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Monster Legends vs Summoners War

Monster Legends 4.8★ · Free + IAP 75
Winner Monster Legends
Summoners War 4.2★ · Free + IAP 55

Monster Legends offers a more accessible and generally positive experience for new players, while Summoners War, despite its long-term appeal, is plagued by significant technical issues and a perceived pay-to-win structure.

Full reviews: Monster Legends · Summoners War

Monster Legends is praised for its engaging gameplay and beginner-friendly approach, though some users report issues with ads and a 'pay-to-win' late game. Summoners War, a long-standing title, faces criticism for frequent crashes, poor customer service, and low summon rates, despite its dedicated player base.

Head to head

Features & Gameplay edge: Monster LegendsR5R29R56R18
Monster Legends Monster Legends offers a fun and challenging experience with a good beginner guide, allowing players to build and customize their monster world R5R29R56. However, some users find the game becomes too grindy and repetitive in later stages, with long waiting times for actions R18. There are also complaints about misleading ads and unoriginal monster designs .
Summoners War Summoners War is described as an addicting and fun game with deep team-building and PvP mechanics that reward long-term engagement . Players enjoy the thrill of collecting monsters and the continuous evolution of the game . However, many feel the game relies too heavily on RNG (random number generation) rather than strategy, particularly with 'violent procs' in battles .
Ease of Use & Accessibility edge: Monster LegendsR5R60R35R39
Monster Legends Monster Legends provides a very good beginner guide that helps new players understand the game R5. The game is generally considered easy to pick up and play R60. However, some users report issues with age verification, preventing them from playing R35R39.
Summoners War Summoners War has a steep learning curve, requiring time to understand team building and PvP mechanics . While some recent changes have made it more friendly to new players, offering better summons and challenges , the game is criticized for frequent, large updates that take a long time to download .
Reliability & Performance edge: Monster LegendsR8R11R58R28
Monster Legends Monster Legends generally offers a stable experience, with some players reporting years of play without issues R8R11R58. However, there are isolated reports of in-game items disappearing R28 and inventory loss after long-term play .
Summoners War Summoners War suffers from significant reliability issues, with many users reporting frequent game crashes, especially on older iOS devices, making the game unplayable for months R73R75R88R93. Players also experience network connection errors and issues with updates causing instability .
Price & Value (Free vs. Paid) tieR7R10R16R33
Monster Legends Monster Legends is criticized by many as being 'pay to win,' with players feeling unable to progress or enjoy the game without spending money R7R10R16R33. Earning gems is difficult without paying R15. The game also has frequent and intrusive ads that disrupt gameplay R9R24R25R57.
Summoners War Summoners War is widely perceived as 'pay to win' and 'money hungry,' with terrible pull rates for good monsters, especially Light/Dark Nat 5s, even after spending hundreds of dollars R70R79. While some claim it's good for F2P players now, others argue whales are leagues ahead . There's also criticism that new players get unfair advantages with better summons, while loyal long-term players do not R85.
Support & Community edge: Monster LegendsR16R45R61R73
Monster Legends Monster Legends reviews mention developers not listening to the community R16 and a Discord server with unmoderated racist and homophobic content R45.
Summoners War Summoners War receives strong criticism for 'abysmally bad' customer service, with unresponsive support portals and staff who blame device issues R61R73. There are also reports of unmoderated in-game chat with slurs and hate speech .
Pick Monster Legends if

you are looking for a monster-collecting game with a good beginner experience and generally stable gameplay, and you don't mind potential 'pay-to-win' elements or ads in the later stages R5R8R11R60.

Pick Summoners War if

you are a dedicated, long-term player seeking a complex monster-collecting RPG with deep PvP mechanics and are willing to tolerate frequent crashes, poor customer service, and a strong 'pay-to-win' emphasis on summon rates .

Evidence note: The evidence for Summoners War's reliability issues is very strong and consistent across many recent reviews. Both apps have significant 'pay-to-win' complaints, making it a tie in that dimension.

Frequently asked

Is Monster Legends pay-to-win?
Many players describe Monster Legends as 'pay to win,' stating that it's difficult to enjoy or progress without spending money, and earning in-game currency like gems is too slow R7R10R15R16.
Does Summoners War have good summon rates?
Reviews indicate that Summoners War has 'incredibly low' and 'terrible' summon rates for good monsters, particularly for Light/Dark Nat 5s, with many long-term players reporting no success even after years of playing or spending hundreds of dollars R70R79R80R85.
Are there technical issues with Summoners War?
Yes, many players report significant technical issues with Summoners War, including frequent game crashes on iOS devices, especially after updates, making the game unplayable for months R73R75R88R93.
Does Monster Legends have ads?
Yes, Monster Legends has frequent and intrusive ads that pop up randomly during gameplay, with some users reporting no option to close them without restarting the game, which can lead to lost progress R9R24R25R57.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R5] Monster Legends 5/5 · US Very good beginner guide: The beginning of the game gives new players a good chance to get a idea of the game and guides us through the game until we get the hang of things which is very handy n why i rate this game an 5 stars c
  2. [R29] Monster Legends 5/5 · US Fun: Great game
  3. [R56] Monster Legends 5/5 · US Thank you: This game is very fun,it’s fun because you have to wait to battles if you waste all of your monster battles and you can feed them,name them,put them wear ever you want to,and make your own monster world
  4. [R18] Monster Legends 3/5 · GB Meeh: Too grindy now. Pls change I don’t like it :(
  5. [R60] Monster Legends 5/5 · US Good: If you want a simple but well thought game choose this one
  6. [R35] Monster Legends 1/5 · GB Age: Says 9 plus ( I’m 13) but when I put 0-17 it said I can’t play?
  7. [R39] Monster Legends 1/5 · GB It wouldn’t let me play: I clicked that I was under 18 and it said I was to young to play
  8. [R8] Monster Legends 5/5 · US It’s a good game: It’s an amazing game no problems tbh
  9. [R11] Monster Legends 5/5 · US Great: Been playing for years. Has never let me down
  10. [R58] Monster Legends 5/5 · US Missed this game so much!: Still as good as when i played it back in 2017.
  11. [R28] Monster Legends 1/5 · US Where's my temple of nature??????: I've buildy a temple of nature and level up monster to 50. I out game later, then log in, wow that building was disapeared and I couldn't build it again???
  12. [R7] Monster Legends 1/5 · US pay to win: can’t even enjoy the game without spending money
  13. [R10] Monster Legends 1/5 · US H: The game is fun when you are a beginner but now im in level 53 the game is horrible and nothing is even fair now and there is so much pay to win
  14. [R16] Monster Legends 1/5 · US FOR THOSE LOOKING TO DOWNLOAD…: Skip this game. It isn’t worth it. It’s a P2W mess where the developers don’t listen to the community. The game may be fun at first, but you quickly realize that the charm falls off. Every aspect about this game is either about wasting time or hoping that you’re lucky.
  15. [R33] Monster Legends 1/5 · US too much pay to win: everything has some sort of pay to win aspect of it lol
  16. [R45] Monster Legends 1/5 · GB Capitalist Pigs: Discord server is full of racists and homophobes and people doing/saying illegal things with their moderators doing nothing about it, the devs lie and use ai slop saying they will listen to our feedback yet never do our feedback is ignored and the games in shambles impossible for f2ps and very overpriced for p2ws do not play this game
  17. [R61] Summoners War 1/5 · US Very Poor Customer Service: I’ve been playing on and off for probably close to 10 years. The game is fairly fun, it’s a good activity with friends. Unfortunately, their customer service is abysmally bad. Their actual requests portal only works half of the time, so you’ll find yourself writing out your message multiple times. Then, when you finally get it to send, their service team doesn’t even at
  18. [R73] Summoners War 1/5 · US Developer doesn’t care: Update from the last review. It’s been a couple of months now and the game still crashes like crazy. If you are using older generation ipad, just don’t even bother to install the game. Their support will lie about being there for us. Don’t even bother to contact support. They will lie and blame it on your device and connection problem. They will also threaten you with civil
  19. [R15] Monster Legends 3/5 · US Gem problem in my opinion: In my opinion it’s a good game but you run out of gems fast and it’s to earn more without paying
  20. [R70] Summoners War 1/5 · US Pull rates: The pull rates for any good monster are so incredibly low. It’s a shame how greedy this company is. If not for that it would be an amazing game. Too bad..
  21. [R79] Summoners War 1/5 · US Scam Game: Game is a complete scam. Rates are a lie, rate up is a lie, literally just designed to scam players. Stay away from this garbage game.
  22. [R80] Summoners War 4/5 · US Summoners war: Ive been playing this game since i was 16 back when faimon volcano was the last set of missions on the campaign and ive still never pulled any lightnings off of any ld scrolls let alone an ld nat 5 other then that its an alright game i just find it crazy they still havent fixed the summon rate i even spent over $300 on ld scrolls and no lightning i love this game more then anything
  23. [R85] Summoners War 1/5 · US PLAYING FOR 12 YEARS, NO LD NAT 5: Don’t play this game, they give new summoners a choice but don’t give loyal players a choice at a nat 5LD. I haven’t summoned a single nat, even after that many years. They give unfair advantage to new players and not old ones… no point in playing if they let new people pick what they want and old players get left behind. At least give us a pity nat 5LD for old p
  24. [R75] Summoners War 3/5 · US Love the game but can’t play it. Update again.: I’ve had this game for years and recently about three updates ago I did the update for the game and now I can’t really play it. It crashes in the middle of me trying to do anything I can collect rewards or full complete the daily missions without it crashing several times. I can’t even participate in the labyrinth at this point how am I supposed to b
  25. [R88] Summoners War 2/5 · US Game Crashing for months: IOS players have been reporting a bug for MONTHS that makes the game almost unplayable. The game will crash randomly and very sporadically. It makes it impossible to do anything in the game and its been at least 6 months of this. Hate to quit the game, but I literally cant play. My IOS is updated and I have a newer device. Fix the game or lose players.
  26. [R93] Summoners War 3/5 · US crashes: i updated my iPad to the newest version then updated this game and now its keeps crashing with everything i do . been playing this for 5 years please fix this
  27. [R9] Monster Legends 3/5 · US Ads????: This game is good and progression is actually fun!! The pop ups get really annoying fast and I wish there was a way in settings to hide all the extra or unnecessary UI but the reason I’m writing a review is because after the recent update all of a sudden I’m getting ads randomly in the middle of my gameplay. That is so so frustrating and so annoying and if it’s not fixed I will not be kee
  28. [R24] Monster Legends 3/5 · GB Ads: The game is good lots of things to do but it’s annoying when ads come on and theirs no option to cross it off I have to re load the game back up to get off the ad
  29. [R25] Monster Legends 1/5 · US Ads: do not like it when ads pop up out of no where it’s ruined the experience playing the game
  30. [R57] Monster Legends 1/5 · GB Ads: So many ads i hate the game

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