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Head-to-head

Top Heroes vs Hero Wars

Top Heroes 4.6★ · Free + IAP 40
Winner Hero Wars
Hero Wars 4.5★ · Free + IAP 65

Hero Wars is the better choice for players seeking a more reliable experience with gameplay that generally matches its advertisements, despite some stability issues and monetization concerns.

Full reviews: Top Heroes · Hero Wars

Top Heroes is widely criticized for misleading advertisements and aggressive pay-to-win mechanics, leading to a frustrating experience for many players. Hero Wars, while also facing criticism for monetization and frequent crashes, generally delivers on its advertised gameplay and has a larger, more established player base.

Head to head

Advertised vs. Actual Gameplay edge: Hero WarsR1R3R7R10
Top Heroes Many users of Top Heroes feel misled by advertisements and in-app pictures, stating the actual game looks nothing like what is promoted R1R3R7R10. Some describe it as a 'bait and switch' R7.
Hero Wars Hero Wars has a mixed history, with some users initially noting that the game was not like the ads . However, more recent reviews indicate that the game has changed to actually match the advertisements .
Monetization and Pay-to-Win tieR4R12R16R24
Top Heroes Top Heroes is frequently criticized as a 'pay to win' game, with users feeling pressured to spend large amounts of money to progress R4R12R16R24. Some describe in-game purchases as 'piracy' due to high costs R24.
Hero Wars Hero Wars is also seen as a 'pay to win' game by many users . Players report that developers focus on monetization over fixing issues and that progression becomes very slow without spending . However, some free-to-play users claim they can still progress .
Reliability and Performance edge: Top HeroesR43R54R60R66
Top Heroes Top Heroes has some reports of crashing R54 and issues with VPN compatibility R60. One user also reported being locked out of their account after a refund dispute R43.
Hero Wars Hero Wars suffers from frequent crashes and freezing, especially after updates or when accessing certain features like 'Realms' or 'Orc Tower' R66. Users also report issues with progress not saving .
User Experience and Gameplay edge: Hero WarsR1R2R5R6
Top Heroes Top Heroes is described as fun and addictive by some R2R5, but others find it boring and repetitive over time R1. There are requests for more heroes R6 and a skip button .
Hero Wars Hero Wars is generally considered fun and engaging , with a good storyline and cool heroes . However, some find it becomes a grind and repetitive after a while , and older players feel recent changes, like the 'Realm' addition, have negatively impacted the game .
Privacy and Data Sharing tieR58R64R72R85
Top Heroes Top Heroes has a severe report of allowing cyberbullying, racism, extortion, and soliciting sexual content to minors, with developers allegedly not addressing these issues R58.
Hero Wars Hero Wars requires users to agree to share or sell their personal data to third parties to play the game, which many users find unacceptable and a reason to uninstall R64R72R85R91.
Pick Top Heroes if

you are looking for a casual time-killer and are not bothered by misleading advertisements or aggressive monetization, and you enjoy a simple, relaxing game .

Pick Hero Wars if

you want a game that generally delivers on its advertised gameplay and has a large, active community, and you are willing to tolerate occasional crashes and significant monetization pressure .

Evidence note: The evidence for Top Heroes is heavily skewed towards negative feedback regarding misleading ads and pay-to-win mechanics, despite its relatively high lifetime rating. Hero Wars also has significant negative feedback, particularly concerning stability and data privacy, but its gameplay alignment with ads is improving.

Frequently asked

Are the advertisements for Top Heroes accurate?
No, the advertisements and preview images for Top Heroes are widely reported by users to be completely different from the actual gameplay, leading to many complaints of 'bait and switch' R1R3R7R10.
Does Hero Wars require me to share my personal data?
Yes, Hero Wars requires users to agree to share or sell their personal data to third parties as a condition of playing the game, which many users find unacceptable and a reason to uninstall R64R72R85R91.
Do either of these games have pay-to-win elements?
Both Top Heroes and Hero Wars are frequently described by users as having significant pay-to-win elements, where spending money is heavily encouraged or necessary to progress effectively (R4, R12, R16, R24, , , , for Top Heroes; , , , , , for Hero Wars).

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. [R1] Top Heroes 2/5 · US Pictures Lie - game is not like them: It’s an ok game to play at first. But the pics all lie and what’s show isn’t what you get. I was hoping once I level up I can actually do quests and interact with the town. But it’s all Lies - It does not give what it claims too. And once ya get farther in it’s kind of more boring now and I’ll probably delete soon If it was actually as it shows via anima
  2. [R3] Top Heroes 3/5 · US Ignore the Preview Images: The same looks nothing like the preview. It’s still fun to play, but those images aren’t what the game is.
  3. [R7] Top Heroes 1/5 · US Not as advertised: The actual game is nothing like it is advertised. Unfortunately a bait and switch.
  4. [R10] Top Heroes 1/5 · US ads: We just gotta start rebiew bombing these games that make AI ads that are nothing like the game at all. Maybe then they’ll finally stop and just try to make a decent game.
  5. [R4] Top Heroes 2/5 · US Bad game: Developers have only added more things to prevent any sort of enjoyable PvP. Their goal is servers full of people who only make purchases and do nothing else. Castle defenses are so high you cannot attack similar powered players even using a counter faction and they only add more every update.
  6. [R12] Top Heroes 3/5 · US Okay: It’s kinda fun just seems super heavy on the pay to win micro transactions
  7. [R16] Top Heroes 1/5 · US Fake ads and picture of what the game should be: This is entirely a p2w war game. It has 0 of any feature it mentioned in the game feature. You are competing with whales to stay in power. I’ve played it for 3 months and you can see the power differences of someone who play 10 of thousands vs someone who pay here and there. Don’t fall for it. Don’t give them your hard earn money… No matter how much
  8. [R24] Top Heroes 3/5 · GB Pay to play: I would have given this game full stars but the designers are very greedy. You can progress in this game but certain aspects of this game that aren’t achievable unless you spend a large amount of money. Apple shouldn’t let any game developer charge more than £10 on an in game purchase. £89.99 is not a micro transaction. It is piracy!
  9. [R43] Top Heroes 1/5 · US Paid content scams: Buyer beware! If you purchase resources, points, diamonds, etc and there is an error on THEIR end, you have no recourse. If you get a refund from Apple, the game locks you out of your account and demand you REPAY to unlock your account. No matter how much proof you show that you didn’t get the content (screenshots), they say it was “delivered correctly.” Lies. And they move the
  10. [R54] Top Heroes 3/5 · GB Crash: The game is good but please sort the crashing out
  11. [R60] Top Heroes 4/5 · US Thanks for ending strife: Season 4 with water is great!! Excellent fun modes. Amazing work. Just need to be able to use VPNs. Very frustrating when traveling I can’t stay safe and need to turn it off. Major issue for travelers and people who value data protection. When traveling abroad, often with limited internet and needing to connect to suspect WiFi, I always have a VPN on. This game does not
  12. [R66] Hero Wars 3/5 · US Fun until it froze.: The games started off very interesting, exciting, and functional. There is a moment now we’re the game informs you the level of difficulty is going to increase and prompt you to upgrade your character. After the update, the game froze. I’m unable to exit out the screen and or upgrade my character. I hope they can fix the problem because I would like to continue to play the ga
  13. [R2] Top Heroes 5/5 · US Yay: I love the game
  14. [R5] Top Heroes 5/5 · US Love it: Really enjoyable game
  15. [R6] Top Heroes 3/5 · US More heroes: The game is fun but it needs more heroes to unlock
  16. [R58] Top Heroes 5/5 · US child pornographers and extortionist: this app; allows its users to cyber bully people, allows racism even after multiple ‘reports’, extortion and soliciting sexual content to minors for in game currency. even after multiple complaints the users who do these things continue to be free to spread their hate and child pornography.
  17. [R64] Hero Wars 1/5 · US Beware!!!: So, if I want to play this, I must allow you to sell my data to third parties ??? Someone lost their mind there? In what world this is normal? reply_ No! This is not what I asked. But since you decided to bring Law into this, show me law that allows you to force users to accept selling their data without giving them option to REJECT? Thank for admitting that you are braking the law!
  18. [R72] Hero Wars 3/5 · US Gaming: Be careful about your info
  19. [R85] Hero Wars 1/5 · US No thank you.: I do not agree to allow you to give MY DATA to third parties. Uninstalling.
  20. [R91] Hero Wars 1/5 · US You have to agree to give up personal data: To even play the game, you have to agree to give up personal information that they will share with or sell to third party organizations. I think that’s frankly despicable that you force the player to agree to give consent to giving up a large amount of personal information and making it somewhat inconvenient to try and learn what that information even is

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