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Head-to-head

Heroes of History vs Castle Clash

Heroes of History 4.7★ · Free + IAP 70
Winner Heroes of History
Castle Clash 4.2★ · Free + IAP 55

Heroes of History offers a more engaging and less overtly pay-to-win experience for new players, despite recent event issues, while Castle Clash struggles with a long-standing pay-to-win model and content bloat that alienates long-term players.

Full reviews: Heroes of History · Castle Clash

Heroes of History, despite recent critical event failures and bugs, is generally praised for its fun gameplay, diverse characters, and engaging events, with some free-to-play viability. Castle Clash, a much older game, is widely criticized for becoming heavily pay-to-win, having too much content, and suffering from frequent crashes and account issues.

Head to head

Features & Content tieR1R4R7R8
Heroes of History Heroes of History is appreciated for its many characters, good event ideas, and in-depth gameplay, with some users enjoying the historical theme and world-building R8. However, some recent events like 'Ithaca' and 'Atlantis' have been criticized for being unplayable, buggy, and requiring excessive spending R1R4R7R10. Players also find progression slow and character upgrades staggering .
Castle Clash Castle Clash offers a lot of different modes and content, with some players appreciating the frequent updates and the ease of progression for new accounts . However, many long-time players feel the game has added too much content, making it overwhelming and confusing . The game is also criticized for having too many heroes, making older ones pointless, and for a lack of cross-platform account transfer R84R87.
Ease of Use & User Experience tieR3R9R11R14
Heroes of History Heroes of History has issues with crashing frequently, especially during arena battles and summoning R11. Many users report connection errors, problems starting up or updating the game, and being unable to load the app for days R3R9R14. Some mechanics are annoying, such as slow combat speed, game pausing during hero abilities, and cultural site management .
Castle Clash Castle Clash also suffers from significant stability issues, with many users reporting the app crashing on startup after updates . Players find the game overwhelming with too many modes and clicks required to collect rewards . There are also reports of graphical glitches, such as invisible heroes or black loading characters .
Reliability & Bugs tieR1R6R7R16
Heroes of History Heroes of History is plagued by numerous bugs, particularly with new events, leading to unplayable content and lost resources R1R7R16R19. Users report issues where earned event items are lost if not used before the event ends R6. There are also complaints about hero abilities not working as stated R42.
Castle Clash Castle Clash has a history of bugs, including quest board glitches and lost progress after updates . Some users report evolved heroes disappearing from their accounts . The game also experiences frequent crashes, especially after updates, making it unplayable for some .
Price/Value & Monetization edge: Heroes of HistoryR1R4R7R10
Heroes of History Heroes of History is frequently criticized for being a 'cash grab' with constant pop-ups to spend money and overpriced in-app purchases R4R18R22. Events are often designed to be impossible for free-to-play (F2P) players and even difficult for paying players without significant spending R1R7R10R19. Some users feel progress is throttled to encourage spending . However, some F2P players find it manageable if they invest time during events .
Castle Clash Castle Clash is overwhelmingly described as 'pay to win' (P2W), with many users stating that it's impossible to compete or progress meaningfully without spending money . The game is criticized for endless pop-ups to buy items and for making grinding for heroes obsolete by offering them through purchases . The pricing for better heroes is considered unaffordable for most .
Customer Support tieR1R19R37R42
Heroes of History Heroes of History developers are criticized for not listening to the player base, being unresponsive to riots in chat, and barely responding on social media R1R19. Some users report that customer support is unconcerned about bugs and will politely tell them to 'shut up' R42. One user was told a bug that ripped them off would not be fixed R37.
Castle Clash Castle Clash users report that customer service takes ages to respond and often provides no help, especially when trying to regain access to accounts .
Pick Heroes of History if

you enjoy historical themes, diverse characters, and engaging events, and are willing to tolerate occasional bugs and a monetization model that can be demanding for F2P players R8.

Pick Castle Clash if

you are a long-time player looking for nostalgia, or a new player who doesn't mind a very fast progression curve and potentially spending money to keep up with the 'pay to win' aspects .

Evidence note: Recent reviews for Heroes of History are heavily skewed negative due to specific event failures and bugs, which impacts its perceived reliability and value. Castle Clash's reviews consistently highlight its long-standing pay-to-win model and content bloat.

Frequently asked

Is Heroes of History a pay-to-win game?
Heroes of History is frequently described as a 'cash grab' with overpriced in-app purchases and events that are difficult or impossible for free-to-play users without significant spending, though some free-to-play players find it manageable with time investment R4R10R18R22.
Does Castle Clash have cross-platform account transfers?
No, Castle Clash does not support cross-platform account transfers, meaning players cannot transfer their progress between Android and iOS devices R84R87R111.
Are there many bugs in Heroes of History?
Yes, Heroes of History is reported to have numerous bugs, especially with recent events like 'Ithaca,' which players describe as untested, buggy, and failing completely R1R7R16R19.

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. [R6] Heroes of History 3/5 · US Antimatter: I enjoy playing the game and it’s made some good improvements since I had it, but I just learned that if you don’t use the event antimatter time portals you’ve earned before the event concludes you lose them and don’t get them back. I don’t appreciate that because I was saving up enough to do a 10 at once summon, but only had 9. Since the events are rotate and come back around I figure
  10. [R16] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Riddled with bugs: Waste of time
  11. [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.
  12. [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
  13. [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!
  14. [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
  15. [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
  16. [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
  17. [R84] Castle Clash 3/5 · US Cambio: Es un juego muy bueno y entretenido, llevo jugándolo casi 6 años, pero me parece muy malo que al cambiar de android a iPhone, no puedas seguir con tu anterior, simplemente perdí todo mi tiempo jugándolo
  18. [R87] Castle Clash 3/5 · US No Cross-platform: I wanted to come back to this game after not playing for a couple of years. Didn’t know you can’t transfer from android to iOS or vice versa and I don’t feel like completely restarting my base on iOS when I stopped playing at a good spot. It’s not like other similar games can’t do this either, right?
  19. [R111] Castle Clash 3/5 · US Account device switch: I played this game on android and progress pretty far then switched to iPhone and I can’t get my account since there is no google option to login..

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