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Angry Birds Friends vs Angry Birds POP!

Angry Birds Friends 4.6★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Angry Birds Friends
Angry Birds POP! 4.6★ · Free + IAP 40

Angry Birds POP! is currently experiencing significant technical issues that make it unplayable for many users, giving Angry Birds Friends the edge despite its own monetization and design complaints.

Full reviews: Angry Birds Friends · Angry Birds POP!

Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds POP! both offer classic Angry Birds gameplay, but recent updates have plagued POP! with severe loading and freezing issues, making it largely unplayable. Friends, while criticized for aggressive monetization and stale level design, remains functional for most users.

Head to head

Features & Gameplay tieR6R8R10R23
Angry Birds Friends Angry Birds Friends offers the classic slingshot gameplay, which many users find fun and nostalgic R8. However, some players feel the game design has become repetitive with the same levels over 12 years R6 and that newer levels are impossible without power-ups R28. There are also complaints about inconsistent shot results and bots outscoring real players in tournaments R10.
Angry Birds POP! Angry Birds POP! provides a bubble shooter experience that many users find addictive and entertaining . Players enjoy unlocking new levels and characters R23. However, some users report issues with the game changing ball colors erroneously and glitches in competition parts . A common request is for more new levels to be added quicker .
Ease of Use & Reliability edge: Angry Birds FriendsR1R7R12R15
Angry Birds Friends Angry Birds Friends users report frequent loading problems and slow loading times, even on newer devices R12R25. Some users experience random server disconnections that affect streaks R1R7 and a glitch that logs them out of Facebook frequently R15. There are also significant complaints about lost progress, with some users losing multiple accounts worth of work .
Angry Birds POP! Angry Birds POP! is currently suffering from severe reliability issues, with many users reporting the game won't load past the opening screen, freezes constantly, or crashes R61R64R65. These issues have rendered the game unplayable for weeks or months for some .
Price & Value (Free + IAP) tieR1R6R7R9
Angry Birds Friends Angry Birds Friends is heavily criticized for its aggressive monetization, with users calling it a 'cash grab' and 'greedy' R1R7R27. Players feel pressured to spend money on power-ups, slingshots, and coins to progress R6R9R27R48. The option to watch ads for power-ups has been removed, forcing coin purchases R27. Ads are also a significant annoyance, being frequent, lengthy, and sometimes glitchy R1R33R39R42.
Angry Birds POP! Angry Birds POP! also faces criticism for its monetization, with users feeling it's becoming a 'money racket' where progress requires spending money on coins or tickets . The game has reduced rewards for higher levels and changed them to less useful items . Ads are a major point of frustration, described as glitchy, causing freezes, and being too long . The ability to watch ads for extra pops or boosters seems to have been removed for some users .
Support & Updates edge: Angry Birds FriendsR25R28R30R36
Angry Birds Friends Angry Birds Friends users express frustration over unaddressed issues like loading problems and lost progress R25. Some users wish for updates to fix level design or bring back old features R28R30R36. There's a sentiment that developers are not paying attention to user feedback R28.
Angry Birds POP! Angry Birds POP! users are actively seeking support for widespread loading and freezing issues, but many report receiving auto-responses or no resolution . Users are frustrated by the lack of fixes for critical bugs that render the game unplayable after updates R64R68. Some users have resorted to uninstalling and reinstalling multiple times without success .
Pick Angry Birds Friends if

you prefer the classic slingshot Angry Birds gameplay and want a game that is currently functional, despite its monetization and occasional bugs R8.

Pick Angry Birds POP! if

you are looking for a bubble shooter game and are willing to wait for critical bugs to be fixed, as the game is currently unplayable for many .

Evidence note: Angry Birds POP! has a disproportionate number of recent reviews focused on critical, game-breaking bugs, which heavily skews its current user experience negatively compared to its lifetime rating. Angry Birds Friends' negative reviews are more spread across monetization, design, and minor technical issues.

Frequently asked

Are there many ads in Angry Birds Friends?
Yes, Angry Birds Friends has frequent and lengthy ads, with users describing them as being 'shoved in your face' and 'monotonous', and some ads are glitchy R1R33R39R42.
Is Angry Birds POP! currently playable?
For many users, Angry Birds POP! is not currently playable, as numerous recent reviews report the game freezing, crashing, or failing to load past the opening screen after recent updates R61R64R65R68.
Do these games require in-app purchases to progress?
Both games are criticized for encouraging or requiring in-app purchases to progress, with users feeling pressured to buy power-ups or coins to beat difficult levels or compete effectively R6R9R27R48.

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. [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
  2. [R8] Angry Birds Friends 5/5 · US Super fun: Classic game for All ages
  3. [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
  4. [R23] Angry Birds Friends 5/5 · US Best game: This game is so fun and I love to play it and unlock new levels and characters🦅🐥🔥
  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. [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.
  11. [R28] Angry Birds Friends 1/5 · US Impossible levels: Been playing this game for over a decade…but…..past few months have been poor. Constant impossible shots..it’s as if whoever is creating the levels aren’t even paying attention. You literally cannot make some of the necessary shot to score on some levels…even with power ups. If this isn’t corrected soon, I’m deleting the game, which makes me sad….I love playing this game. Ho
  12. [R30] Angry Birds Friends 3/5 · US Where’s the great nostalgia music banger?: Angry birds was my favorite game as a child, after years I suddenly remembered the music and got on AppStore and played but the song isn’t there:( I think that music is really an important part of the game, appreciate it if you get it back on!
  13. [R36] Angry Birds Friends 3/5 · GB BRING BACK STAR WARS: Please bring back angry birds Star Wars.or just make angry birds Star Wars 3
  14. [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
  15. [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.
  16. [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!
  17. [R61] Angry Birds POP! 1/5 · US Very poor App: Too many glitches, game not available for days, Game cuts off randomly. Needs a huge makeover
  18. [R64] Angry Birds POP! 1/5 · US Fix this issue!!!: I love this game but as of about a week ago the game won't load properly! I got an email saying to click The link and report the issue and then it says how to fix it by opening the game but the problem is it won't load! Someone needs to fix this! All other angry birds games play fine but I want pop
  19. [R65] Angry Birds POP! 5/5 · US Freezing up: I don’t know what happened but my game freezes up after pressing play. I’m struggling here guys. I’m can’t get my bubble pop on and I’m starting to lose my mind!!!!
  20. [R68] Angry Birds POP! 5/5 · US Update!!!!!!: Hasn’t worked since the last update.
  21. [R27] Angry Birds Friends 3/5 · US They got greedy: I have been playing and enjoying this game for years. You used to be able to get power ups by watching a commercial. Now they make you use your game coins, which in turn, makes you purchase coins. I won’t do that, so I am deleting this game after 10 years of playing. I will miss it, but I won’t be “ played.”
  22. [R48] Angry Birds Friends 3/5 · GB Greed has ruined this game: It’s a fun game to play but you’ll never get anywhere unless you spend a lot of money. The star cup is especially bad for this - you play against so called random people but it is definitely fixed so you have to buy power ups to win. Also I can’t see how you can play against someone in real time - it just doesn’t work like this. I notice I play against the same people a

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