“too much slow progress game.......pay to win game......”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 2,951 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.3 ★3,951,884 ratings
100M+Downloads
12+Age rating
2727 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Marvel Contest of Champions is the ultimate arcade fighting RPG game with intense action, powerful combos, epic quests & customization. Collect and battle with over 350 Champions, including your favorite Marvel Super Heroes and Villains like Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Daredevil, Doctor Doom, Wolverine & more!
Step into fast-paced 1v1 combat where skill is everything. Master precise dodges, well-timed blocks, and powerful combo chains as you fight your way through an epic Marvel storyline. Unleash signature Special Attacks and dominate real-time battles packed with action.
Assemble your Marvel team and begin your quest to become the ultimate Champion!…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 58.1.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 58.1.0, updated 2026-09-08.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 58.1.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 58.1.0, updated 2026-09-04.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Raised by 74 distinct reviewers — 3.7% of the 2,000 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 4.99 to USD 99.99 — a 20x spread across 10 items
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Progress pauses until you wait or pay
Use is rationed by an energy/hearts/lives meter that runs out and forces a wait or a purchase.
What we saw: Energy / timer gating: raised by 9 distinct reviewers (0.4% of 2000 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Great game overall, it's somewhat exciting but mostly to be at the top it's pay to win, overall ok”
“The game has so many pop up ads now with "deals" and everything feels very pay to win. Even the game modes feel unbalanced. and it's so grindy just to get a "chance" at things. Not worth unless you plan on spending hundreds a month/week…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 58.1.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.