Balatro vs Trestle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Trestle
A fast-paced card game where players stack cards on five trestles, creating chains for higher scores. Match the top card to clear a trestle and earn tokens to unlock better cards for future rounds. Enjoy offline play with no ads or in-app purchases.
- Stack cards on five trestles
- Chain runs for bigger scores
- Match top card to clear trestle
- Earn tokens for better cards
- Offline play
- No ads
- No in-app purchases
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A quick card game about building high and knowing when to clear the table. Stack cards on five trestles, chain runs for bigger scores, and match the top card to clear a trestle. Spend the tokens you earn on better cards between runs. No ads. No in-app purchases. Plays offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Trestle at Free against Balatro's $9.99. Trestle also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Balatro's advantage is ratings volume (109K vs 2) and chart position (#2 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads 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
Trestle is free to download; Balatro costs $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 Balatro against 5.0 for Trestle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Balatro has 109K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Balatro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Trestle's.
Balatro ships an update every 8 days, Trestle weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Balatro | Trestle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (109K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 109K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Playstack Ltd | Joseph Cox |
Customer experience
Balatro
Trestle
Bugs and 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
Trestle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Balatro
No in-app purchases
Trestle
No in-app purchases
