Comparison

Balloons vs knocky

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Balloons

Features
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This is a mobile game - Play starts the game, balloons float up which players pop by tapping on them before the time runs out or before the balloons reach the bottom of the screen. Each round completed adds more time and more balloons than the previous round. Upload Balloon Image allows the player to decorate the balloons with an image from their camera roll. Players can turn on or off the popping sound of balloons being popped.

About

knocky

Features
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knocky is a fast single-player destruction game built around simple controls and satisfying tower collapses. Drag to aim, drop the ball, and tear through moving towers before you run out of lives. Each run pushes you to line up better hits, clear tougher layouts, and squeeze more score out of every bounce. Features: - One-touch tower destruction gameplay - Multiple ball types with different weight and bounce - Score-chasing runs with escalating difficulty - Clean visuals and punchy physics feedback - Quick sessions that still reward precision and planning knocky is easy to pick up, but the best runs come from timing, placement, and clean reads on every tower.

Screenshots

Balloons3 screens
knocky3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: knocky at none against Balloons's shown. knocky also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 days) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Balloons ships an update every 6 days, knocky every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Balloons versus knocky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBalloonsknocky
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.014.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB83 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperANDREW YUFENG MAAdem Guclu

In-app purchases

None

Balloons

No in-app purchases

None

knocky

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Balloons free?
Balloons is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is knocky free?
knocky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Balloons or knocky have ads?
Balloons shows ads; knocky does not.
Which is updated more often, Balloons or knocky?
Balloons ships an update every 6 days, and knocky every 3 days. Most recently, Balloons was updated on October 15, 2026 and knocky on October 5, 2026.

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