Bal vs Rastro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Bal
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Bal is a Knights & Knaves logic puzzle game. You meet a group of people ā knights always tell the truth, knaves always lie ā and figure out who is who from their statements. Features: ⢠Thousands of puzzles with classic and whodunit modes ⢠Adaptive difficulty ā puzzles matched to your skill level ⢠Multiple puzzle types: normals (wildcards), sanity/belief, compound statements ⢠Track your rating and compete on the ranking Sign in with Google, Apple, GitHub, or Discord. No ads, ever. Currently free to play, may add in-app payments for unlimited puzzles or new puzzle types in the future.
Rastro
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Who's hiding where? Read what each hider whispers and find them all. Rastro is a hide-and-seek logic game. You're the seeker: every person leaves a clue about their hiding spot, and pure deduction tells you where each one is. No luck and no guessing: every board has exactly one solution, checked. - A NEW ROUND EVERY DAY - ⢠The daily round is free and the same for everyone ⢠Three sizes: 4Ć4, 6Ć6 and 9Ć9 ⢠Keep your streak and compare times on Game Center - DRAG, JOT DOWN, UNDO - ⢠Drag each card to its hiding spot: the cells where it fits light up ⢠Notes mode: cross out with an X where nobody can be and leave colored dots where someone might be ⢠Long-press a cell for every note at once ⢠Undo, step by step, whenever you change your mind ⢠Every clue has its icon: arrows, objects and areas you read at a glance - THE TATTLETALE HAS YOUR BACK - ⢠Stuck? The Tattletale explains the next logical step and the clue behind it ⢠It never spoils the answer: it helps you reason ⢠Optional visual aid: marks the cells each person's own clues rule out - FROM THE VILLAGE TO THE CITY - ⢠The village is small and played around what's nearby: trees, benches and fountains ⢠Solve 5 rounds in the village to open the town, split into areas: the square, the park, the market ⢠Solve 10 in the town to reach the city ⢠The city has a trickster: one hider lies in every clue. Work out who before you find anyone - ON YOUR IPHONE, YOUR WAY - ⢠A widget with today's round and your streak, plus a Control Center button ⢠Ask Siri: "Play today's Rastro" ⢠Share your result: the daily without giving the board away, every other round with the solved board ⢠Game Center achievements ⢠With Apple Intelligence, whoever you find leaves you a line at the end, written on your device ⢠Saves itself and picks up where you left off, on your iPad too - FULL GAME - The daily round is free forever. One payment opens the village and the road to the city, with endless rounds and unlimited Tattletale hints. No ads. No account. No subscriptions. No tracking: your games only travel to your iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bal at none against Rastro's 1. Bal also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 27.0). Rastro's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Rastro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bal ships an update every 9 days, Rastro daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bal | Rastro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 27.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Steven Scott Kaye | Ruben Gonzalez |
In-app purchases
Bal
No in-app purchases
Rastro
- Full Game$0.99









