“its very much p2w but you are mpre then capable of doing it f2p. its just a grind.”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 525 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes
ELECTRONIC ARTSThis game includes optional in-game purchases of virtual currency that can be…
4.0 ★844,246 ratings
50M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
This game includes optional in-game purchases of virtual currency that can be used to acquire virtual in-game items, including a random selection of virtual in-game items. Plants vs. Zombies Heroes brings to you an epic CCG adventure with your favorite plant and zombie characters. 🌱🧟 Collect cards with incredible powers and build your ultimate battle deck. Duel with friends or foes in real-time pvp battles. And, for the first time ever on mobile, play as either plants or zombies.
🦸 COLLECT HERO CARDS 🦸
Collect unique Plant and Zombie Hero cards and unlock their lawn-inspiring superpowers. Will you pick Plants and deploy the sharp-shooting avenger card, Green Shadow? Or will you choose a Zombie Hero and call on the superbly superficial card, Super Brainz? Each card’s selection of powers will determine the strength of your deck and your team’s winning strategy in real-time duels.…
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Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
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.
This analysis describes version 1.67.8 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.67.8, updated 2026-09-02.
What we measured
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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 fewer than 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
Under 65% 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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 1.67.8, scanned 2026-09-23.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
None requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
10 or more found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
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 2
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.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Raised by 56 distinct reviewers — 10.7% of the 525 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
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 2
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.
In the app's own text: Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Sells a subscription in-app but ships no cancel or manage-subscription text of its own, leaving the store's settings as the only exit
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 23 distinct reviewers (4.4% of 525 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Extremely P2w with Totally unbalanced cards and abilities locked behind pay wall. like every single p2w games gives you sense of progress from beginning but after finish the tutorial your win rate turns to 1%, for Example you have card…”
“Good scaffold for a decent game, but the little problems stack up to the point of annoyance. Every time you change screens there is a pop up, whether it be an in-game ad, a direction to the store, or some other random info for you to…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.67.8.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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