Angry Birds 2 vs Candy Crush Saga

How do Angry Birds 2 and Candy Crush Saga compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Angry Birds 2	Candy Crush Saga
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	medium	hard
Ad intensity	high	high
In-app-purchase pressure	high	high
Typical session	short	variable
Rating	4.6 / 5	4.7 / 5
Ratings count	1,541,942	3,956,196
Reviews say	What players like Iconic satisfying bird-flinging gameplay Multi-stage levels with increasing challenge Clan cooperation and social features Common complaints Aggressive pay-to-win mechanics with expensive feathers/IAP Heavy ad intrusion and pop-ups pushing purchases Energy/heart system severely limits play sessions	What players like Addictive core match-3 gameplay with escalating difficulty Free to play with offline support Daily rewards and time-limited events for engagement Common complaints Aggressive ad placement and hard-to-close ad windows causing accidental clicks Pay-to-win mechanics with removed ad-based rewards after updates Technical bugs including crashes, freezing, and broken iPad UI

Angry Birds 2 — Fling colorful birds at pig towers in this strategic puzzle game with satisfying physics and social clan play. (rated medium difficulty, high ad pressure) Candy Crush Saga — Match-3 puzzle game where you blast candies through thousands of levels while navigating aggressive monetization and intrusive ads. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-07-10. Last updated 2026-07-10.