Plants vs Goblins 4 vs Lava Runner Arcade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Strategic plant placement
- Diverse plant types
- Goblin enemy variety
- Power-up system (strawberries)
- New levels and surprises
- Intense combat scenarios
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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!
Lava Runner Arcade
Navigate a house filled with molten lava by jumping and sprinting across furniture. Master precise timing to overcome obstacles and collect coins. Unlock new character skins to customize your runner.
- Arcade-style stage runs
- Collect and spend coins
- Unlock epic skins
- Heart and checkpoint systems
- Automatic saves
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The ultimate "Floor is Lava" challenge is taking over the house! Your living room has been flooded with roaring, molten magma. Your only hope of survival? Leap, sprint, and boundary-hop across ordinary household furniture before you take a scorching dip! Tap to jump and double-tap to perform gravity-defying maneuvers over sprawling kitchen islands, towering dressers, fallen bookshelves, and rogue washing machines. Every obstacle requires perfect timing—one wrong step will cost you a life! GAME FEATURES: Arcade-Style Stage Runs: Progress through escalating, custom-crafted levels. Each stage brings tighter gaps, faster hazards, and ultimate room chaos! Collect & Spend Coins: Grab floating gold coins scattered precariously across the burning terrain as you run. Unlock Epic Skins: Take your hard-earned coins to the Shop! Swap your classic runner for elite styles like the cosmic Astronaut, the stealthy Ninja, or the legendary blazing Phoenix. Heart & Checkpoint Systems: Found a heart? Grab it for an extra life! Keep your eyes peeled for checkpoints to save your progress mid-run. Automatic Saves: Your progress, total wealth, and unlocked apparel are safely stored locally so you can jump right back into the heat anytime. The room is collapsing, the heat is rising, and the floor is strictly off-limits. Download now and prove you are the ultimate Lava Surfer!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lava Runner Arcade at 100% against Plants vs Goblins 4's 32%. Lava Runner Arcade also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.6). Plants vs Goblins 4's advantage is ratings volume (143 vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lava Runner Arcade holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plants vs Goblins 4 has 143 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Plants vs Goblins 4's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lava Runner Arcade's.
| Parameter | Plants vs Goblins 4 | Lava Runner Arcade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (143 ratings) | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 143 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 272 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksey Tselinko | Brandon Egnarski |
Customer experience
Plants vs Goblins 4
Lava Runner Arcade
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
Lava Runner Arcade
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plants vs Goblins 4
No in-app purchases
Lava Runner Arcade
No in-app purchases
Questions
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