Comparison

Deepforge vs Evolution Idle

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

Head to head
About

Deepforge

Embark on a relaxing idle mining adventure. Dig through endless layers, hire and upgrade miners, and grow a vast skill tree to earn riches even while offline. Reset your progress for permanent boosts and play your way with optional ads.

Highlights
  • Endless mining layers
  • Hire and assign miners
  • Extensive 538-skill tree
  • Offline earnings
  • Ascend for permanent boosts
  • Optional ads for boosts
Features
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Grab a pickaxe and start digging. Deepforge is a relaxing idle mining game where every tap, every miner and every upgrade takes you deeper. DIG DEEPER Break through layer after layer of an endless mine, from topsoil to granite, basalt and beyond. Every layer has its own ore, and deeper ore is worth more. Watch for rich veins and Motherlodes worth three times as much. BUILD YOUR CREW Hire miners and put them to work where they earn the most, or let Auto Assign do it for you. Unlock more slots and watch your crew swing away. GROW A HUGE SKILL TREE Spend your cash on a 538-skill tree with six branches: miner speed, ore value, tap power, dig speed, offline earnings and more. Unlock keystones for big permanent jumps. EARN WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Your miners keep digging when you close the game. Come back to a pile of cash waiting for you. ASCEND Reset your mine for permanent Paragon levels that make every future run faster. PLAY YOUR WAY Ads are always optional: watch one only if you want a boost, a bigger ore cart haul or double offline earnings. Or get the one-time Foreman Pass to skip every ad and earn 50% more offline.

About

Evolution Idle

Features
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Start as a drop of primordial soup and evolve all the way to a human — or take a completely different path! Evolution is a relaxing idle game about the evolution of life. Tap to earn XP and DNA, and collect random Mutations at every milestone. When you have enough DNA, choose where to evolve next: • Strength — more XP from every tap • Adaptation — a better chance of finding DNA • Instinct — your creature taps by itself WHAT AWAITS YOU • 45 species: from a single cell, through jellyfish, fish and dinosaurs, to eagles, dolphins and humans • Species Museum — a scrollable tree of life with a fun fact about every animal • Habitats: ocean, shore, land and sky — the world changes as your creature evolves • New generations — start over stronger thanks to Genes and discover other branches • Incubator — your creature keeps growing while you’re away • Daily goals, streak rewards and golden cells full of surprises PLAY WITHOUT PRESSURE No ads during play. Play a few minutes a day and your progress waits for you — even on a new phone, thanks to iCloud backup.

Screenshots

Deepforge4 screens
Evolution Idle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Evolution Idle at none against Deepforge's shown. Deepforge's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and device support (3 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Deepforge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Evolution Idle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deepforge ships an update every 2 days, Evolution Idle weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Deepforge versus Evolution Idle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeepforgeEvolution Idle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer10XGames LLCMaciej Marat

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Deepforge

One-time1
  • Foreman Pass$4.99
4 purchases

Evolution Idle

One-time4
  • Small DNA Pack$0.99
  • Founder Pack$4.99
  • Medium DNA Pack$4.99
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  • Large DNA Pack$9.99

Questions

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

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