Comparison

Zombies vs Ninja vs Plants vs Goblins 4

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

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Zombies vs Ninja

Engage in a thrilling zombie-slaying adventure as a ninja. Strategically shoot shurikens and bombs to defend your homeland from hordes of zombies and powerful bosses. Earn coins, unlock new weapons, and collect daily surprises to aid your fight.

Highlights
  • Shoot shurikens and bombs
  • Defeat various zombie types
  • Battle zombie bosses
  • Unlock weapon power levels
  • Collect coins and daily surprises
  • Switch dart types during gameplay
Features
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Best zombie shooting game ever! One of the most popular Zombie games across the world! Ninja, deploy your strategies and shoot shurikens (darts) to kill the Zombie boss! Please note Zombies Vs. Ninja is completely free to download and play but contains some in-game items will require payment that cost real money. Zombie boss leads mob of zombies come to you to invade Ninja homeland. Yes, YOU, as a brave and agile ninja, have to shoot shurikens (darts) or bombs to destroy hundreds and thousands of different kinds of zombies before they break down your homeland! Tired of shooting birds? Get ready to shoot loads of fun-loving zombies to protect your territory! More cool features: - Various types of terrify and fun-loving zombies. Including Zombie boss and Zombie Prince George. - Selection of over 10 different power levels of darts (Japanese: shurikens) as your weapon. - You will have to conquer the Zombie boss when move to new level! - Kill Zombies with your quick finger! How to play: - You are going to battle with the enemies. But loads of zombies are invading to your homeland. - How to kill evil Zombies? You have to quickly tap the targeted zombies and the darts will kill them immediately! - Simply tap selection icon and you can rapidly switch to different power level of darts while playing game. - The more zombies you kill, the more coins you get! - Daily surprise is waiting for you to collect to kill the Zombie Boss. - Selection of Bomb packs : Need to combat non-stopping Zombies? Buy up more powerful bombs from the Store! Discover more fun-loving Bakumens' games on iTune Store.

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!

Screenshots

Zombies vs Ninja4 screens
Plants vs Goblins 43 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Zombies vs Ninja at 81% against Plants vs Goblins 4's 32%. Zombies vs Ninja also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (562 vs 143). Plants vs Goblins 4's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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. Zombies vs Ninja sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Plants vs Goblins 4 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zombies vs Ninja holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 562 and 143 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Zombies vs Ninja's written reviews are positive against 32% of Plants vs Goblins 4's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zombies vs Ninja ships an update fortnightly, Plants vs Goblins 4 every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Zombies vs Ninja versus Plants vs Goblins 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZombies vs NinjaPlants vs Goblins 4
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (562 ratings) — better2.6 (143 ratings)
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews — better31.8% of reviews
Number of ratings562 — better143
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.312.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB272 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBakumens IncAleksey Tselinko

Customer experience

Zombies vs Ninja

All ratings546 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral6.0%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews266 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral10.9%
Negative8.3%

Plants vs Goblins 4

All ratings137 ratings
Positive38.0%
Neutral5.1%
Negative56.9%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive31.8%
Neutral7.3%
Negative60.9%

User reviews

Zombies vs Ninja

From 562 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive game
  • 🚀 Entertaining gameplay
  • 💡 Unique concept of ninjas vs. zombies
  • 👍 Great for passing time
  • 👍 Enjoyable for all ages

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Runs out of darts too quickly
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases required
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
  • 🤔 Repetitive gameplay

Plants vs Goblins 4

From 143 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Engaging gameplay mechanics for some players
  • 🎨 Unique plant designs with visual appeal
  • ⏱️ Good time-killer entertainment value
  • 🏆 Challenging difficulty that rewards strategy
  • 👥 Social appeal for group play sessions

Room to improve

  • 🚫 Blatant Plants vs Zombies ripoff
  • 🔊 Terrible sound design and goblin noises
  • 🎵 Missing menu and game music
  • 🎬 Poor animation quality (4-frame idle animations)
  • ⚠️ Severe bugs and game-breaking errors

Bugs and requests

Zombies vs Ninja

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues
  • Incompatibility with older devices
  • Freezing during gameplay

Requested features

5 requests
  • More levels and boss battles
  • Ability to earn more darts without purchases
  • Power-ups or upgrades
  • Difficulty settings
  • Multiplayer or co-op mode

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

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Zombies vs Ninja

One-time10
  • 500 Darts$0.99
  • 3 Bombs$0.99
  • 3 Keys$0.99
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  • 3 Ecstasy bombs$0.99
  • 1000 Darts$1.99
  • 2000 Darts$3.99
  • 4200 Darts$7.99
  • 33 Bombs$9.99
  • 33 Keys$9.99
  • 333 Bombs$99.99
None

Plants vs Goblins 4

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zombies vs Ninja free?
Zombies vs Ninja is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plants vs Goblins 4 free?
Plants vs Goblins 4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zombies vs Ninja or Plants vs Goblins 4?
Zombies vs Ninja is rated higher. Zombies vs Ninja averages 4.4 out of 5 from 562 ratings, while Plants vs Goblins 4 averages 2.6 from 143 ratings.
Do Zombies vs Ninja or Plants vs Goblins 4 have ads?
Zombies vs Ninja shows ads; Plants vs Goblins 4 does not.
Which is updated more often, Zombies vs Ninja or Plants vs Goblins 4?
Zombies vs Ninja ships an update fortnightly, and Plants vs Goblins 4 every 9 days. Most recently, Zombies vs Ninja was updated on October 21, 2026 and Plants vs Goblins 4 on October 21, 2026.

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