Comparison

Quirkies Evolution vs Human Evolution

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

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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

Human Evolution

Combine humans and merge DNA to simulate evolutionary combinations from the stone age to the future. Discover different stages of human evolution, create mutant species, and level up to unlock more advanced creatures. This idle tycoon game lets you explore mankind's genetic potential.

Highlights
  • Merge humans and DNA
  • Simulate evolutionary combinations
  • Create mutant species
  • Discover stages of human evolution
  • Level up to unlock advanced species
  • Explore past, present, and future humans
Features
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Are you a nerd and like merging DNA and combinations of life? This is your chance to take control of humanity with the best of clicker games can offer. With this evolution you can create different types of mutants and do a simulation of combinations since from the stone age! Evolve and increase creatures in the palm of your hand. As you get new mutations, you be able to play with genetics and have even more advanced creatures! This merge will clear all your doubts about the most bizarre combinations of humans. Do you think you are good at evolutionary theory? Try merging different cave men combinations to see just how far you can get in the mutations of this idle game. HOW TO PLAY - DRAG and drop as many humans as you can to merge and evolve in this process of mutation - EARN experience points with each new combination, level up to combine more advanced species and create new mutations! - TRY this incredible tycoon game and be the master of evolutionary theory! HIGHLIGHTS - DISCOVER different stages of human evolution - MERGE human from past, present and future age to obtain different results - EXPLORE different phases and many species of mankind - EVOLVE your mutants to get others even more advanced No human was injured during the development of this game, just develop.... Oops! Attention! This game is free, but contains items that can be purchased with real money. Some features and extras mentioned in the description can also be purchased with real money.

Screenshots

Quirkies Evolution4 screens
Human Evolution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Human Evolution at 4.7 against Quirkies Evolution's 3.7. Human Evolution also leads on ratings volume (203 vs 10). Quirkies Evolution's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, 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. Human Evolution sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Quirkies Evolution asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Human Evolution holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Human Evolution has 203 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 75% of Human Evolution's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quirkies Evolution ships an update monthly, Human Evolution every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Quirkies Evolution versus Human Evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuirkies EvolutionHuman Evolution
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (10 ratings)4.7 (203 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10203 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 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 MB155 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%

Human Evolution

All ratings203 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Quirkies Evolution

No in-app purchases

15 purchases

Human Evolution

One-time15
  • Alien Currency Pack 1$1.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 1$1.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
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  • Hard Currency Pack Offer$1.99
  • Shop Bundle 1$2.99
  • Promo Bundles Very High$2.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 2$4.99
  • Alien Currency Pack 2$5.99
  • Shop Bundle 2$5.99
  • Promo Bundles High$5.99
  • Trinket$6.99
  • Starter Bundle Discount$9.99
  • Premium Bundle Discount$9.99
  • Hard Currency Pack 3$9.99
  • Promo Bundles Full$11.99

Questions

Is Quirkies Evolution free?
Quirkies Evolution is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Human Evolution free?
Human Evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quirkies Evolution or Human Evolution?
Human Evolution is rated higher. Quirkies Evolution averages 3.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Human Evolution averages 4.7 from 203 ratings.
Do Quirkies Evolution or Human Evolution have ads?
Human Evolution shows ads; Quirkies Evolution does not.
Which is updated more often, Quirkies Evolution or Human Evolution?
Quirkies Evolution ships an update monthly, and Human Evolution every 6 weeks. Most recently, Quirkies Evolution was updated on June 6, 2026 and Human Evolution on September 20, 2026.

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