Trio vs Ball Panic!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trio
Navigate a challenging obstacle course by tapping to change your shape. Unlock a variety of heroes and figures as you aim for your highest score. Test your reflexes and see how far you can go.
- Tap to change shape
- Dodge obstacles
- Unlock heroes
- Collect figures
- High score tracking
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Tap to change shape and slip through all the obstacles! Unlock heroes and discover the coolest set of figures. What is your best score?
Ball Panic!
Tap to destroy incoming balls before they fill the screen in this fast-paced game. React quickly to clear the play area and avoid losing.
- Tap to blast balls
- Avoid screen fill-up
- Frantic gameplay
- Fast-paced action
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Tap to blast the balls in this frantic new game! Do not let the balls fill up the screen!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ball Panic! at 5.0 against Trio's 3.9. Ball Panic! also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 56%). Trio's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Both are free to download. Trio sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Ball Panic! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ball Panic! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trio has 184 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Trio's written reviews are positive against 75% of Ball Panic!'s.
Trio ships an update fortnightly, Ball Panic! every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trio | Ball Panic! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (184 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.2% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 184 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ketchapp | 1Button SARL |
Customer experience
Trio
Ball Panic!
Bugs and requests
Trio
Reported bugs
9 issues- Ads won't dismiss
- Game glitches causing losses
- App won't delete
- App won't load
- Stuck on title/loading screen
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- Object moves off path
- Game bugs out after seconds
- Follow camera too narrow
- App won't finish downloading
Requested features
3 requests- Fix character unlocking
- Improve character purchasing
- Address stereotypes in characters
Ball Panic!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trio
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Super Character$1.99
Ball Panic!
- Remove Ads$1.99
