Comparison

Animation Throwdown vs Card Throwing!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Animation Throwdown

Collect cards featuring characters from popular animated shows and battle other players in strategic duels. Build and upgrade your deck, join a guild, and compete in challenges to rise to the top.

Highlights
  • Collect cards from favorite animated shows
  • Strategic PVP card battles
  • Build and upgrade your card deck
  • Join guilds and chat with friends
  • Conquer story levels and arenas
  • Weekly challenges and guild wars
Features
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Animation Throwdown is the collectible card game that lets you collect cards and battle with characters from your favorite shows! Collect cards featuring characters and moments from your favorite cartoons. FAMILY GUY, FUTURAMA, AMERICAN DAD, KING OF THE HILL, BOB’S BURGERS and FX’s ARCHER duke it out in Animation Throwdown’s epic CCG! PVP battles let you duel other players in strategic head-to-head card battles. Enter epic card wars with Bob, Linda, Tina, Louise or Gene and fight Peter or Stewie Griffin! Battle, build and upgrade your deck for a cartoon card clash. Build a deck and join a guild with your friends, share tips and tricks through chat. Can you rise to the top? Card battles may be digital, but the stakes are real!* The fate of the world rests in your hands!** (*Stakes are not real) (**The fate of the world does not rest in your hands.) STEWIE, BENDER, LANA, PAM, TINA BELCHER, HANK HILL & ROGER THE ALIEN are waiting for you in this epic CCG! Come battle your way to the top in PVP duels! Collectible Card Game Collect cards of your favorite characters from each and every show Collect and fuse to design an epic deck Build card combos and find powerful new cards in Mom’s Mystery Box for special surprises and skins. Card Battles Battle to conquer 30+ islands of story levels to win cards – can you unlock Onyx Mode? Duel other players to level up in the Arena and unlock Secret Fight Club. Card battle challenges and Guild wars are available every week for big rewards. Play for infinite hours, provided that you never stop playing! Cartoon characters from your favorite shows: Family Guy’s Peter Griffin arrives alongside, Stewie, Lois, Meg, & Chris! Futurama’s Bender approaches with Fry, Leela, & Zoidberg! American Dad’s Stan Smith goes in for the attack with Francine, Klaus & Hayley! King of the Hill’s Hank Hill puts the “pain” in “propane” with Peggy, Dale, Jeff, & Bobby! Bob's Burgers’ Tina Belcher cooks the competition, joined by Bob Belcher, and Teddy! Your favorite Cartoon characters will make you laugh ‘til you drop your phone (or tablet) in the toilet! FX's Archer needs you on his very own spy missions! Download Animation Throwdown and join the card battling adventure today! Please Note: A network connection is required to play. Login or sign up for a Kongregate account to save progress across devices! Rated 18+ by the Indonesia Game Rating System (IGRS). Animation Throwdown CCG is free to play, but some extra game items can be purchased for real money. You can disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards ™ and © 2016 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

About

Card Throwing!

Master the art of card throwing in this fun and engaging game. Draw paths to launch cards, smash targets like balloons and fruits, and aim for the bullseye. With endless levels and tablet support, it's designed for all ages.

Highlights
  • Draw paths to throw cards
  • Smash balloons and cut fruits
  • Hit the bullseye
  • Endless game levels
  • Tablet support
Features
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Draw a path, throw cards, avoid obstacles, smash balloons, cut fruits, and finally hit the bullseye. Ha, It’s so cool! Features: ◉ Perfect design,Full of funny. ◉ Endless game levels. ◉ Tablet support. Card Throwing is Suit for all age and completely FREE to play! Now play and become the master of Card Throwing!

Screenshots

Animation Throwdown4 screens
Card Throwing!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Card Throwing! at none against Animation Throwdown's shown. Card Throwing! also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Animation Throwdown's advantage is ratings volume (43K vs 23) and chart position (#83 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Animation Throwdown sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Card Throwing! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Animation Throwdown against 4.6 for Card Throwing!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animation Throwdown has 43K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Animation Throwdown versus Card Throwing!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimation ThrowdownCard Throwing!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (43K ratings) — better4.6 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews65.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings43K — better23
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#83 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size404 MB150 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKongregateBIGDOG GAMES

Customer experience

Animation Throwdown

All ratings43,014 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews697 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral9.5%
Negative25.5%

Card Throwing!

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%

Bugs and requests

Animation Throwdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes when opening the shop
  • Tutorial gets stuck on card upgrade screen
  • Arena rewards not properly credited

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add real-time PvP mode
  • Improve guild communication features
  • Implement card recycling system
  • Reduce research and upgrade times

Card Throwing!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Animation Throwdown

One-time10
  • Limited Time Pack2 variants$2.99
  • Small Gem Pack$4.99
  • Time Limited Pack$4.99
Show 7 more
  • Get it now! Time Limited Pack$4.99
  • Medium Gem Pack$9.99
  • Special Pack$9.99
  • VIP Card$9.99
  • Large Gem Pack$19.99
  • Exclusive! Limited Time Pack$19.99
  • Mega Quest Season Pass$19.99
1 purchases

Card Throwing!

One-time1
  • No Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Animation Throwdown free?
Animation Throwdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Card Throwing! free?
Card Throwing! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Animation Throwdown or Card Throwing!?
Animation Throwdown is rated higher. Animation Throwdown averages 4.7 out of 5 from 43K ratings, while Card Throwing! averages 4.6 from 23 ratings.
Do Animation Throwdown or Card Throwing! have ads?
Animation Throwdown shows ads; Card Throwing! does not.
Which is updated more often, Animation Throwdown or Card Throwing!?
Animation Throwdown ships an update weekly, and Card Throwing! weekly. Most recently, Animation Throwdown was updated on September 26, 2026 and Card Throwing! on August 15, 2026.

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