# Plants vs. Zombies™ 2

> Collect garden guardians!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id597986893](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id597986893)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id597986893`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** PopCap
- **Category:** Adventure
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (432,754 ratings)
- **Version:** 13.4.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-27
- **First published:** 2013-08-15
- **Size:** 187 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plants-vs-zombies-2/id597986893)
- **Website:** [http://www.ea.com/iphone](http://www.ea.com/iphone)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBPRIVACY/US/en/PC](http://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBPRIVACY/US/en/PC)

## Description

Plants vs. Zombies 2: Garden Guardians is an award-winning action-strategy game from EA where you collect hundreds of plants to defend your brain against goofy zombies. Build your plant army, power up with Plant Food, and outsmart zombies through time-travel adventures across 11 worlds and 300+ levels.

Compete in Arena against other players, earn coins and Piñatas, and climb leaderboards through leagues. Journey across 11 worlds, 300+ levels, endless zones, and daily Piñata Party events, with Dr. Zomboss waiting at the end of each world. Optional in-app purchases offer virtual currency and items to accelerate progress.

## Rankings

- #1,005 — Overall
- #4 — Essential Strategy Games
- #6 — Amazing Games With Leaderboards
- #22 — The Best of What’s Hot
- #18 — offline
- #32 — game

## Review summary

Players generally love the core PvZ2 experience—the fun, addictive defense gameplay and abundant content, backed by a long-standing fan base. But recurring issues cloud the positives: intrusive ads with limited or temporary ad-free options; frequent progress and account data loss after updates; in-app purchase problems like missing items or failed charges; and UX annoyances such as lengthy tutorials, no pause, and ad overlays that disrupt play. These issues drive frustration and some players to rethink playing or removing ads.

### Pros

- Fun and addictive core Plants vs. Zombies 2 tower-defense gameplay.
- Rich content with many plants, events, and ongoing updates.
- Strong nostalgia and a long-standing fan base enjoying the game.

### Cons

- Intrusive ads with limited or temporary ad-free options; no permanent ad-free version.
- Frequent progress and account data loss after updates (resets, lost saves).
- In-app purchase problems (missing items, failed charges, refunds) and perceived pay-to-win aspects.
- UX issues such as lengthy tutorials, no pause feature, and ad overlays that disrupt play.

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