# Evolution

> Create creatures and let them evolve to see how they master various tasks.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.keiwando.Evolution](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.keiwando.Evolution)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.keiwando.Evolution`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Keiwan Donyagard
- **Category:** GAME\_SIMULATION
- **Downloads:** 3,374,353
- **Rating:** 4.13 / 5 (18,423 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.0.5
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-03
- **First published:** 2017-04-17
- **Publisher country:** DE
- **Size:** 23 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keiwando.Evolution)
- **Website:** [https://keiwan.itch.io/evolution](https://keiwan.itch.io/evolution)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://keiwando.com/evolution/policies/privacy/index](http://keiwando.com/evolution/policies/privacy/index)

## Description

The Evolution Chrome extension lets you design creatures using joints, bones, and muscles—limited only by your imagination. Powered by a combination of neural networks and genetic algorithms, your creatures autonomously learn and improve their abilities across tasks like running, jumping, and climbing. Experiment with building the ultimate creature that excels at all challenges. Users can adjust population size to optimize performance and dive deeper into the underlying algorithms via the in-app help button. Evolution is a captivating tool blending creativity and AI-driven evolution, offering hours of interactive fun and learning.

## Rankings

- #31,970 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`

## Review summary

Reviewers praise the app for being fun and educational with an easy editor and save features, but repeatedly note a steep learning curve, performance and stability problems, unreliable AI/physics, and a flood of feature requests (swimming, organs, survival modes, etc.). A clearer onboarding experience could help new players unlock the game’s potential.

### Pros

- Fun and entertaining gameplay that keeps users engaged
- Educational: effective at teaching evolution and machine learning concepts
- Easy-to-use editor for creating and editing creatures
- Ability to save progress and creatures (and potential for account-based saves)

### Cons

- Steep learning curve and complex system; hard to understand how everything works
- Performance issues: lag, high resource usage, and instability with many creatures
- AI quality and physics are unreliable (creatures can be stiff or behave oddly)
- Many feature requests/expects (swimming, organs, survival modes, water, bone variations)
- Lack of onboarding/tutorials to guide new players

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.keiwando.Evolution)