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Marvel Contest of Champions vs Star Wars™

Marvel Contest of Champions 4.7★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Marvel Contest of Champions
Star Wars™ 4.6★ · Free + IAP 60

Marvel Contest of Champions has a slight edge due to its more consistent gameplay experience and fewer reports of critical loading issues, despite both games being criticized for their pay-to-win mechanics and customer support.

Full reviews: Marvel Contest of Champions · Star Wars™

Both Marvel Contest of Champions and Star Wars™ are free-to-play mobile fighting/strategy games with in-app purchases, offering extensive character rosters and engaging gameplay for fans of their respective franchises. However, both face significant criticism regarding aggressive monetization, difficulty spikes, and technical issues, with Star Wars™ showing more severe and widespread loading problems.

Head to head

Features & Content tieR5R44R23R38
Marvel Contest of Champions Users praise Marvel Contest of Champions for its endless fun, the grind for more champions, and increasing their power, with a wide variety of characters and game modes R5R44R23. The graphics are frequently highlighted as amazing R38R18R53. Some users wish for more simplified campaign modes and the ability to star up existing characters rather than getting duplicates R18.
Star Wars™ Star Wars™ is loved for its vast array of characters, including different versions of the same character, and the ability to upgrade them . Players appreciate the turn-based strategy battles, guild events, and the overall art style R86. However, some find the game repetitive and wish for more diverse gameplay modes or better character balancing .
Ease of Use & Progression tieR3R1R4R22
Marvel Contest of Champions Marvel Contest of Champions is described as having a steep difficulty curve, with story progress being halted due to rapid difficulty increases and combat ratings that are hard to reach R3R1R4. Many users feel compelled to spend money to progress, as leveling up characters and overcoming challenges becomes extremely difficult without it R22. Some also report issues with inconsistent health regeneration after battles .
Star Wars™ Star Wars™ is widely criticized as being extremely grindy and pay-to-win, with progression being very slow unless players spend money . Users report that goods are behind paywalls and that it can take months of daily logins to achieve significant progress like unlocking a Galactic Legend . The game's balance is also a concern, with opponents often having significantly higher power levels .
Reliability & Performance edge: Marvel Contest of ChampionsR6R21R28R52
Marvel Contest of Champions Marvel Contest of Champions users report frequent issues with the game not loading, crashing, or having connection problems R6R21R28R52. Bugs are a recurring complaint, sometimes leading to unfair advantages or loss of purchased rewards R13. Server slowness is also mentioned .
Star Wars™ Star Wars™ suffers from widespread and critical loading issues, with many users unable to open the game, getting stuck on a 'loading Cantina' screen, or experiencing crashes R67R79R82R85. Bugs are also reported, including damage immunity glitches in Galactic Conquest and problems with mod battles . Some users also note general slowness and lag .
Price & Value tieR7R22R34R37
Marvel Contest of Champions Many Marvel Contest of Champions players feel the game is a 'rip off' and 'pay to win,' with constant pressure to buy packs and units to progress R7R22R34R37. Users report spending significant amounts of money only to find rewards disproportionate to the cost or even have purchased items taken away due to bugs R13.
Star Wars™ Star Wars™ is heavily criticized for its aggressive monetization, with users calling it 'pay to win' and a 'scam' R61. Players feel that rewards are often nerfed after spending money, and that the prices for in-game currency are unfair, with no bulk discounts . The developers are accused of being greedy and not valuing players over money .
Support tieR7R13R27R54
Marvel Contest of Champions Marvel Contest of Champions receives strong criticism for its customer support, with users reporting unhelpful responses, lack of accountability for bugs, and refusal to assist with account transfers or lost purchases R7R13R27R54. Some describe support as telling them 'life sucks and it happens' when reporting issues R7.
Star Wars™ Star Wars™ users express significant frustration with technical support, reporting that they are run in circles, assigned new people to cases, and sent unhelpful articles . Many feel that the developers 'don't bother' with support work orders and don't care about fixing issues .
Pick Marvel Contest of Champions if

you are a Marvel fan looking for a fighting game with cool characters and designs, and you are prepared for a significant grind or potential in-app purchases to progress R23R44.

Pick Star Wars™ if

you are a dedicated Star Wars fan who enjoys turn-based strategy and collecting a wide array of characters, and you are willing to tolerate a very slow progression or spend money to advance R86.

Evidence note: Both apps are free with in-app purchases, and the negativity in reviews for both is heavily skewed towards the monetization strategies and technical issues, rather than free-tier friction. Star Wars™ reviews show a higher prevalence of critical, game-breaking loading issues compared to Marvel Contest of Champions.

Frequently asked

Which game has better graphics?
Marvel Contest of Champions is frequently praised for its amazing graphics and character designs, with users calling it 'peak' and appreciating the details R38R18R53. Star Wars™ also has a smooth art style and modeling, but its graphics are not highlighted as frequently as a standout feature in reviews R86.
Are these games pay-to-win?
Yes, both Marvel Contest of Champions and Star Wars™ are widely described by users as pay-to-win, with progression becoming extremely difficult or impossible without spending money R22R34R37R61. Reviewers for both games express frustration over aggressive monetization and the feeling of being forced to spend to keep up R7.
Do these games have technical issues?
Yes, both games have reported technical issues, but Star Wars™ appears to have more severe and widespread problems, with many users unable to even load the game past the 'loading Cantina' screen R67R79R82R85. Marvel Contest of Champions also experiences bugs, crashes, and connection issues, but these do not seem to prevent as many users from accessing the game entirely R6R21R28R52.

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. [R5] Marvel Contest of Champions 5/5 · US A must Play!: The game is endless fun, the grind for more champions and increasing them keeps you coming back for more!
  2. [R44] Marvel Contest of Champions 5/5 · US Best Game To Get: Love playing this game. Lots of characters to choose from, and crystals. Lots of different game mode. Just all-around good game to play and the challenge.
  3. [R23] Marvel Contest of Champions 5/5 · US Cool characters and designs: They make cool characters and cool designs of them, kids and teenagers well like this game and especially Marvel fans
  4. [R38] Marvel Contest of Champions 5/5 · US Peak: The graphics are amazing the gameplay is great and it’s. Just absolutely peak
  5. [R3] Marvel Contest of Champions 3/5 · US Story progress halted: My story progress had been halted because of how fast the difficulty ramps up, the collector fight is too hard.
  6. [R1] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US Special quest: It impossible to do most of the special quest cause they the combat rating at somewhere you can never reach with you characters it just dumb cuz the buff they give no even gone be enough to get you even close to what the combat rating is for those quest they’re way to high and to hard to level up characters especially the 7stars
  7. [R4] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US Ridiculous: Quest difficulty far exceeds the rewards for completing them.
  8. [R22] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US Sucks: Trash the game is great till your characters get to a certain level then the game requires you to spend a lot of money to level up then spend more money on energy total rip off I would never spend a dime that can go to hundreds of dollars not worth it stick to my ps5🤔😡
  9. [R6] Marvel Contest of Champions 3/5 · US Isn’t working: I get on every single day but like 5 days ago it wasn’t loading it still want load.
  10. [R21] Marvel Contest of Champions 3/5 · US Hello: My game wouldnt load, and said I had no internet connection witch I did so I don’t know
  11. [R28] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US Demon: Keeps randomly crashing
  12. [R52] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US Connection issue is ridiculous: Don’t invest your time in this game. Too many lags and connection issues ruin your experience. It’s rubbish! Can’t believe it hasn’t been fixed!
  13. [R7] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US Horrible support: They push and push to buy there packs and unit packages to progress and then when you do progress you get ur unlocked rewards taken away and them the tier rewards you buy in game when they bug and u report the send a message that life sucks and it happens with no accountability on there end I have played this game since the very beginning and this last year of game play has been
  14. [R34] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US Rip off: You spend your money to move ahead, but it’s never enough. They always want more money. Marvel is the greedy company in the world. Hope they rot in hell.
  15. [R37] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US Garbage AI: The AI in this game is terrible and you developers know it. I’ve been playing this game for 10+ years and the way these AI fight now is laughably bad. Frame-perfect, flawless gameplay from these overpowered champions you create nowadays. What else would we expect from you greedy losers though? Game has been pay to win for every single year it’s ever been out. The way the AI plays now i
  16. [R13] Marvel Contest of Champions 1/5 · US Bait and Switch: They said to spend money and units to unlock tiered rewards. Once I did unlock the summer tier 4 event by spending money and units, they locked the tier before I could get all of the proper rewards. No fault of mine. They just said they had a glitch and can’t fix my account. So I have to spend a lot of money and units to do it all over again. Not the first time they have had this
  17. [R27] Marvel Contest of Champions 3/5 · GB Game account: I’ve been playing this game since 2015 on my Android account. Recently, I decided to switch to an iPhone, so I contacted Kabam to transfer my account. They asked me for the exact date the account was created, along with several other very specific details. I tried to explain that I’ve changed 6 or 7 phones since 2015, so there’s no way I can remember the precise date my account was
  18. [R54] Marvel Contest of Champions 3/5 · GB Great job: The game itself is pretty good and the mechanics are unique for a Marvel game and to be honest the summonings animations are pretty balanced as as well as the team and story but one of the managers Chris does not seem to understand that people can sometimes face financial crisis and refuses to help when purchases are not made by the main account holder by a member of their family that i
  19. [R18] Marvel Contest of Champions 3/5 · US Great Graphics and fighting game but campaign mode is not simplified as other fighting games.: I’m a huge marvel fan and love fighting platform games. Graphics are great and the characters to obtain are great. Only thing I could suggest is making campaigns more simplified without having to replay quest mode over and over to navigate entire maps to obtain 100% on campaign mode story maps. Other th
  20. [R53] Marvel Contest of Champions 5/5 · US I love it: I love the details to the game
  21. [R86] Star Wars™ 5/5 · US Amazing game, truly.: This game is AMAZING! The turn-based strategy battles and unlockable characters are great, guild events and guilds in general are fun, and the art style and modeling is smooth and doesn’t lag behind in performance. All in all, it’s a really fun game. One suggestion I have is to add a “multi-open” button for Bronzium Data Cards, as it can take a very long time to open them al
  22. [R61] Star Wars™ 1/5 · US Scam and hoax: This “game” hits a new level of free2win low. Not only it is a clear scam and hoax, with “random” numbers shamelessly being not random at all, but it is highly overpriced as such. Do not give them money under any circumstances. Lot’s of cheating and pay2win. Extremely low quality with lots of bugs. Sadly, all ‘covered’ by Apple with lots of fake reviews clearly written by people who
  23. [R67] Star Wars™ 2/5 · US Game won’t open all of a sudden: I redownloaded after a few years, game has been working fine now today I’m trying to play and it is sitting on the “loading cantina” screen and noth8ng happens. Will rate five if the game would work
  24. [R79] Star Wars™ 1/5 · US broken: Game doesnt load.
  25. [R82] Star Wars™ 1/5 · US Game will not load: Game will not load. Stuck in “loading Cantina”. Zero stars! Do not recommend!
  26. [R85] Star Wars™ 1/5 · US Game not working: The game isn even working for me I stayed up the whole night to play this game

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