Comparison

Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes vs Binar.io

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes

Build a team of unique heroes and collect hundreds of cards to devise winning strategies in this collectible card game. Battle friends and foes in real-time matches or embark on courageous adventures through a vast universe.

Highlights
  • Collect 20 unique plant and zombie heroes
  • Unlock super powers and signature abilities
  • Collect or craft hundreds of cards
  • Devise distinct strategies with deck builder
  • Real-time multiplayer battles
  • Embark on courageous adventures
  • Save progress across devices
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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. From the makers of Plants vs. Zombies 2 and Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 comes the next epic battle between doom and bloom – Plants vs. Zombies Heroes. Build your team of heroes in this courageous collectible card game. Embark on a journey to discover new characters and confront mighty opponents along the way. And, for the first time ever on mobile, play as either plants or zombies. It’s the lawn of a new battle! COLLECT YOUR HEROES Discover 20 unique plant and zombie heroes, unlock their lawn-inspiring super powers, and choose your favorites based on their signature styles and abilities. Will you pick plants and deploy the masked, sharp-shooting avenger Green Shadow? Or will you choose a zombie hero, like the superbly superficial Super Brainz? Each hero’s unique selection of super powers helps define your team’s winning strategy. GROW YOUR TEAM Every hero needs a crew. Build yours and diversify your skills by collecting or crafting hundreds of cards – from the PvZ characters you know and love, to daring original plants and zombies. Devise distinct strategies when you select cards compatible with your hero, and experiment with devastating combos. Use the Deck Builder to quickly construct winning decks, try out strategies, and upgrade your decks as you collect and craft characters. BATTLE FRIENDS AND FOES Test your deck when you take on other players or challenge your friends in exciting real-time matches. Practice tactics in casual multiplayer battles or enter competitive ranked play to compete with the best players in the world. Earn rewards for defeating the bite-iest adversaries, and build your bank when you complete Quests from Crazy Dave and Dr. Zomboss. GO ON COURAGEOUS ADVENTURES Journey through the universe of PvZ Heroes as each action-packed skirmish takes you further along an ever-blooming map. Take on brain-thirsty or botanical foes along the way and hone your skills – each side has a different path to follow. Defeat challenging bosses to unlock fresh characters and new rewards. Even take your team with you when you switch between mobile devices – just sign into Facebook or Game Center to save your collection. Important Consumer Information: Requires acceptance of EA’s Privacy & Cookie Policy and User Agreement. Collects data through third party analytics technology (see Privacy & Cookie Policy for details). Contains direct links to the Internet and social networking sites intended for an audience over 13. User Agreement: terms.ea.com Privacy & Cookie Policy: privacy.ea.com Visit http://help.ea.com/en/# for assistance or inquiries. EA may retire online features after 30 days’ notice posted on www.ea.com/1/service-updates.

About

Binar.io

Features
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Binar.io is an assembly language puzzle game. You are given a machine, a specification, and a blank page. The BN-8 is an 8-bit processor with two registers, a loop counter, two flags, and twenty-seven instructions. It has no multiplier, no divider, and no compare instruction. Everything it can do, you build out of what it has. HOW IT WORKS Each level states a function, not a number. "Return the input with its two nibbles exchanged." "Return 1 when an odd number of the input's bits are set." A byte arrives in register A; whatever is in A when your listing ends is your answer. Your program is checked against cases you can see and cases you cannot. So there is nothing to write down and nothing to look up. The program has to be right for inputs you were never shown. THREE KINDS OF PUZZLE BUILD gives you a blank page and a contract. REPAIR gives you a listing that is already wrong, and a fault report. The first level in the game is one of these, and the program it hands you passes its first test case on purpose. IDENTIFY gives you nothing but the cases. Working out what the part is supposed to do is the puzzle. THREE SCORES, NOT ONE Every solution is measured on instructions, cycles, and silicon cost. On the levels that matter these do not agree: the smallest program and the cheapest program are different programs, and you cannot have both. A working program is always worth a star. Optimising is the reason to come back to a level, never the price of leaving it. WHAT IS IN IT 48 specifications across four worlds, from a single shift to bit reversal, packed field extraction, the doubling ladder, and a fourth world of memory, stacks and subroutines. A warm-up mode with 72 generated levels, each with a proven shortest solution. A one-page instruction reference you can open at any time. Dry and technical on purpose. No story, no energy timers, no ads, no subscription. World 1 is free, with all twelve specifications. The existing Full Campaign Unlock is an optional one-time purchase for the rest of the campaign. The App Store shows the price. For anyone who likes TIS-100, Shenzhen I/O, or finding out that the thing they built by hand was a single opcode all along.

Screenshots

Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes4 screens
Binar.io4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Binar.io at none against Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes's shown. Binar.io also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes's advantage is chart position (#63 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Binar.io sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes ships an update every 4 months, Binar.io every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes versus Binar.io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlants vs. Zombies™ HeroesBinar.io
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (132K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings132K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#63 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB21 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperElectronic ArtsGustavo cesar Sola Barreto Marcelino

Bugs and requests

Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearing multiplayer button
  • Diamonds mysteriously disappearing
  • Inconsistent super block meter behavior

Requested features

3 requests
  • More frequent content updates
  • Improved multiplayer experience
  • Ability to replay completed levels

Binar.io

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes

One-time10
  • 550 Gems Offer$0.99
  • 200 Gems$1.99
  • Starter Gem Bundle$1.99
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  • 550 Gems$4.99
  • Event Rewind Bundle$4.99
  • Starter Bundle$4.99
  • 1300 Gems$9.99
  • Galaxy 20-Pack$15.99
  • Premium 20-Pack$15.99
  • 2800 Gems$19.99
1 purchases

Binar.io

One-time1
  • Full Campaign Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes free?
Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Binar.io free?
Binar.io is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes or Binar.io have ads?
Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes shows ads; Binar.io does not.
Which is updated more often, Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes or Binar.io?
Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes ships an update every 4 months, and Binar.io every 2 weeks. Most recently, Plants vs. Zombies™ Heroes was updated on November 1, 2026 and Binar.io on October 31, 2026.

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