# banco — stake it or bank it

> stake it or bank it (iPhone/iPad app by Richard Silcock.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/banco/id6791739388 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Richard Silcock](https://appshunter.io/developer/6789853444)
- Category: Games, Action, Casual
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-24
- Data updated: 2026-08-20
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/banco/id6791739388/reviews.md

## What is banco?

banco is a one-tap game of nerve. A spark runs around one big ring. Tap it inside the bright window and 1 goes into your pot. Tap it through the golden gate and the pot banks into your score. Die first and the whole pot goes with you.

That's the whole game. It's also the hardest choice you'll make all day.

HOW IT PLAYS
• Tap in the window to stake 1 into the pot
• Every stake makes the spark faster, the next window smaller, and squeezes the ring tighter around you
• Tap through the golden gate to bank the pot into your score
• Tap anywhere else and the run ends, pot and all
• The fuse is always burning down. Staking tops it up, banking fills it. Let it burn out and the run ends

SHARP PLAY PAYS
• Tap the centre of the window for a perfect stake and a full fuse
• Chain perfects and the game keeps count
• Bank through the centre of the gate for a bonus point

IT GROWS AS YOU GO
• Only banked points count, and the game gets meaner every 10
• The ring changes shape as you climb and the whole world slowly turns
• At every 40 banked the ring flips right over

MADE TO FEEL GOOD
• The stake melody climbs as your pot deepens, so you can hear how much you're risking
• Banking plays one warm bell note for every point that comes home
• Crisp haptics that get heavier the deeper you are
• A colour-blind mode and a sound toggle in settings

No timers, no energy, no daily nags. Just you, the pot, and the gate.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-29

Fixes the Game Center leaderboard so your best scores appear for everyone.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-24

No release notes.

## More apps by Richard Silcock

- [zompo](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zompo/id6789853442)
- [lancio](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lancio/id6791737717)
- [echo!](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/echo/id6791745706)
- [tondo!](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tondo/id6791746978)
- [lampo!](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lampo/id6791747514)

All apps by Richard Silcock: https://appshunter.io/developer/6789853444

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