eFootball™ vs Paper.io 2

How do eFootball™ and Paper.io 2 compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	eFootball™	Paper.io 2
Genre	Action	Action
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	hard	medium
Ad intensity	low	high
In-app-purchase pressure	high	low
Typical session	medium	short
Rating	4.3 / 5	4.5 / 5
Ratings count	481,735	2,792,153
Reviews say	What players like Better F2P than competitors like FC Mobile Diverse roster of real players and legends Smooth mechanics with Smart Assist for newcomers Common complaints Pay-to-win design: new players released twice weekly to force purchases Heavy scripting and rubber-band difficulty against better teams Unfair matchmaking pairs new players with pros	What players like Smooth, satisfying arcade gameplay Endless progression with new maps/skins Works offline without WiFi Common complaints Ads interrupt gameplay constantly (2-3 per 3 mins) Ads appear during revive sequences without proper flow Unbalanced superpowers (bunny skin overpowered)

eFootball™ — Build your dream soccer team and compete online in this free-to-play evolution of PES with real players and matches. (rated hard difficulty, low ad pressure) Paper.io 2 — Draw your territory across the arena in frantic real-time multiplayer .io battles. (rated medium difficulty, high ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-07-13. Last updated 2026-07-13.