TriPeakz vs Balatro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TriPeakz
Enjoy a pure card game experience without interruptions. Solve endless decks, track your progress with subtle statistics, and customize the game's appearance. Optimized for one-handed play.
- Ad-free gameplay
- No in-app purchases
- Endless deck solving
- Personal record statistics
- One-handed optimization
- Customizable themes and card backs
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Play Tri Peaks without ads, in-app purchases, leaderboards and competitions. Simply solve deck after deck without interruption. You may also be tempted by the subtle statistics to set new personal records. TriPeakz is optimised for one-handed play. And if you want to make the game even more your own, you can customise the look with multiple colour themes and card backs. Thank you for playing my game!
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: TriPeakz at $1.99 against Balatro's $9.99. TriPeakz also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Balatro's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (108K vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
TriPeakz costs $1.99 and Balatro $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TriPeakz against 5.0 for Balatro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Balatro has 108K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of TriPeakz's written reviews are positive against 81% of Balatro's.
TriPeakz ships an update every 20 months, Balatro every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TriPeakz | Balatro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 5.0 (108K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 108K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #2 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Martin Knopf | Playstack Ltd |
Customer experience
TriPeakz
Balatro
Bugs and requests
TriPeakz
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
TriPeakz
No in-app purchases
Balatro
No in-app purchases
