Comparison

Animation Throwdown vs Wrestle Deck

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

Wrestle Deck

Build a wrestling stable by collecting cards of real indie wrestlers. Strategize with type advantages and gimmicks to win matches and unlock new promotions. Expand your locker room and gym bag to manage more talent and items.

Highlights
  • Collect over 100 wrestling cards
  • Build and manage multiple wrestling stables
  • Compete in matches with type advantages
  • Utilize unique wrestler gimmicks
  • Unlock new wrestling promotions
  • Complete daily tasks for rewards
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Wrestle Deck allows the player to call the shots in the ring! There are over 100 cards to collect, featuring some of the hottest names in indie wrestling. Your stable of wrestlers will compete in a series of matches with unlockable promotions like Monster Factory, New Texas Pro Wrestling, Action Pro Wrestling, Wrestling Revolver and Warrior Wrestling. Work your way up from a small arena to showcasing your fights in a champion ring. With type advantages and gimmicks in the mix, each fight will strike just enough balance between strategy and a potential upset! Expand your locker to accommodate more talent, as you build up your deck. Switch between multiple stables, pre-set by you, to challenge opponents in the ring. Daily tasks will allow you to not only expand your locker but upgrade your gym bag as well, enabling you to carry more gimmicks that will help spice up the matches for your deck. Some of the awesome talent featured in the deck include... - Rachael Ellering - Ace Austin - Ricky Morton - Fuego Del Sol - Alex Zayne - JD Drake - Anthony Henry - Masha Slamovich - Zicky Dice - Danny Limelight - World Famous Cheeseburger ...And many more! Wrestle Deck Gameplay: - Create a stable featuring talents from all over the world, from major promotions and the independent wrestling scene. - Build your locker room with some of the hottest names in wrestling, including some up-and-coming talent. - Level up your cards by competing in matches and use type advantages to defeat your opponents. - Collect gimmicks and store them in your gym bag to help you along the way. - Finish Daily Tasks to earn rings that allow you to unlock more storage in your gym bag, and expand your locker room to hold more cards. - The Books allow you to see cards you’ve gone up against, or collected. Draw cards to build up your deck, create the ultimate stable, and rise to the top to boast the title of Wrestle Deck champion!

Screenshots

Animation Throwdown4 screens
Wrestle Deck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Animation Throwdown at weekly against Wrestle Deck's every 19 months. Animation Throwdown also leads on ratings volume (43K vs 95) and chart position (#71 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 Wrestle Deck sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. 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 Wrestle Deck. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animation Throwdown has 43K ratings behind it against 95, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Animation Throwdown's written reviews are positive against 75% of Wrestle Deck's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animation Throwdown ships an update weekly, Wrestle Deck every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Animation Throwdown versus Wrestle Deck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimation ThrowdownWrestle Deck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (43K ratings) — better4.6 (95 ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43K — better95
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 19 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#71 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size369 MB61 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKongregateRaymond Cook

Customer experience

Animation Throwdown

All ratings43,227 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews1,649 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral8.6%
Negative19.2%

Wrestle Deck

All ratings98 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

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

Wrestle Deck

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
4 purchases

Wrestle Deck

One-time4
  • 10 Brass Rings$0.99
  • 25 Brass Rings$1.99
  • 65 Brass Rings$4.99
Show 1 more
  • 140 Brass Rings$9.99

Questions

Is Animation Throwdown free?
Animation Throwdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wrestle Deck free?
Wrestle Deck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Animation Throwdown or Wrestle Deck?
Animation Throwdown is rated higher. Animation Throwdown averages 4.7 out of 5 from 43K ratings, while Wrestle Deck averages 4.6 from 95 ratings.
Do Animation Throwdown or Wrestle Deck have ads?
Both Animation Throwdown and Wrestle Deck show ads.
Which is updated more often, Animation Throwdown or Wrestle Deck?
Animation Throwdown ships an update weekly, and Wrestle Deck every 19 months. Most recently, Animation Throwdown was updated on October 23, 2026 and Wrestle Deck on October 21, 2026.

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