Head-to-head
Total Battle vs War and Order
Total Battle
70
Winner
Total Battle
War and Order
65
Total Battle has a slight edge due to its more engaging gameplay and community aspects, despite both apps sharing significant pay-to-win criticisms.
Full reviews: Total Battle · War and Order
Both Total Battle and War and Order are free-to-play strategy games with significant in-app purchases, often criticized for being 'pay-to-win.' Total Battle offers more varied gameplay and a strong community, while War and Order struggles with server issues and misleading advertising.
Head to head
Total Battle Total Battle is praised for its strategic depth, challenges, and multiple simultaneous activities, with some players finding it addictive and rich in quality R11. However, many users are frustrated by misleading ads, stating the actual game is a city-building strategy game, not the action-oriented one shown in previews R1R3R22. Some find the game complicated and convoluted, with too many unnecessary steps R6R16.
War and Order War and Order is described as a familiar war engine and city-building game, with some enjoying its mini-games and team play . However, a significant number of reviews highlight that the game is nothing like its advertisements, which show different gameplay . Users also report issues like too many pop-ups, slow troop healing, and a buggy interface with frequent freezes .
Total Battle Total Battle is widely criticized as a 'pay-to-play' or 'pay-to-win' game, where progress slows significantly without spending money R5R9R10R12. Players mention high prices for supplies and packs, with some packs costing up to £250 R9R33R45. Free-to-play users often face long waits for upgrades and resource generation R9.
War and Order War and Order is also heavily criticized for its 'pay-to-win' model, with many users stating it's impossible to compete or advance without spending significant amounts of money R66. Some players report spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars to stay competitive . The game is described as having 'predatory monetization' and constantly pushing purchases .
Total Battle Total Battle's community is described as 'awesome' by some, with social and political dynamics within clans R12R20. However, negative experiences include chat devolving into trash talk after elections and fear of being bullied out by other clans R10R12R34. Players also mention the necessity of joining a clan to advance R34.
War and Order War and Order's community is noted for team play and positive interactions by some . Conversely, many reviews highlight a toxic environment where spenders ruin the game, bullying weak players, and even racism . There are also complaints about the difficulty of joining alliances .
Total Battle Total Battle users report issues with the app refreshing too often and restarting the game, leading to long load screens R27. Glitching is also a significant problem, with the game crashing frequently, especially during new events R39. Customer support is criticized for being lacking, with unanswered questions and players being locked out of their accounts without explanation R40.
War and Order War and Order faces criticism for poor customer support, with relevant resources failing to download after updates and unresolved account issues R61. Players also report server speed slowing down and becoming laggy after a few months, which they attribute to developers redirecting resources to new worlds . There are also complaints about the game freezing constantly .
Pick Total Battle if
Pick Total Battle if you enjoy a strategic game with varied activities and challenges, are willing to engage with a clan system, and don't mind the potential for significant in-app purchases to advance quickly R11.
Pick War and Order if
Pick War and Order if you are looking for a familiar castle-building strategy game with mini-games and team play, and are prepared for a high level of spending to remain competitive .
Evidence note: Both apps suffer from a common issue where advertisements do not accurately represent the actual gameplay, leading to user disappointment. The 'pay-to-win' aspect is a dominant theme across reviews for both games, making it difficult to find a clear winner solely on monetization practices.
Frequently asked
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What reviewers actually said
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- [R1] Total Battle Fake game: I downloaded the game cause the ad looked fun, but the game was stupid. Please no one buy this. I’m begging.
- [R3] Total Battle Not quite what is advertised: The game play is all over the map. What you see in ads is fun, until you’re completely blocked from playing because you have to complete these insane tasks. Just let us play the game. Oh and you need WiFi/service. It’s an A for effort, but a big pass for me sadly.
- [R6] Total Battle Kinda fun: So basically, your game is pretty fun and I like the feature where you can like move side to side and like get people and try to defeat the monsters but I think the game is a little complicated overall because it’s telling me to like teleport like I’m a new player, but it’s telling me to teleport and build portals and upgrade these houses and I’ll do all this other stuff. I kinda just w
- [R11] Total Battle Love this game: I like that this game has many different things going on at once. I love that they have challenges, and a lesson on how to be patient too! If I were u I would definitely try this game!
- [R5] Total Battle Fun: Total Battle is one of the more fun games I’ve played in a while. You have to spend real money if you want to advance quickly but the prices are not too bad.
- [R9] Total Battle The ultimate pay-to-play&win game: If you don’t mind paying tons of money, this game can be fun. I definitely think they hired some psychologists to figure out how to get people to spend money in a game. The first day they give you all the perks, after that you have to start paying for them and it is not cheap…at all. If you’re exceedingly patient and don’t mind waiting five days between actions
- [R10] Total Battle 3 Wks and I’ve had enough!: I tried to like this game and gave it a run for weeks, but there’s little to keep you entertained other than grinding for resources and given the deliberate handicapping of resources by the developer to force cash purchases, that get real old, real quick. The last straw was the chat devolving into trash talk after the last election for King. This is a game that is short
- [R12] Total Battle Great strategy game: The social and political dynamics of the clan system makes the game difficult to scale in without being a SUPER SPENDER to pay to play. I love that you can play for free, but the social dynamics and rules made within game by clans make it almost impossible to enjoy long term for fear of being bullied out.
- [R20] Total Battle Awesome: I have enjoyed this game immensely over the past year or so. I always feel that I am learning something new weekly and the community is awesome.
- [R34] Total Battle Clan/Click: So first off, you need to know that you can’t play this game unless you join a clan. You will only be able to advance up to a certain point. So unless you want to interact with other people and deal with a lot of unfriendly women I wouldn’t father downloading this game. Don’t spend any money on it. In my experience unless you are die hard about this game most likely you won’t survive.
- [R27] Total Battle Refreshes App too often: I like to navigate away while waiting for tasks to complete. When I don’t go back after two minutes, it restarts the game over again. And it’s TWO load screens. So annoying. Also I’m pretty much at the point where I need to start paying to see more results. So I think it’s run its course.
- [R39] Total Battle Glitching like mad: The game has been glitching like CRAZY - so draining to play these day having to come in and out and then again. Today the game crashed maybe 30+ times, what’s going on? Everytime there’s a new event you have all of this slow down. So exhausting. When the game runs well, it can be fine. But honestly you have to pay a lot to get the good stuff and also to stay in the game. Would
- [R40] Total Battle Support: Game is fun but the support team is lacking. I’ve had multiple questions that I’ve submitted over the last few days and none of them have been answered. In addition, have spent hundreds of dollars on this game and have just been locked out with no explanation as to why. Due to the time sensitivity of events can’t help but feel like they just stole my money.
- [R61] War and Order Poor Customer Support: Relevant resources never download, same problem every WAO update, nothing wrong on my side , all other apps work excellent after updates except WAO, Asked for 2 weeks to fix child like realm on another device and support hasn’t fixed it yeti, the relevant resources never download
- [R16] Total Battle Hate it: Of course, after just a few rounds, there’s no way to play without paying money. Overly complicated and so many unnecessary steps and storylines in between being able to play Rounds. Some people like that kind of thing, but I find it to be a drag.
- [R49] Total Battle Pay to play: This game is fun for the first couple of days and then quickly gets to a point where the only way you can play for more than 5 or 10 minutes at a time is to start spending real money on it.
- [R66] War and Order Pricing: Game is free to play, but , to be a contender it cost way to much money taking away from the enjoyment of the game. There needs to be more balance for none paying players to complete with those who spend thousands
- [R22] Total Battle What even: This game is nothing like the previews
- [R58] Total Battle Fake ad: Another fake game trying to mimic last war survival. Ad is nothing like gameplay. Download last war instead, much better layout
- [R33] Total Battle More than just a shooting game: From the ads, it looks like this is just a shooting game. But it’s more than that. It’s a strategy, multiplayer game. It keeps you engaged. However, I do feel like to make any meaningful advancement in the game. You have to pay a lot of money. I’m OK with that but the in-game purchases are astronomical.
- [R45] Total Battle Enjoying but money grabbing: Really enjoyed the game for the first couple months before it became apparent that without spending any money the game is no fun. It’s a shame that the owners of this app charges so much up to £250 for a pack, if all packs were limited to a maximum spend of a modest £50 then this game could become considering that people enjoy more affordable. But I suppose the makers
- [R46] Total Battle Expensive Game Play: The game is very fun and addictive. With that being said in order to grow in the game you need to spend a ton of money. I can not even tell you how much I have spent but it’s a lot. The Game will suck you in and then you will see how you get caught up spending a ton of cash. I would not recommend this game unless you have extra cash to spend. This is why I have given it 2 star
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store