more, but they're hungrier, so a thriving tank is a balancing act. BUILD A TANK WITH CHARACTER • Up to six tanks, each holding a community of fish. • Place plants and hardscape wherever you like, and choose from tank themes that change the whole mood — Classic, Blackwater, Coral Reef, Planted, Coldwater. • Set each tank's temperature and calm the water with the right decor, so even feisty fish can live together — and pay a bonus for the risk. KEEP THE PEACE Fish have real temperaments. Crowd the wrong ones together and tempers flare — but the right plants, layout, and tankmates keep everyone content. No fish is ever lost to anything you can't prevent. DISCOVER THEM ALL A built-in collection log tracks every fish and variant you've found — your scoreboard for chasing the rarest catches and breeds. • No accounts. • Plays fully offline. • Your progress stays on your device. Pull up a chair, drop in some food, and watch your aquarium bloom.

Screenshots

AquaBloom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AquaBloom at none against Silicon Evolution's 1. AquaBloom also leads on device support and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.2). On price 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. Silicon Evolution sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AquaBloom asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 2 level
Silicon Evolution versus AquaBloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilicon EvolutionAquaBloom
PriceFreeFree
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Devices—iPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.214.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJan SchmidtRANDOL JOSE RECIO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Silicon Evolution

One-time1
  • Make Silicon Evolution AD free$2.99
None

AquaBloom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Silicon Evolution free?
Silicon Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AquaBloom free?
AquaBloom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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