Doodle Creatures™ vs Alchemy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doodle Creatures™
Combine different animal DNA to create hundreds of unique and fantastic creatures. Play doctor to scan animal DNA, mix traits, and build your own genetic laboratory to expand your creature universe. This all-ages adventure offers clever quests and educational gameplay.
- Combine animal DNA to create creatures
- Scan animal DNA and mix traits
- Build and upgrade genetic laboratory
- Hundreds of unique creature combinations
- Clever quests and puzzles
- Kid-friendly and educational gameplay
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Play God & Create an Amazing Creature Universe! From the creators of the award winning puzzler Doodle God, comes a new ALL ages adventure! What happens if you combine an elephant with a flamingo? In Doodle Creatures you can find out as you create hundreds of fantastic and unique Creatures by combining different animals. Play Doctor and scan hundreds of animals DNA which allows you to combine different animal traits to create new Creatures. Take the speed of a cheetah and combine with flying ability of an eagle. Awesomeness awaits! Along the way, build and upgrade your own genetic laboratory that gives you the power to build an even more spectacular Creature Universe of your imagination! OVER 150,000,000 PLAYERS WORLDWIDE FOR THE DOODLE SERIES! GREAT REVIEWS! >”Wonderfully unique concept! – GameZebo.com > It’s addictive. Insanely so! Lots of fun.” – 148Apps > I would recommend buying it, definitely worth it!” - TouchGen GAME FEATURES * Puzzles for All ages and skill levels. * Create hundreds of different Creatures in cool sandbox game play. * Clever Quests designed to test your skill. * Build and upgrade your own genetic laboratory. * Cool “Did You Know That” feature that tells you about your creations. * Intuitive one-click game play encourages thoughtful, creative play. * Hundreds of interesting, funny and thought-provoking quotes and sayings. * Kid-friendly and educational game play! Follow us to get early access to exclusive content, price drops and updates: LIKE: www.facebook.com/doodlegod FOLLOW: www.twitter.com/joybitsmobile Check out our other exciting games! Doodle Devil™ & Doodle Kingdom™
Alchemy
Combine basic elements like air, water, fire, and earth to discover new ones. Each merge presents a unique puzzle, allowing you to create over 600 elements. Enjoy this offline puzzle game with beautiful design and intuitive one-handed gameplay.
- Discover over 600 elements
- Offline gameplay
- Beautiful design and effects
- Intuitive one-handed controls
- Supports 12 languages
- Free hints available
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Start your journey with four basic elements: air, water, fire, earth. Each combination is a small puzzle of two or three elements. Feel like an alchemist and unlock all the elements! Game features: - Over 600 elements. - Play offline, without the internet. - Beautiful design and effects. - Intuitive one-handed gameplay. - Language selection. Play in one of the 12 available languages. - Get free hints every few hours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Alchemy at Free against Doodle Creatures™'s $1.99. Alchemy also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (76% vs 39%). Doodle Creatures™'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#189 vs unranked). On ratings volume, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Alchemy is free to download; Doodle Creatures™ costs $1.99 up front. Doodle Creatures™ sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Alchemy sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Alchemy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 42 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Doodle Creatures™'s written reviews are positive against 76% of Alchemy's.
Doodle Creatures™ ships an update every 4 months, Alchemy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doodle Creatures™ | Alchemy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (74 ratings) | 4.8 (42 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #189 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | JoyBits Co Ltd. | Serhii Bobrovnik |
Customer experience
Doodle Creatures™
Alchemy
Bugs and requests
Doodle Creatures™
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game crashes frequently
- Combinations not working
- Black screen issues
- Mutant tanks not producing genes
- Ads not giving rewards
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- Text corruption (Japanese)
- Notifications to come back and play
- Game Center achievements not syncing
- App not installing after purchase
- Crashing when navigating screens
Requested features
11 requests- Add more puzzles
- Add more content/updates
- Fix broken combinations
- Improve English translation
- Add skins for interface
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- Make game less focused on microtransactions
- Remove timers
- Make game free
- Add more animals/creations
- Improve UI
- Bring back old mechanics
Alchemy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Doodle Creatures™
- Bundle of 200 pills$0.99
- Starter Kit$1.99
- Bundle of 450 pills$1.99
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- Bundle of 1000 pills$3.99
- Bundle of 3000 pills$9.99
- Bundle of 10000 pills$24.99
- Bundle of 30000 pills$49.99
- Infinite pills$99.99
Alchemy
- Pirates$0.99
- Myths & Gods$0.99
- Drinks$1.99
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- Sport$1.99
- 5 hints$1.99
- NO ADS$2.99
- 10 hints$2.99
- 30 hints$5.99
- 60 hints$8.99
Questions
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