Comparison

Quirkies Evolution vs Dragon Evolution

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

Head to head
About

Quirkies Evolution

Explore the fascinating process of evolution through interactive gameplay. Guide populations of creatures by selecting mates and influencing traits to ensure survival and adaptation. Discover new characteristics, learn through engaging content, and track your progress via a detailed family tree.

Highlights
  • Simulate natural selection and reproduction
  • Influence trait evolution through mate selection
  • Explore genetic recombination and mutation
  • Learn via educational videos and podcasts
  • Earn badges and survival points
  • Manipulate genes in the biolab
  • Track lineage with family tree and population view
Features
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This game teaches how evolution works: quirkies evolve through natural selection, reproduction, recombination and mutation of genes. The basics: by selecting mates who get to reproduce, you and other players simulate the environment in which the best quirkies survive. You can choose a trait that you would like the population to have (do this on the settings screen). As you play the game, try to select quirkies with that trait. In each generation, the offspring inherit the genes from the parents. The trait that you picked will become common throughout the population. Your fitness score at the top of the main screen will improve, and you win the game with high enough fitness over generations. But quirkies might also be rejected by mates, experience harmful mutations, and risk extinction. As you play, quirkies will entertain you with funny comments (even with speech), quiz your understanding of evolution, and make suggestions from an amazing range of educational videos and podcasts. Earn badges through these activities! Your quirkies will evolve new traits such as colors, nose, mouth, limbs, hair, and more by regulatory gene adaptations. Explore it all through the family tree (showing how genes are inherited) and population view. You can also earn survival points with mini-games: help your offspring feed, fight challengers, and find their parents. And don't tell anyone, but if you get to the biolab, you can manipulate your quirkie's genes! Evolved a really cute quirkie? You can give it a name (it will also get a scientific species name), save it for later, and share it with your friends! (Parents, no worries --- your kid cannot post on social media without your permission.) You can get news updates, when one of your quirkies has new siblings or offspring. And then you can explore the families of your quirkies: their parents, siblings, mates, and offspring. Iris Menczer (4th grade) and her dad created this game for kids to have fun learning about evolution. Evolutionary biologists have helped make it more educational. Hope you enjoy both the fun and the learning!

About

Dragon Evolution

Merge and evolve dragons to discover new mutant creatures. Collect coins by managing your dragons and use them to buy more beasts or earn money. Customize your dragons with hats and navigate through different levels while avoiding impostors.

Highlights
  • Drag and drop similar dragons to merge
  • Discover new mutant creatures
  • Collect dragon poop coins
  • Buy new creatures
  • Customize dragons with hats
  • Avoid impostors
Features
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You’re definitely gonna hear these ones ROAR! The amazing and POWERFUL dragons are now in the EVOLUTION series! Feeling like a real WARRIOR? Come meet these big guys that are so cool they will BURN everything UP! In this evolution game, you’ll have to prove yourself to be the DRAGON MASTER! Control all your nice beasts - but get out of their way if they accidentally sneeze some fire - and make money out of it! HOW TO PLAY • Drag and drop similar dragons to create new mysterious and mutant creatures • Use the MAGIC dragon poop coins to buy new creatures and make even more money • Alternatively, fiercely tap a dragon to make them poop and collect more coins! HIGHLIGHTS • Different levels and many different dragon types to discover • Watch out for the impostors that will get in your way! • Dragons can be funny: put on crazy HATS in your dragons and make them unique! Make sure all your fire alarms are working and enjoy this amazing adventure! Disclaimer: While this App is completely free to play, some additional content can be purchased for real money in-game. If you do not want to use this feature, please turn off in-app purchases in your device's settings. Like our page on Facebook and be the first to know about our upcoming games and updates! http://fb.com/tappshq

Screenshots

Quirkies Evolution4 screens
Dragon Evolution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dragon Evolution at 4.7 against Quirkies Evolution's 3.7. Dragon Evolution also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 10) and review sentiment (87% vs 70%). Quirkies Evolution's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Dragon Evolution sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Quirkies Evolution asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dragon Evolution holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dragon Evolution has 15K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Quirkies Evolution's written reviews are positive against 87% of Dragon Evolution's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quirkies Evolution ships an update monthly, Dragon Evolution every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Quirkies Evolution versus Dragon Evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuirkies EvolutionDragon Evolution
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (10 ratings)4.7 (15K ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews87.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1015K — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB157 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperIndiana UniversityTPG TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDA

Customer experience

Quirkies Evolution

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%

Dragon Evolution

All ratings14,759 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews354 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.2%

Bugs and requests

Quirkies Evolution

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Dragon Evolution

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Diamonds glitching and disappearing
  • Hats disappearing from dragons
  • Game freezing and crashing
  • Coin/gem count being obscured by UI elements

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more color options for dragons
  • Implement a battle arena or mini-games
  • Reduce the frequency of ads
  • Allow players to sell or discard excess hats

In-app purchases

None

Quirkies Evolution

No in-app purchases

13 purchases

Dragon Evolution

One-time13
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 1$1.99
  • pack with diamonds$1.99
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  • pack of rubies$1.99
  • instant coins doubler$1.99
  • Shop Bundle$2.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 2$4.99
  • big pack of rubies$5.99
  • income doubler$5.99
  • Shop Bundle 2$5.99
  • Trinket$6.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 3$9.99
  • starter bundle discount$9.99

Questions

Is Quirkies Evolution free?
Quirkies Evolution is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dragon Evolution free?
Dragon Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quirkies Evolution or Dragon Evolution?
Dragon Evolution is rated higher. Quirkies Evolution averages 3.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Dragon Evolution averages 4.7 from 15K ratings.
Do Quirkies Evolution or Dragon Evolution have ads?
Dragon Evolution shows ads; Quirkies Evolution does not.
Which is updated more often, Quirkies Evolution or Dragon Evolution?
Quirkies Evolution ships an update monthly, and Dragon Evolution every 5 weeks. Most recently, Quirkies Evolution was updated on October 9, 2026 and Dragon Evolution on October 17, 2026.

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