Comparison

Plants vs Goblins 4 vs Granny vs Robot

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

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About

Plants vs Goblins 4

Defend the Garden Kingdom from a massive goblin invasion. Strategically plant and utilize various flora, including strawberries for power-ups, to combat waves of enemies and their devastating artillery. Explore new levels and uncover surprises in this epic plant-versus-goblin battle.

Highlights
  • Strategic plant placement
  • Diverse plant types
  • Goblin enemy variety
  • Power-up system (strawberries)
  • New levels and surprises
  • Intense combat scenarios
Features
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In recent times, the Garden Kingdom has evolved to be a haven for the plants, since all the cold and gruesome wars with the Goblins, it had regenerated an air of harmony, flourishing the gardening art and culture. They had festivals and competitions, and the youthful saplings sang the melodies and listened to accounts of war veterans. The great number of lives laid forth by the heroic plants raised a field full of blooming red strawberries after the Battle of Peasburg, and as a tribute to the fallen heroes and to pick up their insight and power, the young green warriors sow strawberries, to grow other plants and to gain flower-like points. The Kingdom had established good relations with the neighboring pumpkin and ginseng fields. The tremendous corn fields likewise trained their cobs with the green warriors. They welcomed the bordering forest beasty carnivorous plants into civilization. They had all pledged allegiance to the garden realm, in time of peace and war, to secure each knoll and turf, garden and nursery alike. Who knew the war wouldn't be that long to come? The archenemy vile goblins had donned on their facade of conceit. The goblins devised the biggest artillery with the help of the shrewdest of ghouls, elves, gnomes, pixies, and ghosts. They have been plotting ever since and gathered the biggest force the world has ever seen. They hadnít left but were biding their time until they destroy all the plants from the face of the earth. With the standing army of millions of destructive armored goblins, the thick billows of war were encompassing the Garden Kingdom and the air of dread and death was stirring. One fine morning, an immense tremor shook the grounds of the Garden Kingdom. The sky turned gloomy. The plants saw a rising tsunami and off came a Goblin Cyclop, pulverizing everything in its way. The war was declared, sirens aloud, the green warriors ready to protect. The Goblin army was something unseen before, covering every inch of sky, land, and water, with the goblin flying bombers, archers, warriors, and goblin riders. The flying goblin was back with the dynamite, which could kill all the plants within seconds. Nonetheless, the sons of the Garden Kingdom, with chlorophyll running in their veins fought with all their might, entangling and the goblins, the pumpkin cannonballs crushed the flying goblins, joined by ginseng, corn, and carnivorous plants in the onslaught. Planting strawberries helped increment the plant power yet remained the question of the dynamite. Plants are devising ways to take and dismantle the dynamite, with every 21 plants against 17 goblins, with much more surprises and 46 new levels. Who will win? Let's play and find out. Here's Tip: Grow more strawberries to get more rewards!

About

Granny vs Robot

Features
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Lead Granny and her brave goose in a sci-fi tower defense battle against invading robots and protect humanity’s last home.

Screenshots

Plants vs Goblins 43 screens
Granny vs Robot4 screens

Verdict

The call

Plants vs Goblins 4 and Granny vs Robot are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plants vs Goblins 4 ships an update every 9 days, Granny vs Robot weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Plants vs Goblins 4 versus Granny vs Robot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlants vs Goblins 4Granny vs Robot
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (143 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings143 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size272 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksey TselinkoTianyu Wang

Bugs and requests

Plants vs Goblins 4

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Game crashes with 'error' messages on startup
  • Physics glitches causing plants to grow off-screen and water flooding
  • Severe lag and performance issues
  • Game doesn't pause during ad videos, causing unfair gameplay
  • Goblins combining unexpectedly mid-level
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  • Inability to see damage indicators on goblins
  • Game freezing and unresponsive controls
  • Incompatibility issues with certain devices

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add comprehensive tutorial explaining plant abilities
  • Implement background music in menus and gameplay
  • Improve goblin sound effects and voice lines
  • Increase animation frames for plant idle animations
  • Add more diverse level designs beyond level 32
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  • Reduce ad frequency and allow gameplay pausing during ads
  • Improve sun/resource generation rates
  • Create better and more intuitive UI menus
  • Add final boss encounter and ending cutscene
  • Increase plant variety and count
  • Implement language selection options
  • Add in-game marketplace or shop features
  • Reduce overall game difficulty or add difficulty settings
  • Optimize game performance and fix lag issues

Granny vs Robot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Plants vs Goblins 4

No in-app purchases

None

Granny vs Robot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plants vs Goblins 4 free?
Plants vs Goblins 4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Granny vs Robot free?
Granny vs Robot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Plants vs Goblins 4 or Granny vs Robot have ads?
Neither Plants vs Goblins 4 nor Granny vs Robot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plants vs Goblins 4 or Granny vs Robot?
Plants vs Goblins 4 ships an update every 9 days, and Granny vs Robot weekly. Most recently, Plants vs Goblins 4 was updated on October 27, 2026 and Granny vs Robot on October 25, 2026.

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