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Heroes of History vs Top Heroes

Heroes of History 4.7★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Heroes of History
Top Heroes 4.6★ · Free + IAP 45

Heroes of History offers a more consistent gameplay experience despite recent event issues, while Top Heroes struggles with misleading advertising and a strong pay-to-win model.

Full reviews: Heroes of History · Top Heroes

Heroes of History provides an engaging historical character collection and city-building experience, though it faces criticism for recent buggy events and monetization. Top Heroes, while having some enjoyable aspects, is heavily criticized for its misleading advertisements and aggressive pay-to-win mechanics.

Head to head

Features and Gameplay edge: Heroes of HistoryR1R4R7R8
Heroes of History Heroes of History offers a rich selection of historical characters and engaging events, with players enjoying the world-building and challenging campaigns R8. However, recent updates and events, particularly 'Ithaca' and 'Atlantis,' have been buggy, unplayable for many, and require significant spending to progress R1R4R7R10. Some users find the progression slow and repetitive without spending money R18.
Top Heroes Top Heroes is frequently criticized for its gameplay not matching its advertisements, leading to disappointment among players expecting a different style of game R61R63R67R69. The actual game is described as a chibi-style city builder with boring battles and heavy pay-to-win elements . Some players find it fun for casual play despite the misleading ads .
Ease of Use and Reliability edge: Top HeroesR3R9R11R14
Heroes of History Heroes of History has significant issues with stability, with many users reporting connection errors, the game not starting or updating, and frequent crashes R3R9R11R14. Some find the game mechanics, like cultural site management and combat speed, annoying or overwhelming .
Top Heroes Top Heroes has fewer direct complaints about crashing or connection issues, though one review mentions crashes . The primary ease of use concern is the discrepancy between advertised gameplay and actual gameplay, which frustrates users R61R67. Some users also wish for a skip button for content .
Price and Value edge: Heroes of HistoryR4R10R18R19
Heroes of History Heroes of History is a free-to-play game with in-app purchases, but many users feel it's a 'cash grab' and requires significant spending to progress or complete events R4R10R18R19. Prices for in-game items are considered steep and overpriced . Free-to-play users struggle to obtain rewards R10R22.
Top Heroes Top Heroes is also free-to-play with in-app purchases, but it is heavily criticized as 'pay to win' . Players report that high-dollar players dominate, making it difficult for others to compete in PvP or obtain resources R99. In-game purchases are noted to be as high as £89.99, which users do not consider a 'microtransaction' .
Support and Community edge: Heroes of HistoryR1R7R19R25
Heroes of History Heroes of History developers are criticized for not listening to the player base, especially during major event failures, and for being unresponsive or dismissive to bug reports R1R7R19R25. Some players report being ripped off due to bugs with no resolution from support R37.
Top Heroes Top Heroes has severe issues with its community and moderation. Users report cyberbullying, racism, extortion, and soliciting sexual content to minors, with developers allegedly failing to address these issues despite multiple reports R118. There are also reports of strong players creating their own rules and bullying non-paying users R115. One user experienced being locked out of their account after an Apple refund for an in-game purchase error .
Pick Heroes of History if

You enjoy historical character collection and city-building games, are willing to tolerate occasional bugs and a strong monetization model, and appreciate a game with generally positive updates over time .

Pick Top Heroes if

You are looking for a casual time-killer and don't mind a game that looks nothing like its advertisements, or if you are prepared to spend significant money to compete in a pay-to-win environment .

Evidence note: Recent reviews for Heroes of History are heavily skewed negative due to specific buggy events and monetization practices, contrasting with its higher lifetime rating. Top Heroes' reviews are consistently negative regarding misleading ads and pay-to-win aspects, despite its overall lifetime rating.

Frequently asked

Are the ads for Top Heroes accurate?
No, the ads and preview images for Top Heroes are overwhelmingly reported by users as misleading and not representative of the actual gameplay R61R63R67R69.
Is Heroes of History free-to-play friendly?
While Heroes of History is free-to-play, many users report that recent events and overall progression are extremely difficult or impossible without spending a significant amount of money, making it less friendly for free-to-play users R4R10R22R37.
Does Top Heroes have a healthy player community?
Based on reviews, Top Heroes appears to have significant community issues, with reports of cyberbullying, racism, extortion, and solicitation of sexual content to minors, which developers allegedly do not address R118. Stronger players are also noted to bully and control others R99R115.

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. [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
  4. [R8] Heroes of History 5/5 · US This game is amazing!!!: They have so many characters to get and have good ideas for events.
  5. [R3] Heroes of History 3/5 · US Connections: The game won’t start up or update. Keeps saying g connection error
  6. [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
  7. [R11] Heroes of History 4/5 · US kick out: so when I do like the porotl it kicks me pleese fix it.Also I am a kid
  8. [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.
  9. [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.
  10. [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
  11. [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
  12. [R25] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Taking advantage of players: The on going Ithaca event fails and we are ignored. Players on strike
  13. [R61] 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
  14. [R63] 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.
  15. [R67] Top Heroes 1/5 · US Not as advertised: The actual game is nothing like it is advertised. Unfortunately a bait and switch.
  16. [R69] Top Heroes 3/5 · US misleading: the ads they use to promote the game look NOTHING like the actual game. keep that in mind before downloading
  17. [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
  18. [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!
  19. [R99] Top Heroes 3/5 · GB Too many overpowered dictators: We have some very overpowered whales on our server - one of whom controls the citadel and who has threatened the other guilds not to even try fighting for the citadel or he will burn every player every day if they do. It’s just so mismatched to favour the few. I don’t bother with the carriages anymore as they’re just plundered by players three times stronger than me
  20. [R115] Top Heroes 2/5 · US Misleading Adds / Social Bullying: Not for kids. First installed because the add was about farming food… then found out it was a gar game. I said ok, I like strategies. Guilds with real people are involved… but then strong players create their own rules, as if they were queens and kings, killing players that don’t pay for the game and don’t want to be their subordinates. Basically you follow the
  21. [R118] 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.

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