Evolution vs Evolution Arena
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Evolution
Embark on an interstellar expedition to a post-apocalyptic planet. This RPG game blends action, strategy, and advanced graphics as you uncover mysteries, build a colony, and engage in thrilling real-time combat. Explore, research alien technology, and battle formidable foes.
- Engaging storyline and intergalactic adventure
- Real-time battle action and tactical combat
- Build and fortify a military base
- Terraform a post-apocalyptic planet
- Equip and upgrade advanced weaponry
- Investigate a world with hidden secrets
- Fight alongside friends and allies
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Become the captain of an interstellar expedition! After a star ship crash, you’ve landed on a post-apocalyptic deadly planet. Evolution: Battle for Utopia is a new multi-genre blockbuster combining unprecedented Action, Strategy and Advanced Graphics into one RPG game. FEATURES: - Engaging storyline: Utopia is a deadly, hostile planet, which survived the apocalypse. Uncover its darkest mysteries in an intergalactic adventure. - Exciting gameplay: Experience real-time battle action and develop smart tactics. Easy to pick up yet difficult to master the combat system delivers the strength of an action game. - Establish a colony: Build a military base and fortify your defence with a system of turrets. - Terraform Utopia: Shape the planet as you transform scorched wasteland into a thriving environment. Research and exploit alien technology and pioneer evolution. - Enthralling combat: Equip and upgrade yourself with the most advanced weaponry, and build an installation to run continental ballistic missiles to overwhelm enemies the size of a skyscraper! - Investigate the world: One of the most epic games in the history of iOS holds endless hidden surprises and secrets. Uncover them all in the game’s thrilling missions. - Fight alongside your friends and allies: Meet Fido, a cyborg dog and your faithful companion. - Find valuable resources: Search through hidden loots and hack electronic terminals to grow your wealth. - Communicate with your allies and enemies: A trusted team of four will follow you from the beginning. Challenge fellow players from all over the world to battles. PLEASE NOTE! Evolution: Battle for Utopia is free to download and play, however, some game items can also be purchased for real money. Contains ads. Brought to you by MY.GAMES
Evolution Arena
Strategically place species on a sandbox map to observe their survival and competition. Watch as your created ecosystems evolve and interact in a dynamic environment.
- Species placement
- Ecosystem survival
- Competitive interaction
- Sandbox environment
- Evolution simulation
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Just tap the screen to place the species, and look how they survive and compete with each other!
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Verdict
Evolution and Evolution Arena both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Evolution Arena's written reviews are positive against 67% of Evolution's. Evolution Arena also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). Evolution's advantage is ratings volume (321 vs 20). On price, rating, ads 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. Evolution sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Evolution Arena sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Evolution against 4.5 for Evolution Arena. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Evolution has 321 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Evolution's written reviews are positive against 100% of Evolution Arena's.
Evolution ships an update every 4 months, Evolution Arena every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Evolution | Evolution Arena |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (321 ratings) | 4.5 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 321 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.0 GB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Keystorm Holdings Limited | Alexey Izvalov |
Customer experience
Evolution
Evolution Arena
Bugs and requests
Evolution
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to save progress
- Invisible obstacles and enemy highlighting issues
- Forced shield activation after kills
- Crashes and freezes after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Offline mode
- More frequent updates and content
- Improved resource management and progression
- Better PvP balancing
Evolution Arena
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Evolution
- 2000 Biofuel$1.99
- 200 Diamond$1.99
- 500 Diamond$2.99
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- 5000 Biofuels$2.99
- 5500 Biofuel$4.99
- 550 Diamond$4.99
- 12000 Biofuels$9.99
- 1200 Diamond$9.99
- 25000 Biofuel$19.99
- 2500 Diamond$19.99
Evolution Arena
- No ads$2.99
Questions
Is Evolution free?
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