Comparison

Cow Evolution vs Flapping Cage

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

Flapping Cage

Guide a bird through a series of challenging rooms filled with spikes and traps. Test your reflexes and compete with players worldwide on leaderboards. Unlock new skins and collect items as you progress through hundreds of unique levels.

Highlights
  • Avoid spikes and traps
  • Hundreds of different rooms
  • Online multiplayer with leaderboards
  • Unlockable skins
  • Collectable feathers and stars
  • Playable offline
Features
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Make your Bird fly and don't touch the spikes! In Flapping Cage, birds are trapped into cages full of spikes and traps... Let them flap through hundreds of different rooms unaware of what will come next! Every 10 scores you'll be teleported in a new room with random obstacles, In which room will you die? Challenge hundreds of player online in 4 different servers (newbie, junior, pro and elite) with leaderboards that will be refreshed every hour (The game works also offline)! Flapping Cage includes: - 57 Skins to unlock. - 72 Achievements. - 150 collectable feathers. - 10 collectable stars. - 21 different rooms. - 18 Ranking levels. - 5 types of Medals (if you play online): Golden, Silver, Bronze, Top 10 and Top 30. - 4 types of leaderboard server. - App playable Online and Offline. In a few words: Avoid spikes! Be aware of spikes! Don't touch the spikes! Flapping Cage! Website: http://www.flappingcage.com

Screenshots

Cow Evolution4 screens
Flapping Cage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flapping Cage at none against Cow Evolution's 12. Flapping Cage also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (92% vs 80%). Cow Evolution's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (23K vs 73). On price, rating 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 12 one-off in-app purchases. Flapping Cage asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Cow Evolution against 4.7 for Flapping Cage. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cow Evolution has 23K ratings behind it against 73, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Cow Evolution's written reviews are positive against 92% of Flapping Cage's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cow Evolution ships an update every 10 days, Flapping Cage every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Cow Evolution versus Flapping Cage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCow EvolutionFlapping Cage
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23K ratings) — better4.7 (73 ratings)
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews91.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23K — better73
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.06 — better
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB42 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperTPG TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDAAlessandro Pezzetti

Customer experience

Cow Evolution

All ratings23,282 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews1,866 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral5.8%
Negative14.4%

Flapping Cage

All ratings73 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive91.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.2%

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

Flapping Cage

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Cow Evolution

One-time12
  • 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
  • Promo Bundles Very High$2.99
  • pack with 200 diamonds$3.99
  • big pack of rubies$4.99
  • income doubler$5.99
  • pack with 500 diamonds$6.99
  • Trinket$6.99
None

Flapping Cage

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cow Evolution free?
Cow Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flapping Cage free?
Flapping Cage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cow Evolution or Flapping Cage?
Cow Evolution is rated higher. Cow Evolution averages 4.7 out of 5 from 23K ratings, while Flapping Cage averages 4.7 from 73 ratings.
Do Cow Evolution or Flapping Cage have ads?
Cow Evolution shows ads; Flapping Cage does not.
Which is updated more often, Cow Evolution or Flapping Cage?
Cow Evolution ships an update every 10 days, and Flapping Cage every 6 months. Most recently, Cow Evolution was updated on September 28, 2026 and Flapping Cage on July 6, 2026.

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