Comparison

Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 vs Mini World

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™ 2

Defend your brain from hilarious zombies using an army of powerful plants. Collect unique plant and zombie characters, power up your defenses, and compete in challenging arenas across diverse worlds and time periods.

Highlights
  • Collect hundreds of plants and zombies
  • Power up plants with Seed Packets
  • Compete against players in Arena
  • Journey through 11 worlds
  • Over 300 levels and endless zones
  • Daily Piñata Party events
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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. Play the award-winning hit action-strategy adventure where you meet, greet, and defeat legions of hilarious zombies from the dawn of time, to the end of days. Amass an army of amazing plants, supercharge them with Plant Food, and devise the ultimate plan to protect your brain. 200 Million Downloads – This app has received more than 200 million overall downloads. DISCOVER HUNDREDS OF PLANTS AND ZOMBIES Collect your favorite lawn legends, like Sunflower and Peashooter, along with hundreds of other horticultural hotshots, including creative bloomers like Lava Guava and Laser Bean. Go toe-to-missing-toe with a massive array of zombies at every turn, like Jetpack Zombie and Mermaid Imp – you’ll even have to protect your brain from rampant Zombie Chickens! GROW POWERFUL PLANTS Earn Seed Packets as you play and use them to fuel your potent plants. Power up attacks, double-down defenses, speed up planting time, and even gain entirely new abilities. Boost your plants to ensure those zombies are lawn-gone! COMPETE AGAINST OTHERS IN ARENA Think your zombie-bashing strategy is the best? Put your planting skills to the test when you face other players in Arena. Enter Arena and compete against other players to get the highest score on unique levels. Earn coins, piñatas, and more to top the leaderboards, level up through Leagues, and become the ultimate garden guardian. JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE AND TIME Battle across 11 crazy worlds, from Ancient Egypt to the Far Future, and beyond. With more than 300 levels, ultra-challenging endless zones, fun mini-games, and daily Piñata Party events, there’s always a new challenge to complete. Plus, ready your best defenses – Dr. Zomboss is waiting to take you on at the end of every world! Requires acceptance of EA’s Privacy & Cookie Policy and User Agreement. User Agreement: https://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBTERMS/US/en/PC/ Privacy and Cookie Policy: https://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBPRIVACY/US/en/PC/ Visit https://help.ea.com/en/ for assistance or inquiries.

About

Mini World

Unleash your creativity in a vast sandbox world where you can build anything you imagine, from houses to entire cities. Explore diverse game modes, play with friends online, and customize your character. This app offers a powerful game editor for creating your own unique experiences.

Highlights
  • Build and create anything imaginable
  • Explore expansive sandbox world
  • Multiple game modes (survival, creation, RPG)
  • Play and socialize with millions of players
  • Powerful in-app game editor
  • Character customization with skins
Features
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BUILD YOUR OWN ADVENTURE GAME Mini World is the ultimate dream game for you to let your creativity fly! Create and build anything you can imagine, a house, apartment, castle or even a city of your own! This is the best free game for teens, join now to play and have fun with millions of players in the Mini World global community. Your adventure begins now! SANDBOX WORLD WITH INFINITE CONTENTS Explore an expansive sandbox world with a variety of unique cute monsters, blocks, materials. Survival mode, creation mode, epic role playing mode, and various mini games created by the community. PLAY FREE AND BE SOCIAL! Jump into a friend's game with friendly fire turned on, or start a new world on your own. Chat with your friends’ game buddies online using private chat or group chat. Share your game with friends, or join other players from all over the world. Colorful boys & girls skins to customize your own character. POWERFUL GAME-EDITOR Various types of mini-games available, from parkour, to puzzle, to FPS, to strategy etc... all can be built by our powerful game-editor that is available even on mobile devices. You can truly build your own world anywhere. JOIN OUR COMMUNITY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miniworldtech Twitter: @miniwantech Discord: https://discord.gg/88GZq34 CS email: MiniworldCustomerService@gmail.com

Screenshots

Plants vs. Zombies™ 24 screens
Mini World4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 at 4.7 against Mini World's 4.2. Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 also leads on ratings volume (433K vs 8.3K) and chart position (#15 vs unranked). Mini World's advantage is review sentiment (61% vs 42%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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™ 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Mini World sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 has 433K ratings behind it against 8.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Plants vs. Zombies™ 2's written reviews are positive against 61% of Mini World's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 ships an update every 6 weeks, Mini World every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 versus Mini World: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlants vs. Zombies™ 2Mini World
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (433K ratings) — better4.2 (8.3K ratings)
Positive reviews42.0% of reviews61.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings433K — better8.3K
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#15 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB1.2 GB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperPopCapMiniwan Tech

Customer experience

Plants vs. Zombies™ 2

All ratings432,838 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews4,567 reviews
Positive42.0%
Neutral11.9%
Negative46.1%

Mini World

All ratings8,282 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews1,660 reviews
Positive61.3%
Neutral11.0%
Negative27.7%

User reviews

Plants vs. Zombies™ 2

From 433K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Unique worlds and plant/zombie designs
  • 🤖 Challenging levels and boss battles
  • 🎨 Impressive graphics and visuals
  • 🕹️ Enjoyable Arena and Penny's Pursuit modes

Room to improve

  • 💰 Excessive microtransactions and premium plants
  • 🔍 Confusing progression and upgrade systems
  • 🔥 Aggressive and intrusive ads
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🕰️ Slow and tedious grind for in-game resources

Mini World

From 8.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and creative game
  • 👍 Free alternative to Minecraft
  • 💡 Unique features and gameplay
  • 🚀 Smooth performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 💰 Expensive skins and customization
  • 🔒 Copyright concerns
  • 🤔 Confusing for new players

Bugs and requests

Plants vs. Zombies™ 2

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Progress/plant data randomly deleted
  • Music and sound effects not working
  • Battlez mode matchmaking issues
  • Piñata Party rewards not registering
  • Crashes when completing levels

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode without ads
  • More free/unlockable premium plants
  • Ability to transfer progress across devices
  • Multiplayer mode with player vs player
  • More varied and challenging worlds

Mini World

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Dropped items get stuck on screen
  • Multiplayer rooms not loading properly
  • Sudden character teleportation and world resets
  • Invisible entities and visual glitches

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more free skins and customization options
  • Improve multiplayer functionality
  • Optimize performance and fix bugs
  • Provide better tutorials for new players

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Plants vs. Zombies™ 2

One-time10
  • Bonus Seed Slot$0.99
  • Gem Pack 20$1.99
  • Coin Pack 5000$2.99
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  • Plant - Snow Pea$3.99
  • Coin Pack 10000$4.99
  • Gem Pack 50$4.99
  • Electric Peashooter$4.99
  • Coin Pack 20000$9.99
  • Gem Pack 110$9.99
  • Gem Pack 250$19.99
10 purchases

Mini World

One-time10
  • 50 Mini Coins$0.99
  • 100 Mini Coins$1.99
  • Battle Pass$2.99
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  • 250 Mini Coins$4.99
  • 300 Mini Coins$5.99
  • Battle Pass Premium$6.99
  • 500 Mini Coins$9.99
  • 1000 Mini Coins$19.99
  • 2500 Mini Coins$49.99
  • 5000 Mini Coins$99.99

Questions

Is Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 free?
Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mini World free?
Mini World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 or Mini World?
Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 is rated higher. Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 433K ratings, while Mini World averages 4.2 from 8.3K ratings.
Do Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 or Mini World have ads?
Both Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 and Mini World show ads.
Which is updated more often, Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 or Mini World?
Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 ships an update every 6 weeks, and Mini World every 3 weeks. Most recently, Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 was updated on October 25, 2026 and Mini World on October 25, 2026.

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