Kingshot vs Plants vs. Zombies™ 2

How do Kingshot and Plants vs. Zombies™ 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.

	Kingshot	Plants vs. Zombies™ 2
Genre	Strategy	Strategy
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	medium	medium
Ad intensity	high	high
In-app-purchase pressure	high	high
Typical session	variable	medium
Rating	4.6 / 5	4.7 / 5
Ratings count	203,728	432,148
Reviews say	What players like Engaging gameplay once tutorial passes Diverse activities and things to do Social alliance and competition features Common complaints Ads completely misrepresent actual game (tower defense vs kingdom-building) Pay-to-win: lasting success requires spending money Excessive tutorial and popups asking for personal information	What players like Hundreds of collectible plants and zombies with varied designs Engaging tower defense gameplay that's satisfying to watch Excellent animation and visual design of plants Common complaints Frequent crashes and stability issues on mobile devices High volume of ads, especially unskippable/buggy ones Expensive premium plants ($5 each) gating content

Kingshot — A medieval kingdom-building and squad combat strategy game with alliance warfare, despite ads falsely depicting it as tower defense. (rated medium difficulty, high ad pressure) Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 — Deploy an army of plants to defend against waves of hilarious zombies across time periods in this award-winning tower defense strategy game. (rated medium difficulty, high ad pressure)

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