Angry Birds 2 vs Plants vs. Zombies™

How do Angry Birds 2 and Plants vs. Zombies™ 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	Plants vs. Zombies™
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	medium	medium
Ad intensity	high	high
In-app-purchase pressure	high	high
Typical session	short	variable
Rating	4.6 / 5	4.8 / 5
Ratings count	1,541,942	917,146
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 Strategic tower-defense gameplay with 49 unique plants Timeless classic with high-quality art and soundtrack Replayable with 50 adventure levels plus survival mode Common complaints Intrusive ads after every stage Ad remover purchase doesn't eliminate all ads as promised Game crashes on certain levels like pool stages

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) Plants vs. Zombies™ — Deploy an arsenal of quirky plants to defend your home from waves of increasingly bizarre zombies in this beloved tower-defense puzzle classic. (rated medium difficulty, high ad pressure)

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