Comparison

Human Rise vs Stone Throw Evolution

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

Head to head
About

Human Rise

Embark on an idle arcade adventure tracing the journey from a primal monkey to a modern human. Gather resources, battle wild beasts, and unlock upgrades to evolve through distinct historical eras. Progress continues even when you're away, offering a satisfying and steady growth experience.

Highlights
  • Evolutionary progression
  • Resource gathering
  • Idle mechanics
  • Combat and upgrades
  • Era-based progression
  • Survival challenges
Features
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From a wild monkey to a modern human — experience the full journey of evolution in a fun Idle Arcade adventure. The story begins in a harsh prehistoric world, where survival depends on strength, instinct, and constant progress. The main character starts as a simple monkey, surrounded by dangerous animals, wild nature, and limited resources. To move forward, the monkey must collect food, wood, stone, and other useful materials, fight wild beasts, and grow stronger step by step. Every action brings progress. Gathering resources helps unlock upgrades, while battles against animals provide rewards and open the path to new stages of evolution. With each improvement, the character becomes faster, stronger, and better prepared for the challenges ahead. The more resources are collected and the more enemies are defeated, the closer the monkey gets to the next evolutionary stage. Over time, the monkey evolves into a caveman, gains access to primitive tools, discovers new abilities, and begins to dominate the environment. Progress continues through different eras, from the wild prehistoric age to more advanced stages of civilization. Each new era introduces fresh challenges, stronger enemies, new resources, and more powerful upgrades. The gameplay is simple, satisfying, and built around steady progression. Collect resources, defeat enemies, upgrade abilities, unlock new zones, and evolve through history. Idle mechanics allow progress to continue even when the game is not actively played, making every return feel rewarding. This is a casual mobile game for players who enjoy evolution, survival, upgrades, and satisfying growth. The core fantasy is clear and easy to understand: start as a weak creature, become stronger, overcome the dangers of nature, and evolve into something greater. Build power, survive the wild, defeat powerful beasts, and move through the ages. Evolution starts with one small step — and ends with the rise of modern civilization.

About

Stone Throw Evolution

Launch stones with a slingshot to destroy enemy castles and defeat guards. Upgrade your projectiles from simple stones to explosive bombs and fireballs to conquer tougher defenses. Become the ultimate castle destroyer.

Highlights
  • Slingshot projectile launching
  • Enemy castle destruction
  • Projectile evolution and upgrades
  • Defeat enemy guards
  • Conquer tougher castles
Features
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Stone Throw Evolution is an exciting slingshot action game where you launch stones to attack and destroy enemy castles. Pull back the slingshot, aim carefully, and fire powerful projectiles to break defenses and defeat guards. As you progress, upgrade your slingshot and evolve your projectiles from simple stones into stronger forms like iron balls, explosive bombs, and powerful fireballs. Each evolution increases your destruction power and helps you conquer tougher castles. Upgrade, evolve, and unleash unstoppable attacks to become the ultimate castle destroyer in Stone Throw Evolution!

Screenshots

Human Rise4 screens
Stone Throw Evolution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Human Rise at 4.5 against Stone Throw Evolution's 1.3. Human Rise also leads on ratings volume (96 vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Stone Throw Evolution's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 20). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Human Rise sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Stone Throw Evolution asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Human Rise holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Human Rise has 96 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Human Rise versus Stone Throw Evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHuman RiseStone Throw Evolution
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (96 ratings) — better1.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings96 — better4
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size339 MB399 MB
Age rating9+17+
Developer24 HIT Riga SIAKhurram Samad

Customer experience

Human Rise

All ratings96 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral28.6%
Negative71.4%

Stone Throw Evolution

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

20 purchases

Human Rise

One-time20
  • Resources Pack Era 2$3.99
  • Gems Pack 2$4.99
  • Resources Pack Era 3$4.99
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  • No Ads$5.99
  • Evolution Pack Era 3$6.99
  • Resources Pack Era 5$6.99
  • Resources Pack Era 6$7.99
  • Evolution Pack Era 4$8.99
  • Resources Pack Era 7$8.99
  • Subscription No Ads$9.99
  • Gems Pack 3$9.99
  • No Ads Pack$9.99
  • Resources Pack Era 8$9.99
  • Resources Pack Era 9$9.99
  • Resources Pack Era 10$9.99
  • Ally Pack Samurai$9.99
  • Ally Pack Giba$9.99
  • Ally Pack Tesla$9.99
  • Ally Pack Valkyrie$9.99
  • Premium No Ads$19.99
None

Stone Throw Evolution

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Human Rise free?
Human Rise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stone Throw Evolution free?
Stone Throw Evolution is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Human Rise or Stone Throw Evolution?
Human Rise is rated higher. Human Rise averages 4.5 out of 5 from 96 ratings, while Stone Throw Evolution averages 1.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Human Rise or Stone Throw Evolution have ads?
Both Human Rise and Stone Throw Evolution show ads.

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