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Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 vs Temple Run 2

Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 4.7★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Plants vs. Zombies™ 2
Temple Run 2 4.5★ · Free + IAP 55

Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 offers more strategic depth and variety in gameplay, but both games suffer from significant technical issues and intrusive ads.

Full reviews: Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 · Temple Run 2

Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 provides a more engaging and varied tower defense experience with new plants and time travel, but is plagued by frequent crashes and aggressive monetization. Temple Run 2 offers a classic endless runner experience, but is criticized for excessive ads, lag, and repetitive gameplay.

Head to head

Features & Gameplay edge: Plants vs. Zombies™ 2R3R14R39R42
Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 is praised for its fun and engaging tower defense gameplay, new plants, and time travel mechanics, which add variety R3R14. However, some users find it too easy or nerfed compared to the first game R39 and dislike the leveling system R42.
Temple Run 2 Temple Run 2 is appreciated for its nostalgic value and simple, addictive endless runner gameplay . Users enjoy the time-passing aspect and rewards . However, some find the challenges too hard , the game repetitive , and specific obstacles frustrating .
Ease of Use & Performance tieR2R3R4R7
Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 is heavily criticized for frequent crashes, black screens, and loading issues across various actions like opening the almanac, playing events, or claiming rewards R2R3R4R7. Some users also report lag and unresponsive elements .
Temple Run 2 Temple Run 2 also experiences performance issues, with users reporting the game logging them out , lagging , and having brightness problems . Tilt controls are a major point of frustration for many mobile users, making the game unplayable in certain positions or for those who prefer swipe controls .
Monetization & Ads tieR1R8R9R10
Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 is heavily criticized for excessive ads and aggressive in-app purchases, with users feeling pressured to buy premium plants to progress R1R8R10. Some ads are buggy and prevent users from closing them, forcing app restarts R9. There are also complaints about losing purchased items or progress .
Temple Run 2 Temple Run 2 is widely condemned for an overwhelming number of intrusive ads, often appearing after every run and being unskippable or excessively long R67R76. Even users who paid to remove ads still report being asked to rate the app repeatedly .
Reliability & Support tieR3R6R7R12
Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 has significant reliability issues, with frequent crashes being a primary complaint R3R7R16. Users also report bugs with rewards not being granted R6 and difficulty contacting support for these issues . Data loss after updates is also a concern R12.
Temple Run 2 Temple Run 2 users report issues with lost account progress, including high scores and characters . Some challenges, particularly those involving power-ups, do not register correctly after updates, and customer service is unresponsive . A persistent power-up badge that won't go away is also noted .
Pick Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 if

you prefer a strategic tower defense game with diverse plants and levels, and are willing to tolerate frequent crashes and in-app purchase prompts R3R14.

Pick Temple Run 2 if

you enjoy a classic, fast-paced endless runner for quick sessions, and don't mind a high volume of ads and potentially frustrating tilt controls .

Evidence note: Both apps have a large number of recent negative reviews, primarily focused on technical issues and intrusive monetization, which skews their current user sentiment despite high lifetime ratings. The free-to-play model for both contributes to many complaints about ads and in-app purchases from non-paying users.

Frequently asked

Do Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 and Temple Run 2 have many ads?
Yes, both Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 and Temple Run 2 are heavily criticized for having too many ads, with users reporting them as frequent, long, and intrusive, often appearing after every run or action R1R40R67R76.
Are Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 and Temple Run 2 prone to crashing?
Yes, Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 is frequently reported to crash, often when trying to open menus, play levels, claim rewards, or even just opening the app R3R7R13R16. Temple Run 2 also has reports of logging users out and glitching .
Do these games require in-app purchases to progress?
Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 users report feeling pushed to buy premium or 'Seedium' plants to get through levels, indicating that in-app purchases can be necessary for easier progression R8R10R27. Temple Run 2 offers gems that can be used to continue gameplay, which can also be purchased R67.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R3] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 3/5 · US This game has pros and cons: One of the pros are that the game is extremely fun but in contrary, the game crashes way too much to enjoy properly. Please fix this for mobile. Thanks!
  2. [R14] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 5/5 · US I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!: I recommend this game if you have played the first one because there’s lots of new plants and stuff :P and you can time travel:o I’m on only onAncient Egypt still tho.
  3. [R39] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 3/5 · US underwhelming: game’s good, but feels WAY too easy, so easy that it’s boring, js started the game so I can’t say much, but dude, the gargantuar is literally a basic zombie but with a little more hp, idk what pvz1 did, but they did something right! this game has been heavily nerfed for little tiny kids, anyone know who says this is hard just has a insane skill issue, why did they need to add a upgr
  4. [R42] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 3/5 · US Get rid of the leveling system: Make this game a strategy game again, you know this is stupid you just want our money but this greed leads to less longterm
  5. [R2] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 4/5 · US Bug: It keeps kicking me out when I try going into the almanac for the first time.
  6. [R4] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 1/5 · US Why did u scam me: I WANTED TO PLAY THIS GAME AND IT WONT LOAD FIX IT NOW OR IM GOING TO GO CRAZY ABOUT YOU CHEAP CHINESE FRANCHISE THAT SCAMS PEOPLE WITH YOUR FREE LAGGY GAMES THAT BREAK EVERYONES HEART!!!!!
  7. [R7] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 1/5 · US Dumb: The game keeps crashing randomly when I do anything that involves internet I hope anyone working on the game get severe paycuts until the game is fixed the paycuts should send their family into poverty
  8. [R1] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 1/5 · US Ads and world keys: Too many ads, too many in app purchases and no world keys anymore
  9. [R8] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 5/5 · US Good Game: Everything is great, but the Premium and Seedium plants really bother me. It really pushes you to buy those just to get by a few levels. Still, absolute CINEMA game even to the OST. 5/5 stars all day every day
  10. [R9] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 3/5 · US Adds are buggy: I really like playing this game just some of the ads that play definitely the king shot ad bugs to where the X button never shows up and you have to force quit the app every time. There’s just a black bar up Top and the ad doesn’t fit the screen completely blocking the button. Really annoying.
  11. [R10] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 1/5 · US Microtransactions: The newer plants and their animations are lazy, and this game is loaded with microtransactions, if you want to play a better pvz 2, just download a fan game version like refurnished.
  12. [R6] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 3/5 · US I hate Marigold in this game even more than PvZ 1: Aside from the adverts, this game is good, but there is one issue that I have, see when I was about to get my 20 gems, that Marigold REFUSED to give me the gems, in 1 hour and 4 minutes, this game and EA owes me 20 gems
  13. [R12] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 3/5 · US Updates: Hi I deleted this game years ago and I was all the way up to the future level and had lots of plants that I had and purchased. Now I redownloaded it but it won’t bring it back. Is there a way that I can get that reclaimed?
  14. [R40] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 1/5 · US advertisement: Too much advertisement
  15. [R67] Temple Run 2 1/5 · US Too many ads: I hadn’t played this game in a long time. Opened it up last night and was immediately bombarded with ads. I was also out of practice and couldn’t remember the controls so I died almost immediately. Was forced to watch another ad to continue game play or pay a gem. This really killed it for me. I don’t remember it being that bad before. The number of ads made the game unplayable for m
  16. [R76] Temple Run 2 1/5 · US Floods of ads: Too many ads even when you say no ad to continue after you fail it still gives you 2 minute ads😤
  17. [R13] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 2/5 · US Pls fix the game: Every time I kept joining the game it kick me out when I press PLAY it kicks me out just pitch BLACK and CAN YOU PlS FIX THE GAME NOW!!!!! I WANT TO PLAY pls and when I put Wi-Fi it kicks me out but when I don’t put Wi-Fi and to world 2 pirates it kicks me out when I just want to PLAY Please fix the game pls 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
  18. [R16] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 1/5 · US This game is good but..: This game is very fun to play but it has its cons… And the thing I’m focusing on is the lack of attention to some bugs that have not been fixed for years! Sometimes my game randomly crashes and I don’t know why. I have the ninth generation of iPads. If the OG owners of this game were here still I think they would do better of a job of fixing big bugs than you would ever do
  19. [R27] Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 3/5 · US The game is good except for one thing: Hello I like the original plants versus zombies game. I saw there was a two version so I decided to play it. I liked how it was more levels more plants and that just it I don’t like how you need to spend actual money just to unlock ice pea shooter or crumper but still bought them, including fire peashooter it’s not paid would I like overall it’s just good

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