Comparison

Cow Evolution vs Insect Life

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

Head to head
About

Cow Evolution

Merge cows to discover new mutant creatures and build a unique farm. Collect resources, upgrade equipment, and customize your animals with various accessories. Explore different worlds and unlock mysterious species in this idle clicker game.

Highlights
  • Merge cows to discover mutant creatures
  • Collect coins and crystals
  • Upgrade farm equipment
  • Customize animals with accessories
  • Discover new worlds and species
  • Idle clicker gameplay
Features
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Become the biggest animal farmer in Cow Evolution! Merge cows and discover amazing new mutant creatures. Collect coins and crystals, upgrade your equipment and become an animal farm tycoon. Play Cow Evolution for FREE* now and discover all the mysterious species! Everything on the farm was just cows when mutations and evolutions started to create amazing creatures! Merge the animals and build a farm with a variety of mutated monsters. You can also customize your animals with various items such as hats, clothes, and accessories, and discover other worlds with mysterious creature species. IDLE CLICKER GAME Tap and collect resources to evolve your cow farm. There are hundreds of items for you to collect, with discoveries that can lead you to discover more mutant cow species and ensure your progress through the game. Level up your farm, customize your cows with hats, clothes, and accessories, and share the creatures you've discovered with your friends. MERGE COW SPECIES There are three main stages in this animal evolution simulator: monster cows, alpaca cows, and alien cows. Test different combinations between these three stages and expand the number of mutant creatures on your farm. The more discoveries you make, the more cows and items you earn to increase your catalog of discovered species and expand the monsters on your farm. ANIMAL MUTANT FARM Put on your farmer outfit and start taking care of your mutant cows. Complete the main quests of the idle clicker game and earn items to customize your animals. There are many options of hats, hair, clothes, and accessories to make your farm much more fun. Remember to play every day to collect more coins and crystals, and share your farm with your friends. *Cow Evolution is a free idle merge clicker game. However, it has additional features and extra items that can be purchased in the in-game store.

About

Insect Life

Live the life of a giant scorpion in a hostile wilderness. Hunt for food, protect your nest, and battle other insects to survive and raise your young. Earn points to upgrade your scorpion's abilities and unlock new skins.

Highlights
  • Scorpion survival simulation
  • Hunt for prey and fight insects
  • Protect your nest and raise young
  • Upgrade scorpion abilities and skins
  • Two different game modes
  • Over 20 missions and challenges
  • 3D graphics
Features
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Feel like Scorpion king with our new animal simulator! Seek for prey, find a mate, make a family, fight scorpions and other insects and have fun with Scorpion life Simulator 3D 2018. This 3D survival game and animal simulator will set you into a realistic simulation of the insect world. Search for prey and fight with other insects and scorpions too in this Scorpion Simulator game. If you like animal or insect simulators, you’d love this game! Live a life of giant scorpion surviving at the hostile wilderness! How to survive? It’s quite simple, you need to search for food, run across plains and forests, struggle with predators, protect your nest from aggressive spiders and raise little scorpions up properly! Be careful - aggressive insects, such as bees, beetles, spiders, dragonflies or butterflies are nearby you! Don’t forget to check your scorpion health, energy, water and food indicators to survive! Earn points for successive survival, fights and mission completion! Use earned points to power your characteristics up, buy new abilities and even new skins for your scorpion. Two Different types of modes are available in this animal simulator game. We make Simulation Games like league soccer 2018, Action games like battle royale, shooting games, and Open-world Sandbox games. If you like what we do and want to help us, consider rating our games and giving a review. Features: • Two different modes to play • Interesting missions and challenges • Multiple Scorpions to choose • Amazing 3D graphics • More than 20 different missions

Screenshots

Cow Evolution4 screens
Insect Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cow Evolution at 4.7 against Insect Life's 3.8. Cow Evolution also leads on ratings volume (24K vs 9) and review sentiment (79% vs 63%). Insect Life's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Cow Evolution sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Insect Life asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cow Evolution holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cow Evolution has 24K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Cow Evolution's written reviews are positive against 63% of Insect Life's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cow Evolution ships an update every 2 weeks, Insect Life every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cow Evolution versus Insect Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCow EvolutionInsect Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (24K ratings) — better3.8 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings24K — better9
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB244 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperTPG TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDAFive River Solutions Private Limited

Customer experience

Cow Evolution

All ratings23,842 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews1,887 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative14.8%

Insect Life

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Cow Evolution

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Achievements not tracking correctly
  • Upgrade buttons disappearing or becoming unresponsive

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to create custom cows
  • More diverse cow evolution paths
  • Improved ad monetization model
  • Faster crate opening times

Insect Life

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Cow Evolution

One-time10
  • ads removal$0.99
  • pack with 60 diamonds$1.99
  • instant coins doubler$1.99
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  • pack of diamonds$1.99
  • pack of rubies$1.99
  • small frost gem pack$1.99
  • pack with 200 diamonds$3.99
  • income doubler$5.99
  • pack with 500 diamonds$6.99
  • Trinket$6.99
None

Insect Life

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cow Evolution free?
Cow Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Insect Life free?
Insect Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cow Evolution or Insect Life?
Cow Evolution is rated higher. Cow Evolution averages 4.7 out of 5 from 24K ratings, while Insect Life averages 3.8 from 9 ratings.
Do Cow Evolution or Insect Life have ads?
Both Cow Evolution and Insect Life show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cow Evolution or Insect Life?
Cow Evolution ships an update every 2 weeks, and Insect Life every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cow Evolution was updated on November 6, 2026 and Insect Life on November 4, 2026.

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