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DRAGON BALL LEGENDS vs Marvel Contest of Champions

DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 4.8★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Marvel Contest of Champions
Marvel Contest of Champions 4.7★ · Free + IAP 70

Marvel Contest of Champions has a slight edge due to its more consistent gameplay experience and less severe complaints about 'pay-to-win' mechanics, despite both games struggling with similar issues.

Full reviews: DRAGON BALL LEGENDS · Marvel Contest of Champions

Both Dragon Ball Legends and Marvel Contest of Champions are free-to-play fighting games with in-app purchases, offering engaging combat and character collection. However, both face significant criticism regarding their 'pay-to-win' aspects, low character pull rates, and persistent technical issues like crashes and lag.

Head to head

Features and Gameplay tieR11R56R33R7
DRAGON BALL LEGENDS Dragon Ball Legends offers engaging combat mechanics and a story mode that some users enjoy R11R56R33. PvP is a major feature, but it's heavily criticized for being unbalanced and pay-to-win R7. Many players also enjoy the graphics and character designs .
Marvel Contest of Champions Marvel Contest of Champions is praised for its cool characters, designs, and graphics . The gameplay mechanics are considered unique for a Marvel game R111, and it offers a variety of game modes . However, some find the campaign mode repetitive and wish for more simplified progression .
Ease of Use and Progression tieR1R12R22R49
DRAGON BALL LEGENDS Dragon Ball Legends is criticized for its low character pull rates, making it difficult for free-to-play users to acquire new units R1R12R22R49. The game is often described as a 'money trap' R6R43, with new units being overpowered, forcing players to gamble . Data transfer issues and login problems also hinder ease of use .
Marvel Contest of Champions Marvel Contest of Champions also faces complaints about slow progression and the difficulty of leveling up characters, especially 7-star champions, without spending money R106. Some users report issues with characters disappearing after updates or re-logging .
Reliability and Performance tieR2R21R27R36
DRAGON BALL LEGENDS Dragon Ball Legends users frequently report crashes during PvP sessions, leading to unfair losses R2R21R27R36. Connection errors, lag in PvP, and unresponsive input are also common issues, making the game unplayable for some R13.
Marvel Contest of Champions Marvel Contest of Champions also suffers from bugs, crashing, and loading issues . Many users experience lag and connection problems that ruin the experience . Some players report being stuck on loading screens and unable to log in .
Price and Value tieR6R43R52R37
DRAGON BALL LEGENDS Dragon Ball Legends is a free-to-play game with in-app purchases, but many users feel it's a 'money trap' due to extremely low pull rates for new characters R6R43R52. Players report spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars without getting desired units R6R37. Free-to-play players struggle to compete in PvP R49.
Marvel Contest of Champions Marvel Contest of Champions is also free-to-play with in-app purchases, but it's widely criticized as 'pay-to-win' R67R94R106. Users feel compelled to spend money to progress and acquire strong characters . Offers are sometimes seen as deceptive, and customer support is accused of being unhelpful with purchase issues R111R115.
Support edge: Marvel Contest of ChampionsR34R111R115
DRAGON BALL LEGENDS One user reported contacting support after losing all their data and characters, but received no response R34.
Marvel Contest of Champions Customer support is criticized for not helping when purchases are made by family members under ten R111 and for being unhelpful with misclicks or deceptive offers R115.
Pick DRAGON BALL LEGENDS if

you are a dedicated Dragon Ball fan who enjoys the franchise's characters and combat mechanics, and you are willing to either grind extensively or spend money to acquire new units .

Pick Marvel Contest of Champions if

you are a Marvel fan who appreciates good graphics and character designs, and you are looking for a fighting game with unique mechanics, even if it means dealing with a 'pay-to-win' progression system R111.

Evidence note: Both apps have a significant number of negative reviews, often from long-term players, indicating a decline in satisfaction over time despite high lifetime ratings. The free-to-play model for both contributes to much of the negativity, especially around character acquisition and progression.

Frequently asked

Are Dragon Ball Legends and Marvel Contest of Champions pay-to-win?
Yes, both Dragon Ball Legends and Marvel Contest of Champions are frequently described by users as 'pay-to-win' R7R67R94R106. Players in Dragon Ball Legends report needing to spend significant money to get new, overpowered characters to compete in PvP R6, while Marvel Contest of Champions users feel progression is unnecessarily difficult without spending money R106.
Do these games have issues with crashes or lag?
Yes, both games have significant issues with crashes and lag R2R13R27R36. Dragon Ball Legends users report random game boots during PvP and connection errors R2R13, while Marvel Contest of Champions players experience frequent buffering, loading issues, and general lag .
Is it hard to get new characters in Dragon Ball Legends and Marvel Contest of Champions?
Yes, it is generally hard to get new characters in both games, especially for free-to-play users R1R12R22R49. Dragon Ball Legends players complain about extremely low pull rates and often spending thousands of in-game currency or real money without success R6R22R37. Marvel Contest of Champions users also find it difficult to acquire higher-star characters and resources without paying .

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R11] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 5/5 · US Best game plus tani is the best of the best: I just love the game and the mechanics I honestly think I get luck from this and get a new character like the ultra blue bros
  2. [R56] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 5/5 · US Game mechanics: The game is amazing!because of the mechanics and I love the characters and the PvP system and the story and events make it really fun!
  3. [R33] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 3/5 · US It’s Okay But…: The game itself is Great! The storyline is Nice, The Art is Amazing, Combat System is easy to Understand and Use, Plenty of Units to summon as well. Only problem we have here is PvP. Once you hit around platinum rank they start putting you up against people completely out of your league with all the newest units and best equipment they can possibly use. You can’t pick your own oppo
  4. [R7] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 1/5 · US Hate pvp: Bru this game is great if ur a dragon ball fan but PvP is so annoying. PvP is filled with pay to win players that have maxed out everything that u can only get by either grinding the game for 20hrs a day or spending $100 to get. All the PvP kids just infinite combo u so u can’t move or do any attacks until they kill u and your whole team. PvP needs to have some kind of cool down on combo
  5. [R1] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 1/5 · US Hate this game: I spend so much time grinding chrono crystals just to get shafted
  6. [R12] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 3/5 · US Fun no reward: I love this game but the rate of chances of getting new characters is low i have thousands of krytals and got literally the same characters over and over I understand building stars helps your character but I have spent thousands of Krystals on one list and didn’t receive any things not even the support character other than that I love the game play just want a better chance on gett
  7. [R22] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 1/5 · US Summoning: Saved up 24,000 chrono used all of it on new banner didn’t receive new character saved up that chrono for months it’s bs
  8. [R49] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 2/5 · US please make the game better for F2P players.: i have been playing this game since early 2019. i haven’t spent a single cent on this game and let me tell you, it’s impossible to keep up with PVP. I spend weeks grinding chrono crystals just to get shafted multiple times. when the new legend broly came out, i wanted him SO BAD. i went four rotations without getting him and i honestly just gave up. sa
  9. [R2] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 4/5 · US The optimization: Dear Tami, I have an IPhone 12 Pro and have never EVER faced this issue in the past. During PVP sessions I randomly get booted out the game. My phone doesn’t overheat, I don’t lag I simply just get kicked and have to suffer with the unfair repercussions. It’s not only me, other people have been facing this issue too, and worst of all, it was in treasure battle. Ever since the 7th
  10. [R21] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 3/5 · US Idk: The game is good and all and it might be a phone issue but every day it happens like 2 times when I’m in a pvp or story it randomly exits out of the app and when I’m in a pvp and especially when I’m winning I go back into it and it counts as a loss
  11. [R27] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 3/5 · US Crashes: Game crashes randomly when I’m playing pvp and I just lose the whole match
  12. [R36] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 3/5 · US I hate this game: Every time i try do do pvp my game crashes fix it
  13. [R6] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 3/5 · US Dragon Ball legends is frustrating: I don’t know how to express how much this game frustrates me if you’re easily manipulated and to spending your money on Games wouldn’t suggest downloading it or if you’re easily frustrated do not download this game. I warn you it is the biggest money trap. I have dumped so much money barely got what I wanted. I probably dumped $8000 into this barely got what I w
  14. [R43] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 1/5 · US Bum devs: Scammed for countless cc, only play the game if you have money to spend yall.
  15. [R52] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 1/5 · US 10k cc down in the drain: This game is trash bro you can’t even get a new unit in this game
  16. [R37] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 1/5 · US I got hoed on summon: I didn’t pull the character and spent 1000$ dollars just to not pull him
  17. [R34] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 1/5 · US Lost data: I logged into the game today. I had been playing for almost 3 years. All of my characters, gems, summons. Gone. My account is level 1. Everything I had grinded for is lost. Contacted support: No response. Huge L
  18. [R111] Marvel Contest of Champions 3/5 · GB Great job: The game itself is pretty good and the mechanics are unique for a Marvel game and to be honest the summonings animations are pretty balanced as as well as the team and story but one of the managers Chris does not seem to understand that people can sometimes face financial crisis and refuses to help when purchases are not made by the main account holder by a member of their family that i
  19. [R115] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US Scamming, bait and switch trashy Company: The developers of this game are truly horrible people. Offers are blatantly deceptive, buying items with mis clicks is happening by design. Customer support will cheerfully rip you off. Do not give this company money. Do not download this game. You will be cheated and scammed. Kabam and it’s employees are filthy, lying, hateful garbage. Karate Mike in part
  20. [R67] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US Garbage AI: The AI in this game is terrible and you developers know it. I’ve been playing this game for 10+ years and the way these AI fight now is laughably bad. Frame-perfect, flawless gameplay from these overpowered champions you create nowadays. What else would we expect from you greedy losers though? Game has been pay to win for every single year it’s ever been out. The way the AI plays now i
  21. [R94] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US So ******* rigged!!!!!: Literally everything about this game is rigged, the bots always get power ups that you could never get and the system always puts you against other fighters that are triple the power of your team and they nonstop always bug you with offers to take your money. Whoever created this game either needs to fix this rigged system like they’re actually supposed to do if they actual
  22. [R106] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US One Star, Frustrating Pay-to-Win Progression: Contest of Champions has become extremely frustrating because the game feels heavily built around a pay-to-win structure. Progressing and leveling up champions, especially 7-star champions, is unnecessarily difficult unless you are willing to spend money. The game strongly discourages cheating and bans accounts for breaking the rules, but the actual
  23. [R13] DRAGON BALL LEGENDS 2/5 · US Hate this game: Too much lag in pvp and people leave all the time and legends blamed me for it so that is why I gave it a 2 stars

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store