Balatro vs Bloons TD 5

Balatro

Playstack Ltd
App Store
$4.12M/mo
~$49.50M/yr · 15.5M installs
VS

Bloons TD 5

Ninja Kiwi
App Store
$859.2K/mo
~$10.31M/yr · 10.8M installs
Revenue winner Balatro wins +380% vs other
Installs winner Balatro wins +44% vs other
MAU winner Balatro wins +24% vs other
Rating winner Balatro wins +3% vs other

Why Balatro is winning

Top 1 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Balatro earns roughly 5× more per month than Bloons TD 5 - $4.12M vs $859.2K.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Balatro
vs
Bloons TD 5
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$4.12M
$859.2K
Annual revenue (est.)
$49.50M
$10.31M
Lifetime installs (est.)
15.5M
10.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.0M
1.6M
App Store rating
4.96★
4.82★
Total ratings
103K
98K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
9 tiers

Balatro

Playstack Ltd
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD9.99
Released
Sep 26, 2024
Last updated
Jun 5, 2025
File size
93.5 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1.3
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +8 more
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Bloons TD 5

Ninja Kiwi
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD2.99
Released
Nov 15, 2012
Last updated
Nov 20, 2025
File size
150.4 MB
Content rating
9+
Version
4.7
Languages
Arabic, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German +9 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Balatro or Bloons TD 5? v
Balatro earns about $4.12M per month, while Bloons TD 5 earns about $859.2K. That is a 4.8× revenue gap (~$3.27M more per month for Balatro). Annual revenue: Balatro ≈ $49.50M/year, Bloons TD 5 ≈ $10.31M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Balatro or Bloons TD 5? v
Balatro leads with about 15.5M estimated downloads vs 10.8M for Bloons TD 5 - a 1.4× gap. Balatro's App Store downloads are estimated from 103K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Bloons TD 5's App Store downloads are estimated from 98K ratings.
Are Balatro and Bloons TD 5 in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Games category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Balatro and Bloons TD 5 offer? v
Balatro: no IAP detected on the public listing. Bloons TD 5: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Balatro runs a "Paid app ($9.99)" monetization model; Bloons TD 5 runs "Paid app ($2.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Balatro or Bloons TD 5? v
Balatro edges ahead with ★ 5.0 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Balatro 103K ratings, Bloons TD 5 98K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Balatro vs Bloons TD 5 revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $4.12M for Balatro and $859.2K for Bloons TD 5 are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Games) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Balatro or Bloons TD 5 to a different App Store app? v
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