Comparison

Animation Throwdown vs Pocket ZONE

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

Pocket ZONE

Embark on a co-op survival adventure in a post-apocalyptic Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Craft your hero, explore a vast map, and engage in a hardcore survival simulation with RPG elements. Trade with players and uncover the mysteries of the Zone.

Highlights
  • Co-op survival gameplay
  • RPG character customization
  • Large explorable Zone map
  • Player trading and exchange
  • Hardcore survival simulation
  • Randomized text events
  • Extensive loot and equipment system
Features
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New co-op survival game from the developers of Pocket Survivor, Pocket Survivor 2, Pocket Survivor: Expansion has reached an unprecedented level of nuclear addicting mix in the direction of text quest and RPG, event visualization and hundreds of different character animations! A burning cocktail of unusual gameplay from the symbiosis of the Unique survival setting of the stalkers of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and the Role-playing System, a classic RPG in the spirit of the world of Fallout and the Wasteland! Artifacts and mutants, adventurers and bandits, endless generated events in the game with a well-thought-out role-playing system of classes and skills, as well as an indescribable atmosphere of loner survival in the brutal world of the Zone! - The zone challenges you! Can you survive in her strong embrace even for a day? - Your goal is to survive and become fabulously rich! - See the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and achieve your innermost dream with the help of the legendary Wishmaster. Or maybe you just want to get away from the gray and boring life of megalopolises and just wander through the wastelands of the earth, where a person is again left alone with an aggressive environment that dreams of devouring him? Features of the game: Create your own Hero from hundreds of visual body parts and high-quality RPG - role-playing system of character classes and their skills and abilities Large detailed map of the Zone with ten unique locations. Ability to exchange and trade found items between real players and friends. A hardcore real-life mobile survival system with the best RPG component inspired by the Fallout and Stalker series Interesting random text events, the outcome of which depends only on your choice and on external factors that directly affect your chances of survival. A complex and well-thought-out loot system, and more than a hundred random events while searching for and confronting the aggressive environment of the anomalous world of the Zone. Over 100 different types of weapons, armor, helmets, backpacks and costumes, including legendary and mythical items! Artifacts and the ability to equip them will add variability to the gameplay. Real radio stalkers in the spirit of the previous parts will help raise morale and survive in this abnormal world! Real survival simulation. You need to eat, drink, rest, sleep, and heal injuries and illnesses. Lack of a direct, linear plot, and the ability to study the world of the Zone and stalkers by indirect events. If you are a fan of games such as STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl, Call of Pripyat, Clear Sky, Metro 2033, Fallout, Exodus, then this game is definitely for you! Play as a stalker - the Hero of the Chernobyl Zone, who found himself in harsh post-apocalyptic conditions and help him survive in a world unfit for existence! We use the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Animation Throwdown4 screens
Pocket ZONE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Animation Throwdown at weekly against Pocket ZONE's every 2 months. Animation Throwdown also leads on ratings volume (43K vs 3.8K) and chart position (#91 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 Pocket ZONE sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. 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 4.7 for Pocket ZONE. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animation Throwdown has 43K ratings behind it against 3.8K, 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 80% of Pocket ZONE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animation Throwdown ships an update weekly, Pocket ZONE every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Animation Throwdown versus Pocket ZONE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimation ThrowdownPocket ZONE
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (43K ratings) — better4.7 (3.8K ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews79.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43K — better3.8K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#91 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size369 MB221 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKongregateAPPWILL COMPANY LTD

Customer experience

Animation Throwdown

All ratings43,227 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews1,651 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral8.6%
Negative19.2%

Pocket ZONE

All ratings3,766 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews412 reviews
Positive79.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative13.8%

User reviews

Animation Throwdown

From 43K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Enjoyable mix of cartoon characters
  • 🎨 Visually appealing graphics
  • 💎 Generous free-to-play rewards

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Slow progression without spending money
  • 🤖 Unfair matchmaking against higher-level players
  • 🔍 Lack of transparency on drop rates
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 💰 Overly aggressive monetization

Pocket ZONE

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great pocket version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games
  • 👍 Friendly community
  • 🤝 Supports developers
  • 🕹️ Unique and immersive gameplay
  • 🌆 Atmospheric and well-designed

Room to improve

  • 🔁 Repetitive and grindy progression
  • 🐛 Bugs causing loss of items
  • 🔍 Unclear tutorial and lack of guidance
  • 🔫 Unbalanced difficulty scaling
  • 💰 Premium currency tied to characters

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

Pocket ZONE

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Disappearing items in storage
  • Weapons getting deleted after repairs
  • Anomaly damage being inconsistent
  • Accuracy and hit chance issues
  • Language translation problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • More quests and story content
  • Ability to change character class
  • Improved inventory management
  • Multiplayer and co-op features
  • Ability to save progress across devices

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
11 purchases

Pocket ZONE

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (1 Week)$2.997 Days
One-time10
  • Buy 500 Neuro$0.99
  • Buy 50000 Bruble$0.99
  • Buy 1000 Neuro$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Buy 2000 Neuro$3.99
  • Buy 5000 Neuro$5.99
  • Buy 10000 Neuro$8.99
  • Buy 1000000 Bruble$8.99
  • Buy 50000 Neuro$64.99
  • Buy 100000 Neuro$99.99
  • Buy 10000000 Bruble$99.99

Questions

Is Animation Throwdown free?
Animation Throwdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket ZONE free?
Pocket ZONE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Animation Throwdown or Pocket ZONE?
Animation Throwdown is rated higher. Animation Throwdown averages 4.7 out of 5 from 43K ratings, while Pocket ZONE averages 4.7 from 3.8K ratings.
Do Animation Throwdown or Pocket ZONE have ads?
Both Animation Throwdown and Pocket ZONE show ads.
Which is updated more often, Animation Throwdown or Pocket ZONE?
Animation Throwdown ships an update weekly, and Pocket ZONE every 2 months. Most recently, Animation Throwdown was updated on October 30, 2026 and Pocket ZONE on October 30, 2026.

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