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Heroes of History vs Trials of Heroes

Heroes of History 4.7★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Heroes of History
Trials of Heroes 4.5★ · Free + IAP 40

Heroes of History offers a more engaging experience with diverse characters and events, despite recent issues, while Trials of Heroes struggles with significant pay-to-win mechanics and stability problems.

Full reviews: Heroes of History · Trials of Heroes

Heroes of History is praised for its fun gameplay, diverse characters, and engaging events, though recent updates have introduced bugs and monetization concerns. Trials of Heroes, while having some enjoyable aspects, is heavily criticized for its aggressive pay-to-win model, frequent crashes, and unresponsive support.

Head to head

Features & Content edge: Heroes of HistoryR1R4R8R12
Heroes of History Users appreciate the wide variety of historical characters to collect and the engaging event ideas R8. Some enjoy the city-building aspect combined with hero development R18. However, recent updates like 'Ithaca' and 'Atlantis' have been criticized for being unplayable without significant spending and requiring too much coordination R1R4R12. Some users also find progression slow and repetitive .
Trials of Heroes Trials of Heroes offers a variety of characters and different activities . Players enjoy the idle progression and the ability to earn rewards even when not actively playing . However, the game is criticized for lacking new content, being a clone of other games, and having a level cap on campaigns . The game also features specific overpowered heroes that make gameplay unbalanced .
Ease of Use & Progression tieR5R15R18R23
Heroes of History The game is generally considered fun and easy to get into R5R23. However, progression is often described as very slow unless players spend money R18. Newer users find it difficult to get meaningful rewards from events . Some mechanics, like managing cultural sites, are seen as unnecessary and ruin the pace R15.
Trials of Heroes Trials of Heroes is described as easy to understand and allows for progress even when not actively playing . However, many users hit paywalls very quickly, making progression difficult without spending . The game is also criticized for requiring players to wait for auto-rewards for experience and for having a catch-22 where hero upgrades are needed for battles, but battles are needed for upgrades .
Reliability & Performance tieR3R9R14R20
Heroes of History Many users report frequent crashes, especially during arena battles and summoning R21R55. Connection errors and issues with the game starting up or updating are common R3R9R14R20. Some players experience graphical glitches that block progression .
Trials of Heroes Trials of Heroes suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent crashes, long lag times, and the game booting players out . Users report network errors preventing them from logging in for days .
Price & Value tieR1R4R7R10
Heroes of History Heroes of History is widely criticized as a 'cash grab' R18R19R22. Events are often impossible for free-to-play users and require substantial spending, sometimes upwards of $500, even for paying players R1R4R7R10. In-app purchases are considered 'insanely overpriced' and pull rates for desirable heroes are described as trash .
Trials of Heroes Trials of Heroes is frequently called 'pay-to-win' . Players report spending significant amounts, sometimes over £1,850, without satisfactory progress . The game's shop is seen as overpriced, with random item packs often giving the lowest value . Some users feel it's impossible to compete without being a heavy spender .
Support & Communication tieR1R19R25R37
Heroes of History Developers are criticized for not listening to the player base, being unresponsive during major issues, and making small, obvious mistakes R1R19R25. Customer support is described as unconcerned about bugs and dismissive of player reports R37R42.
Trials of Heroes Users report issues with account binding and receiving no response from support emails R66. Developers are accused of ignoring player feedback and not addressing bugs . There are also claims of developers nerfing heroes after summoning events and using underhanded business tactics .
Pick Heroes of History if

You enjoy historical themes and collecting a wide array of characters, and are willing to tolerate some recent bugs and aggressive monetization in exchange for engaging events and overall fun gameplay R8.

Pick Trials of Heroes if

You prefer idle games where you can progress passively and appreciate a friendly community, and are prepared for a significant pay-to-win structure and potential stability issues .

Evidence note: Both apps have a significant number of recent negative reviews, particularly regarding monetization and bugs, which contrasts with their higher lifetime ratings. The free-to-play nature of both games means much of the negativity stems from the friction of non-paying users encountering paywalls and limitations.

Frequently asked

Are Heroes of History and Trials of Heroes free-to-play friendly?
Both Heroes of History and Trials of Heroes are criticized for being heavily pay-to-win, with many users reporting that significant spending is required to progress or compete effectively R4R7R10R22.
Do these games have technical issues?
Yes, both games frequently experience technical issues; Heroes of History users report crashes and connection errors R3R9R21R55, while Trials of Heroes players complain about frequent crashes, lag, and network errors preventing login .
Is customer support responsive for either game?
No, users for both games report poor customer support; Heroes of History developers are criticized for not listening to players and being unresponsive R1R37R42, and Trials of Heroes players mention ignored emails and unaddressed bugs R66.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R1] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Current Ithaca event completely fails. Players on strike: Consistent impossible unobtainable awards not just for f2p but p2p too. Tons of bugs. Devs never listen to main game base and respond when literally the whole chat is rioting. You know it’s bad when multiple loyal players are begging for bare minimum for the devs to actually hop in and listen and change as we ask. Not to mention so many sma
  2. [R4] Heroes of History 2/5 · US Unplayable: The new events are unplayable without a large donation; the greed of idiots will ruin this game, as it has already ruined many good games. In six months, this game will become a useless swamp with a small group of high-dollar players.
  3. [R8] Heroes of History 5/5 · US This game is amazing!!!: They have so many characters to get and have good ideas for events.
  4. [R12] Heroes of History 3/5 · US Great game, until…: The addition of Atlantis is terrible for players like me that work and can only log in 2 times/day. Atlantis requires coordination that many don’t have time for.
  5. [R5] Heroes of History 5/5 · US Solid: Very fun
  6. [R15] Heroes of History 3/5 · US Cultural Sites Suck!: The worst part of this game by far is managing cultural sites. It’s hard enough just to manage the space that you have. Making players figure out how to optimize based on cultural site placement is such an unnecessary waste of time and it really ruins the pace and enjoyment of the game.
  7. [R18] Heroes of History 3/5 · US Interesting, Fun, Cash grab: I've been playing for just over a week. I've played dozens of mobile games and this looked like one of the better ones. What it has going for it - you can play on multiple platforms, great design idea - develop you heroes by building and improving your city. Fun stuff! On the downside - it's a real slog, unless you cough up lots of $$ and/or spend a lot of time watchin
  8. [R23] Heroes of History 5/5 · US Needs some improvement, but WOW: I just started playing this today, but it’s extremely good! Some characters lack voice lines, sfx are pretty repetitive, but (i think) the game is new so it is to be expected. But overall I like this game a lot :3
  9. [R3] Heroes of History 3/5 · US Connections: The game won’t start up or update. Keeps saying g connection error
  10. [R9] Heroes of History 3/5 · US What happened????: After the last update the game won’t load anymore. I’ve reinstalled it twice now. I’m absolutely upset. I’ve spent so much time and money in this game please fix
  11. [R14] Heroes of History 4/5 · US Is it down?: I love the game, but I haven't been able to get into it for about three days. What's going on? It just keeps loading.
  12. [R20] Heroes of History 4/5 · US Is it down?: I love this game so so much, but haven’t been able to get into it for almost 16 hours now. The home screen just loads and loads. (All my other apps work, so I know its an issue with the app…)
  13. [R7] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Ithica event completely fails. Players on strike!: This was a great game and could still be but the developers are delivering untested buggy events and taking peoples money for the pleasure of being their guinea pigs. Ithica is the latest and worst thing they’ve done yet, amazing idea but impossible to obtain the main time-limited event prize without spending an estimated upwards of $500 in order
  14. [R10] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Ithaca is a total failure: The new Ithaca event is a total failure. It’s impossible for FTP players to get the hero awakening that’s limited to this event only, and even players spending money find it nearly impossible without spending a LOT. This is so disappointing to see from the devs.
  15. [R19] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Cash Grab: The new Ithaca event is completely broken and even spenders cannot complete the goal. Not tested beforehand and Inno has been unresponsive in game and barely so on social media. Definitely a big turn for the worse in this game
  16. [R25] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Taking advantage of players: The on going Ithaca event fails and we are ignored. Players on strike
  17. [R37] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Inno scum: These guys are scum. They just acknowledged ripping me off due to a bug and told me that they weren’t going to fix it. They take every opportunity to milk you for cash to the point where you can’t complete ANY of the event tasks without spending real cash. Avoid inno!
  18. [R22] Heroes of History 1/5 · US They only want your cash: The ongoing Ithaca event is purely a cash cow and is quite impossible for FtP people. Heck it’s even impossible if you spend a lot of money
  19. [R21] Heroes of History 3/5 · US Crashes all the time: I love this game, but it is constantly crashing
  20. [R55] Heroes of History 2/5 · US Unstable Platform: I’ve been playing for quite some time (I have a couple of level 70 heroes, for reference) and it is a fun game. My only issue which is frustrating is how often the game crashes. Literally 5 or 6 times a day, seems like usually during arena battles and summoning heroes in the portal. I don’t think I’ve ever lost a hero and the arena battle is still available after I log back i
  21. [R42] Heroes of History 3/5 · US Abilities: It’s a good game that doesn’t require a lot of spending to be competitive. The principle drawback is that the abilities of one’s heroes don’t work as stated so you lose a lot of battles you shouldn’t. Customer “support” is entirely unconcerned by this and will not quite politely tell you to shut up if you bring it to their attention for a third time (while not only refusing to fix the
  22. [R66] Trials of Heroes 3/5 · US Hate about connect and support: Nearly vip 4 and cannot bind account to protect. Send an email for support and got nothing from their responese. Developer can tell me how to bind my account to facebook or email???

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