# Balatro — user reviews > 1,788 indexed App Store user reviews of Balatro by Playstack Ltd, rated 5.00/5 from 105,357 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/balatro/id6502453075/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/balatro/id6502453075.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 103,058 · 4★ 1,430 · 3★ 284 · 2★ 130 · 1★ 455 ## What do users think of Balatro? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎮 Addictive gameplay - 💎 Unique and compelling mechanics - 👍 Easy to learn, hard to master - 🎨 Charming pixel art and music - 💰 Great value for money **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and save issues - 🔍 Small text and UI elements - 🔋 Battery draining - 🔇 No background music support **Commonly reported bugs** - Unlocks and achievements not registering properly - Crashes and freezes on certain devices - Joker and card interactions not working as expected **Most requested features** - Cloud save sync across devices - Portrait mode option - Customizable UI and accessibility settings ## Newest reviews (16 of 1,788) ### 4/5 — Not saving *2026-08-23, version 1.3* Sometimes it just doesn’t save my progress. Like it says I have to beat something I already have multiple times. This makes unlocking new decks or collections very frustrating. The game would be perfect without that problem but that lowers my rating from 5 star to 4. ### 4/5 — Best game on iPhone *2026-08-19, version 1.3* This is the best game you can get on the App Store. The only reason it isn’t 5 stars is the audio doesn’t work most of the time. Still peak though ### 5/5 — Balala *2026-08-15, version 1.3* I mean like, it’s Balatro. Just wish there was a way to play mods on iPhone ### 5/5 — So fun *2026-08-15, version 1.3* I have this on my PS5 too, please make more games like this 🙏 ### 5/5 — My addiction *2026-08-14, version 1.3* I LOVE BALATRO!! ### 5/5 — ✋Absolute Cinema🤚 *2026-08-14, version 1.3* Dear devs, thank you for such an amazing card experience. Ever since I first bought this game on Steam, the concept of both solitaire, poker and stunning pixelated visuals blew my mind. And is just fantastic. Thank you again, and keep up the good work! Until next time😉 ### 5/5 — Fantastic game *2026-08-14, version 1.3* I accidentally found this game on Steam on sale, and my life has been better since. So addicting and good that I spent another 15$ to buy it on my phone so that I can always play it! ### 5/5 — It’s that good *2026-08-13, version 1.3* Already did every stake and challenge on Steam; wanted to do it again because this game is that good ### 5/5 — Exceptional with one exception *2026-08-13, version 1.3* Truly a magnificent game, endlessly enjoyable, but… often my achievements are not updating, I’m unlocking achievements but they are not registering. It’s disappointing as I have put so much effort into unlocking cards like the 4 of 7clubs only for it to ignore that I’ve done it on the achievements page. Are you only doing updates and fixes to the version on apple play? ### 5/5 — Simply the best *2026-08-13, version 1.3* Better than all the rest ### 4/5 — Great game but some of my progress disappeared *2026-08-12, version 1.3* I love this game, but when i loaded my save data on a new phone, i realized it was outdated? I previously beat all of the challenge modes, but when i downloaded my save from the cloud it says i havent. I have to do a jokerless run all over again 😭😭😭 ### 5/5 — Best card game ever made *2026-08-12, version 1.3* I have over 400 hours on steam and had to buy it on my phone gg ### 5/5 — Yes *2026-08-12, version 1.3* Gambling with cards ### 5/5 — Just in general *2026-08-12, version 1.3* I love the music. Very calming to listen to, it’s repetitive but you hardly notice. I love the in depth explanations in the info tab. ### 5/5 — La Rita *2026-08-12, version 1.3* Vicio ### 2/5 — Amaze amaze amaze *2026-08-12, version 1.3* I would sell all of my 5 children if I could play this game forever ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Genuinely reset it *2026-08-21, version 1.3* I deleted this stupid game 3 times to try and do the tutorial and it didn’t work? I signed out of my account deleted the app and still nothing this game sucks ### 1/5 — Game is rigged on phone *2026-08-17, version 1.3* Play this on my Xbox daily and win almost every time, play on my phone and lost almost every time. Fix it ### 1/5 — Was awesome, now janky. *2026-08-16, version 1.3* iPadOS used to be the definitive way to enjoy this masterpiece , now touch and pencil controls are broken. Correction: *still* broken. I know you’re a one man dev-team, but I haven’t been able to enjoy this game since before the new year. You’re letting your players down, man. ### 1/5 — Dumb *2026-08-14, version 1.3* Lost all progress after deleting caring me to reset from the beginning ### 1/5 — Helpp the game stop working *2026-08-07, version 1.3* When i try to play the name show un and its freeze ### 1/5 — Fun, unbalanced game for casual players. Enraging, grindfest, nightmare for completionists. *2026-08-03, version 1.3* Your skill in this game, as an average person, will be subject to completely random spikes in difficulty or RNG deciding whether you win or lose. Synergies and strategies will be tossed aside due to oppressive boss ablities, artificial scaling, and again. Pure, unfettered, RNG. Excessive amounts of grinding required to 100%. This is a nightmare game for completionists and I personally, can tell you i have just 100%ed this game on PC, and it is not worth the time sink. Realistically, you experience / unlock most of the game’s content after about 10-20 hours of play. after that its just nonsensically difficult and unfair challenges, many of whom are purely luck centric. 90% of losses feel un-earned which is made all the worse when you spend up to almost 30-40 minutes per run, constantly deliberating upon what to do and how to adapt to the jokers and boosters you are offered. this becomes incredibly exhausting after about 40 hours. so is balatro worth the price? i guess, if you are talking purely about the cost equivalent of time to experience the bulk of the game’s content, which would be roughly ¢0.32/hr, and closer to ¢0.05/hr at max completion. is it a good game? and well designed? i would have to say no. the aesthetics are appealing, and somewhat interesting to look at, but the primary gameplay loop, is ultimately looking for synergies without relying on external builds or community philosophy on how to progress / perfect the game, and then losing a 30 minute run at the very end for reasons beyond your control. if i can’t figure out an optimal strategy without needing to look up a build or find hidden random synergies (which the game does NOTHING to tutorialize you on, by the way), then that’s the game’s fault, and not mine. like many poorly designed roguelikes, it relies on player trial and error, which results in an artifical time sink which is not gratifying or cathartic whatsoever because upon reaching 100% completion… the game does… nothing. after grinding for ALL of the challenges, stickers, etc. You just get a trophy the game doesn’t even give you a special message, or ending credits, or anything. you just get bragging rights to tell your friends you wasted 150+ hours of your life on digital poker. so frustrating. ### 1/5 — Update; Bugs *2026-08-03, version 1.3* Too many to list ### 1/5 — Another flappy bird *2026-07-30, version 1.3* This game is another low effort game. I am shocked that it has so many 5 star reviews considering how simple it is ### 1/5 — too hard to see, cloud save is missing or broken. *2026-07-25, version 1.3* They just ported the pc version and scaled down the display. SO MANY things are nearly impossible to read, even with all the fx turned off. Plz update to make it usable on a phone screen! EDIT: also, the support site says there is a slider in settings to turn on iCloud Sync-- I can't find this anywhere, and saves do NOT sync between iOS devices, so I can't even play on my iPad. Very frustrating. ### 1/5 — God awful experience *2026-07-22, version 1.3* App refuses to load cloud save and so I can do NOTHING. Marvelous app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — gg *2026-08-26, version 1.3* good game but do not have cloud save😭 ### 5/5 — 这是我玩过最好的游戏 *2026-08-25, version 1.3* 这是我玩过最好的游戏 ### 5/5 — Goated game *2026-08-25, version 1.3* Played it on xbox goated game check it out yea😎 ### 5/5 — Balatro…Balatro…Balatro… *2026-08-22, version 1.3* For the first time EVER a game doesn’t disappoint me at all. AMAZING GAME. Kept me entertained for hours at time. Great game. Highly recommended, not sponsored so obviously trust my words. ### 5/5 — Achetez-le *2026-08-21, version 1.3* Quand je joue à Balatro, j’ai l’impression d’être baisé de tous les côtés en étant gelé au crack pour après appeler mon ami en pleurant pour afin qu’il me ramène chez moi. C’est tellement génial que j’y retourne le lendemain. ### 5/5 — Stress is Good *2026-08-19, version 1.3* stressful but so rewarding ### 5/5 — Cheeky *2026-08-18, version 1.3* Balatro. I paid 10 quid for the steam version cus i had spare money on my account, and i found liquid gold. This game is as addictive as whatever these kids inhale these days, BUT. I should deserve to get it on my phone for free, probably not but still a 5 star game. ### 5/5 — Best game *2026-08-18, version 1.3* I love this strategy game you can play for hours ### 5/5 — Топ *2026-08-17, version 1.3* Игра Крутая интересная ### 5/5 — Great Game! One bug though. *2026-08-15, version 1.3* Balatro is my favorite game of all time, competing with both Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Zelda: BotW for that spot! It’s insanely addictive, has a nice linear progression through stakes (except blue stake, that one sucks), and if you get tired by the standard gameplay loop, you can always try challenge decks for a fun switch up! However, there is a bug I have found that is really annoying. If you start a run offline, but later connect back to the internet during the run and then make it to ante 8 and win, sometimes it doesn’t count. You just beat gold stake? Ah that sucks mate, you’re still on orange! This bug is annoying, but despite it, I’m still having a lot of fun playing the game! Can’t wait for 1.1! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-30.*