Balatro vs Match 3D

Balatro

Playstack Ltd
App Store
$4.13M/mo
~$49.51M/yr · 15.5M installs
VS

Match 3D

Lion Studios Plus
App Store
$655.1K/mo
~$7.86M/yr · 145.5M installs
Revenue winner Balatro wins +530% vs other
Installs winner Match 3D wins +839% vs other
MAU winner Match 3D wins +305% 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 6× more per month than Match 3D - $4.13M vs $655.1K.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Balatro
vs
Match 3D
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$4.13M
$655.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$49.51M
$7.86M
Lifetime installs (est.)
15.5M
145.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.0M
8.1M
App Store rating
4.96★
4.79★
Total ratings
103K
970K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
$9.99
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
View full Balatro report →

Match 3D

Lion Studios Plus
App Store
Category
Games
Price
Free
Released
May 5, 2020
Last updated
Jun 20, 2026
File size
951.0 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
1245.99.0
Languages
English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese +2 more
View full Match 3D report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Balatro or Match 3D? v
Balatro earns about $4.13M per month, while Match 3D earns about $655.1K. That is a 6.3× revenue gap (~$3.47M more per month for Balatro). Annual revenue: Balatro ≈ $49.51M/year, Match 3D ≈ $7.86M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Balatro or Match 3D? v
Match 3D leads with about 145.5M estimated downloads vs 15.5M for Balatro - a 9.4× gap. Balatro's App Store downloads are estimated from 103K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Match 3D's App Store downloads are estimated from 970K ratings.
Are Balatro and Match 3D 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 Match 3D offer? v
Balatro: no IAP detected on the public listing. Match 3D: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Balatro runs a "Paid app ($9.99)" monetization model; Match 3D runs "Free casual game · ads + tiny sub take (~$0.08/MAU)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Balatro or Match 3D? v
Balatro edges ahead with ★ 5.0 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Balatro 103K ratings, Match 3D 970K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Balatro vs Match 3D revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $4.13M for Balatro and $655.1K for Match 3D 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 Match 3D to a different App Store app? v
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