Super Auto Pets vs Balatro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Super Auto Pets
Assemble a team of adorable pets with distinct skills to compete against others. This free-to-play auto battler offers a relaxed pace for building and battling. Engage in asynchronous multiplayer or intense real-time matches.
- Build unique pet teams
- Asynchronous multiplayer arena
- Synchronous 8-player versus mode
- Standard, custom, and weekly pet packs
- Deck building and combo creation
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Build a team of cute pets with unique abilities. Battle against other players. Everything is at your own pace in this chill free-to-play auto battler. - Arena mode Chill asynchronous multiplayer without timers. Can you get 10 wins before losing all your hearts? - Versus mode Intense synchronous game with 8 players and quick decision making. Can you be the last team standing before another team knocks you out? - Standard packs For players who want to start playing quickly. Packs contain the pets that are available during gameplay. Standard packs are pre-built for everyone and offer a fair competition. - Custom packs For fans of deck building. All pets can be mixed and matched to create satisfying combos. More expansions offer even more possibilities. - Weekly packs For fans of variety. Weekly packs are generated every Monday and contain a completely random set of pets for everyone to play. Standard Apple EULA applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Balatro
This game blends poker and solitaire mechanics with unique rule-bending twists. Build powerful poker hands, discover game-changing Joker cards, and create exciting combos to defeat challenging Boss Blinds. Explore different decks and game modes for endless replayability.
- Poker and Solitaire hybrid gameplay
- Rule-bending mechanics
- Collect over 150 unique Joker cards
- Create powerful combos
- Campaign and challenge modes
- Pixel art visuals
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Welcome to the official Balatro mobile game! Hypnotic and endlessly satisfying, Balatro is a magical mix of card games like Solitaire and Poker, that lets you twist the rules in ways never seen before! Your goal is to beat the Boss Blinds by making strong poker hands. Find new Jokers that change the game and create awesome and exciting combos! Win enough chips to beat tricky bosses, and find hidden bonus hands and decks as you play. You’ll need all the help you can get to beat the big boss, win the final challenge, and win the game. Features: * Remastered controls for touch screen devices. * Each run is different: every pick-up, discard and joker can dramatically alter the course of your run. * Multiple game items: discover over 150 Jokers, each with special powers. Use them with different decks,upgrade cards and vouchers to boost your scores. * Different Game modes: Campaign mode and challenge mode for you to play. * Beautiful Pixel Art: Immerse yourself in the CRT fuzz and enjoy detailed, hand-crafted pixel art.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Super Auto Pets at Free against Balatro's $9.99. Balatro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Super Auto Pets is free to download; Balatro costs $9.99 up front. Super Auto Pets sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Balatro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Balatro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Balatro has 108K ratings behind it against 4.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Super Auto Pets's written reviews are positive against 81% of Balatro's.
Super Auto Pets ships an update every 5 weeks, Balatro every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Super Auto Pets | Balatro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.4K ratings) | 5.0 (108K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.8% of reviews | 81.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.4K | 108K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #2 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 350 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Team Wood Games ApS | Playstack Ltd |
Customer experience
Super Auto Pets
Balatro
User reviews
Super Auto Pets
From 4.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Endless replayability
- 👍 Cute and charming design
- 🚀 Quick and easy to play
- 💡 Unique auto-battler mechanics
- 👍 Engaging and addictive gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 🔒 Matchmaking and RNG issues
- 👎 Unbalanced pets and strategies
- 👎 Pay-to-win concerns
Balatro
From 108K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Addictive gameplay
- 💎 Unique and compelling mechanics
- 👍 Easy to learn, hard to master
- 🎨 Charming pixel art and music
- 💰 Great value for money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and save issues
- 🔍 Small text and UI elements
- 🔋 Battery draining
- 🔇 No background music support
Bugs and requests
Super Auto Pets
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and lost progress
- Freezing and loading problems
- Incorrect pet/food interactions
Requested features
5 requests- More customization options
- Offline/AI mode
- Improved matchmaking system
- Better tutorial and onboarding
- Expanded pet and food variety
Balatro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unlocks and achievements not registering properly
- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
- Joker and card interactions not working as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Cloud save sync across devices
- Portrait mode option
- Customizable UI and accessibility settings
In-app purchases
Super Auto Pets
- Plus7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Halo$0.99
- Space Teleporter$0.99
- Scary Forest Background$2.99
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- Desert$2.99
- Early Adopter Hat$2.99
- Meteor Rain$2.99
- Puppy pack$4.99
- Random Roll$4.99
- Mini Pack #2$4.99
- Mini Pack #1$4.99
- Star Pack$9.99
- Golden Pack$9.99
- Unicorn Pack$9.99
- Danger pack$9.99
- Pack Bundle$39.99
Balatro
No in-app purchases
