Comparison

Alien Garden vs Creature Creator Run

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

Head to head
About

Alien Garden

Discover and grow unique alien plants in this addictive puzzle game. Slide and combine plant cards to create larger ones and fill your garden. It's a simple yet challenging experience with spectacular graphics and sound.

Highlights
  • Slide and combine plant cards
  • Discover and grow alien plants
  • Addictive puzzle gameplay
  • Spectacular graphics and sound
  • Simple to play, hard to master
Features
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A space seed has fallen from the sky into your garden and alien plants were born! Discover these amazing creatures and make them grow. Will you have the alien green thumb? Alien Garden is a puzzle game in which you have to slide and combine little plants in order to obtain bigger plants. Have you ever seen such an incredible garden? If you loved "Threes", "1024" and "2048" you will be crazy for Alien Garden: the visual alternative to the famous gameplay! The basic idea here is you take a "seed" card and a "pot" card, mash them together, and end up with a "tiny plant" card. Now Combine two equal plants to obtain a bigger plant. Go on combining equal plants in order to fill all the board with the biggest plant you can obtain. This game appears simple at first glance, but quickly becomes highly addictive as you aim to beat your high score. Managing the board while planning several moves ahead becomes essential; Simple, smart, funny, and addictive. Features: • Famous gameplay improved with innovative features • Simple to play, hard to master • A game of skill, a dash of cleverness and fun characters • Spectacular graphics and sound Stay tuned and come visit us on our social networks: https://www.facebook.com/balzoeu https://twitter.com/balzoeu www.balzo.eu You guys! come in my lawn!

About

Creature Creator Run

Evil bots have invaded and stolen vital creature parts. Reclaim these parts to design new creatures and battle the bots to save the planet. Your unique creations are humanity's final defense.

Highlights
  • Create unique creatures
  • Reclaim lost creature parts
  • Battle evil bots
  • Save the Earth
  • Lab-based gameplay
Features
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The evil bots have taken over the world! They couldn't destroy your lab completely but you lost many creature parts! Reclaim Creature parts and Create new Creatures to take down the Bots and save then the world! Your abominations are Earth's last hope!

Screenshots

Alien Garden4 screens
Creature Creator Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Creature Creator Run at none against Alien Garden's 1. Creature Creator Run also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.3). Alien Garden's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). On price, ratings volume 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. Alien Garden sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Creature Creator Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Creature Creator Run holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alien Garden ships an update monthly, Creature Creator Run every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Alien Garden versus Creature Creator Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlien GardenCreature Creator Run
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)3.7 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB282 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBalzo srlTILTLABS (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED

Customer experience

Alien Garden

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Creature Creator Run

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Alien Garden

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99
None

Creature Creator Run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alien Garden free?
Alien Garden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Creature Creator Run free?
Creature Creator Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Alien Garden or Creature Creator Run?
Creature Creator Run is rated higher. Alien Garden averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Creature Creator Run averages 3.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Alien Garden or Creature Creator Run have ads?
Creature Creator Run shows ads; Alien Garden does not.
Which is updated more often, Alien Garden or Creature Creator Run?
Alien Garden ships an update monthly, and Creature Creator Run every 9 months. Most recently, Alien Garden was updated on September 19, 2026 and Creature Creator Run on September 15, 2026.

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