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Head-to-head

Angry Birds Friends vs Angry Birds Journey

Angry Birds Friends 4.6★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Angry Birds Journey
Angry Birds Journey 4.7★ · Free + IAP 70

Angry Birds Journey has a slight edge due to its slightly higher lifetime rating and fewer complaints about forced monetization, though both games suffer from technical issues and aggressive in-app purchases.

Full reviews: Angry Birds Friends · Angry Birds Journey

Both Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds Journey are free-to-play games with in-app purchases, offering classic Angry Birds gameplay. While Friends is praised for its nostalgia, it's heavily criticized for aggressive monetization and technical issues. Journey, despite also having monetization and stability problems, has a slightly better overall user rating and fewer explicit complaints about 'cash grabs'.

Head to head

Features & Gameplay tieR2R6R8R10
Angry Birds Friends Angry Birds Friends is appreciated for its classic gameplay and nostalgic feel, with some users calling it the 'best game ever' and 'super fun' R2R8. However, some players find the levels repetitive and wish for more animations for birds and pigs R6. There are also complaints about inconsistent bird velocity and bots outscoring real players in tournaments R10.
Angry Birds Journey Angry Birds Journey is also seen as fun and challenging, with users enjoying the progression . Some users specifically request the addition of characters like Matilda and offline mode improvements . However, some players find the levels become impossible without power-ups at higher stages .
Ease of Use & Reliability tieR1R7R12R15
Angry Birds Friends Angry Birds Friends users report frequent loading problems and game crashes, especially after updates R12R25R31. Some experience progress loss, with accounts reverting to level 1 . There are also issues with Facebook login glitches R15 and server disconnections R1R7R43.
Angry Birds Journey Angry Birds Journey is plagued by significant stability issues, with frequent crashes, freezing, and shutting down mid-game . These issues often lead to lost progress and rewards R91.
Price/Value & Monetization tieR1R6R7R9
Angry Birds Friends Angry Birds Friends is heavily criticized for being a 'cash grab' and 'greedy' R1R6R7R9. Users report being forced to spend money on power-ups and coins, with some features like watching ads for power-ups being removed R9. Many levels are described as impossible without purchases .
Angry Birds Journey Angry Birds Journey also faces strong criticism for its monetization practices, with users feeling forced to make purchases to progress R97. Many complain about an excessive number of forced ads, some of which freeze the game or lack a close button, leading to lost progress .
Support edge: Angry Birds FriendsR63R91R97
Angry Birds Friends Reviews for Angry Birds Friends do not explicitly mention user support experiences, but the lack of resolution for long-standing issues like bugs and forced monetization suggests a lack of effective support.
Angry Birds Journey Angry Birds Journey users report a lack of accessible support people, with only articles provided instead of real answers R63. This is particularly frustrating when users lose in-game currency or progress due to glitches R63R91R97.
Pick Angry Birds Friends if

You are looking for a game that offers a strong sense of nostalgia for the classic Angry Birds experience and don't mind navigating aggressive in-app purchase prompts and occasional technical issues R8.

Pick Angry Birds Journey if

You prefer a slightly newer Angry Birds experience with a marginally better lifetime rating, are willing to contend with frequent crashes and forced ads, and appreciate a game that can be fun and challenging despite its flaws .

Evidence note: Both apps have a significant number of recent negative reviews, primarily focused on aggressive monetization (ads, forced purchases) and technical instability (crashes, bugs). The free-to-play model with IAP likely contributes to the negativity from users who do not wish to pay. Angry Birds Journey's slightly higher lifetime rating is notable given the volume of negative recent reviews, suggesting a stronger initial reception or a larger base of satisfied players.

Frequently asked

Do Angry Birds Friends and Journey have many ads?
Yes, both Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds Journey are heavily criticized for having a high number of ads R1R33R39R42. Users report ads being 'shoved in your face,' 'endless,' 'forced,' and some even freeze the game or lack a close button, leading to lost progress R1.
Are Angry Birds Friends and Journey stable games?
No, both Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds Journey suffer from significant stability issues, with users frequently reporting crashes, freezing, and loading problems R12R25R31R43. These issues often lead to lost game progress and frustration.
Do these games force you to make in-app purchases?
Users of both Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds Journey frequently report feeling pressured or forced to make in-app purchases to progress, especially at higher levels R1R6R7R9. Many levels are described as 'impossible' to beat without buying power-ups or coins.

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. [R2] Angry Birds Friends 5/5 · US Best game in history: Angry Birds friends is so much fun and I bet that I’m gonna play all night
  2. [R6] Angry Birds Friends 3/5 · US A total rip off: I downloaded angry bird friends I hate to say this but ROVIO is ripping people off with having gamers spend their money on getting power ups to buy slingshots and coins It's such a shame on the piggy towers it’s been the same levels over that past 12 years. When you uninstall the game and you start from the beginning just after you have done the tournament the exploding pigs are t
  3. [R8] Angry Birds Friends 5/5 · US Super fun: Classic game for All ages
  4. [R10] Angry Birds Friends 2/5 · US Angry birds friends: I’ve played this game for several years. Lately I’ve noticed that once you play all levels, if you want to go back and get a better score the birds seem to lose the same amount of velocity that they had the first round. The bots seem to outscore real player by a lot. That takes some of the fun and challenge out of it. Too bad since this was my favorite game. I’m not sure
  5. [R1] Angry Birds Friends 2/5 · US Cash grab.: What once was a great Angry Birds spinoff has now become a quick money grabber. In addition to ads being shoved in your face, the server likes to disconnect itself randomly which removes your streak, in attempt to encourage you to spend money to get it back. The Angry Birds franchise is a sinking ship that hasn’t had a good game release since 2014, and it’s saddening.
  6. [R7] Angry Birds Friends 1/5 · US Greedy Birds is more like it!: Be aware that for some time now this apps likes to flash error/disconnected messages just for the sake of stealing one of your "lives" across all games in hopes of getting you to $pend faster and more often if unlike me you are predisposed to do so.. However I just delete the scam-er- game when I’ve had enough and download again a week or two later to see if they’ve
  7. [R12] Angry Birds Friends 3/5 · US Loading problems: Every time I open the game it takes a long time to load and I have a iPhone 14 Plus
  8. [R15] Angry Birds Friends 3/5 · US Facebook login glitch: This game runs fine and all, but every time you launch this game, there is a glitch that makes it to where you’re always logged out of Facebook and have to log back in every single time
  9. [R9] Angry Birds Friends 3/5 · US Purchases: Hard to beat several levels without having to use the extras. It didn’t used to be like that. All those extra cost money.
  10. [R63] Angry Birds Journey 3/5 · US No Support people to access: If I had an issue there was always a support person. Now it just gives you articles and no real answers to questions. I had enough “apples” to get 400 coins. Game froze. Got off, accessed it again no 400 coins in my account and the 400 coins in the “Apple” option was gone. Not a good move to get rid of support PEOPLE.
  11. [R91] Angry Birds Journey 1/5 · US Deceptive practices - should be investigated.: Are you going to fix the glitches or are you going to keep ignoring that people aren’t getting their earned prizes in an effort to take people’s money?
  12. [R97] Angry Birds Journey 2/5 · US Newest update - terrible: As of 5/23/23 the newest update is awful. It’s just about impossible to win a round without using your accrued snowflakes, ducks and flowers. The game is rigged, because they want you to make purchases, which I absolutely will never do for a game. As of 10/25/25 this game just shuts off. You can’t reach their support team. I told the kids just give up because of how rigge
  13. [R33] Angry Birds Friends 3/5 · GB Reservations: Disappointed with all the awful scam advertising on ABF. How can you accept fake slimming patches claiming to be from Superdrug on people dressed in Boots’ uniforms? All fake, not tested for safety. Disgusting lack of concern for your players, especially younger, less savvy or gullible players. These are the type of advertisements that should be banned from game platforms, not bombar
  14. [R39] Angry Birds Friends 3/5 · GB Adverts: Fun game. But don’t ever be tempted to watch adverts - you’ll be caught in a black hole with royal match and royal kingdom. Strange how those games( match and kingdom) make such a thing about ‘no adverts’ but are so keen to ruin other games with their pesky offerings.
  15. [R42] Angry Birds Friends 3/5 · GB Disappointing: How many times does one have to put up with seeing the same lengthly advert every few minutes it is getting monotonous. Need more clarification on Free games!
  16. [R25] Angry Birds Friends 1/5 · US Waste of time: Got All the way to nearly level 200 the freaking game wouldn’t load anymore I uninstalled I’m so damn done with this gameThat had happened before but then I reinstalled it after I got past it I got to higher levels then I just wouldn’t load anymore after I got to like level 195 waste of time. Glad I never spent money on this game.
  17. [R31] Angry Birds Friends 1/5 · US Bad game: I try to play but it doesn’t work aaannnddd it says I have a bad connection but I go on my other games and it says I have a good connection and it won’t even download so look down here Don’t get ab friends Don’t get ab pop. Danielle
  18. [R43] Angry Birds Friends 1/5 · US This game keeps loading and not want to work: This game keeps interrupting the internet connection and I tried to fix it but it’s loading and not wanted to work and this game cheated on me 😡

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