Which is tougher, Android or iOS? Or neither?

"You know son, there's a war coming.."

I would guess just based on AGE of players that Android is more competitive, but that will narrow over time. 

I would assume that android also has the larger player base (positioning in play store never mind iPhone vs android installs)

Really though when were talking about hangers if we DONT identify the platform, things will get confusing quickly, with android players seeding lower for the same hanger.

There are plenty of people who use both and should be able to chime in with more concrete data and experiences. 

Started playing the game with a friend about 3 weeks ago. He started 3 days before me on iOS and recommended the game for me.. Since then I got really hooked to it. Already invested 200€ in the game and bought a Lancelot, 4 orkans and opened the fifth slot..
Invested gold in buying some Wp and upgrade time as well. The latter move being a little short-sighted and intolerant on my behalf.

My friend invested nothing so far. He has a 3 slot hangar with one Leo, a Golem and the third spot another Leo or a Natasha I think (not sure about third slot but it is definitely something very standard)

He only has a Thunder up to level 8 other than that all at or below 6.. And he's already in gold 2 and advancing to gold 1..

Meanwhile I'm playing it like 10x more often than him and invested all of the above and struggling hard to reach gold.. Currently silver 1 and need 100 points for gold.. Went as far as 35 points short of gold..

I asked him to share the hangars of his teammates and opponents and there is a huge difference between his and mine..

Now it could be that I'm getting tougher competition because I upgraded very fast and playing with a considerably better hangar than his. However the new MM is more performance rating reliant, otherwise I wouldn't be getting hangars that much stronger than mine. And he's been getting hangars always same level as his.. Only now it's starting to get tough for him..

And of you think a about it, it makes complete sense.

Worldwide iOS has around 15% market share (Google it).. The rest almost all Android.. Even if iOS had one year in advance over Android with War Robots, there is a huge gap in target audience.. After one year in Android, the game user base should reflect the actual market share.. That is there are 5.5 more players in Android than on iOS. This could easily result in such gap between the respective leagues.

Now in the US the gap is not as big between the two platforms. So it is harder for you to mark this difference. But worldwide it is so..

More often than not I miss a significant chunk of my Ork or Tukimbas because I cant hold the pointer steady fixed at the center of the target. With mouse this could be eliminated. But on emulators one experience more lags, and lags are worse than accuracy problems..

Choosing weapons is a big advantage though.. I haven't yet been able to hit the right weapon all the time.. My finger hit the red button by mistake or doesn't hit any button at all. And it is impossible to hit the the bottom two weapons together. Even the upper two are very difficult to hit together. One has with touch to activate them in succession.

I see quite alot of Diamond+ players posting stuff here about their hangar being 9/9 on iOS, wich is almost impossible reaching D+ on Android without alot of persistance or squad play, so....
Android is harder IMO.

There's more people on the android servers, furthermore there's more variety of devices in use when it come to android.

From my point of view it's harder to climb the ladder as there's more opponents. Different (vastly) devices means there could possibly be physical advantage?
Based on the point of views about iOS vs android leagues the weapons you face lower on the android leagues very different.

Neither is "harder". There is just a difference in the avg. hangar strength you will face in a particular league depending on the platform.

It's pointless to compare the two.

Im 9/9 expert on ios, and 7/7 silver on android. So thinking android has more players or some factor to push players down, but i play ios more too

By experiece playing on both platforms Android is always harder i dont know why, but battles are always more competitive . i think is because of amount of players 

I play with 9/9 in Expert 2 but there are very few players with the same levels. Most are level 11 here, followed by 12 and 10.

That said, android should be harder because they have more players.

I don't play on iOS so take my opinion with a suitable dash of salt. I've seen nothing that leads me to believe playing the game is inherently harder on either platform. I have seen lots of evidence that the league seeding/sorting is drastically different and Android hangers tend to be much higher leveled in lower tiers but honestly everyone is in the same boat on each platform.

Just because a 9/9 hangar tends to sort as Diamond rather than Silver 1/Gold 3 doesn't mean it gets harder or easier matches. After all, all the rival players got sorted the same way so an average foe should be comparable in strength.

The easier access to higher leagues in iOS should eventually lead to gold being a little easier to come by (from league rewards) and thus an increase in gold currency gear in lower level hangars but again, everyone gets it so it's a level playing field.

This is not true. Can't be true actually in case there is indeed significant difference in amount of active user between the two platforms.

The competitiveness should be the same or very similar at least. As there is no reason why iOS or Andrpid players be more skilled than the other..

However, let's say you've got a 3 slot 6/6 hangar on both platforms, if there are let's say double as many players on Android than on iOS, then higher level players will have to spread over more leagues than on iOS, pushing you, the lower level player, down the league ratings.

For example Android contains 1000 12/12 hangars.
All these guys can't fit in one league, due to time played and skill difference. So these will spread over 4 leagues with an average of 250 each. 500 12/12 on iOS will have to spread then over 2 leagues.

The reason for this is that on Android there is so more chance to find enough online players near your level. So let's say you're in gold 2, then its more probable to play against gold than on iOS. Same player on iOS will habe more weaker hangars than that on Android in order to fill the 12 slots. So he will advance more quickly and higher as there is more room to climb until reaching the climax for a certain hangar.

Other than that, I have evidence myself. Not until I bought a Lancelot, Orkans, 5th slot and upgraded my weapons till I managed to climb from bronze 2 to Silver 1.. I invested real money for it. If it's based purely on skill I would have stayed in bronze.

Then there is a completely different factor that comes in play which is mostly overseen.

Not all players invest similar times in the game. Some will play much more or less than others. To reach your max stage you need to play enough time and collect enough points to arrive there. If you play less on average than the majority it will take you more time to reach your fitting league.

On the way you will be matched with weaker opponents. Those weaker opponents will be delayed in their climb by this. Since Android has more players than iOS, probability of getting strong and not so active hangars is higher.