Balloons vs knocky
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Balloons
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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.
knocky
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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.
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Verdict
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.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Balloons | knocky |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ANDREW YUFENG MA | Adem Guclu |
In-app purchases
Balloons
No in-app purchases
knocky
No in-app purchases









