Balatro vs Magic Sort!

Balatro

Playstack Ltd
App Store
$4.11M/mo
~$49.37M/yr · 15.4M installs
VS

Magic Sort!

Grand Games A.Ş.
App Store
$1.42M/mo
~$17.01M/yr · 75.8M installs
Revenue winner Balatro wins +190% vs other
Installs winner Magic Sort! wins +391% vs other
MAU winner Magic Sort! wins +278% vs other
Rating winner Balatro wins +5% vs other

Why Balatro is winning

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

  1. Balatro earns roughly 3× more per month than Magic Sort! - $4.11M vs $1.42M.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Balatro
vs
Magic Sort!
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$4.11M
$1.42M
Annual revenue (est.)
$49.37M
$17.01M
Lifetime installs (est.)
15.4M
75.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.0M
7.6M
App Store rating
4.96★
4.73★
Total ratings
103K
505K
US grossing rank
-
#68
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$21.68
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
10 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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Magic Sort!

Grand Games A.Ş.
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
May 28, 2024
Last updated
Jun 18, 2026
File size
562.9 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
26.84
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +5 more
View full Magic Sort! report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Balatro or Magic Sort!? v
Balatro earns about $4.11M per month, while Magic Sort! earns about $1.42M. That is a 2.9× revenue gap (~$2.70M more per month for Balatro). Annual revenue: Balatro ≈ $49.37M/year, Magic Sort! ≈ $17.01M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Balatro or Magic Sort!? v
Magic Sort! leads with about 75.8M estimated downloads vs 15.4M for Balatro - a 4.9× gap. Balatro's App Store downloads are estimated from 103K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Magic Sort!'s App Store downloads are estimated from 505K ratings.
Are Balatro and Magic Sort! 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 Magic Sort! offer? v
Balatro: no IAP detected on the public listing. Magic Sort!: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Balatro runs a "Paid app ($9.99)" monetization model; Magic Sort! runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #68". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Balatro or Magic Sort!? v
Balatro edges ahead with ★ 5.0 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Balatro 103K ratings, Magic Sort! 505K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Balatro vs Magic Sort! revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $4.11M for Balatro and $1.42M for Magic Sort! 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 Magic Sort! to a different App Store app? v
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