# Ballz

> Ubisoft said Ketchapp's Ballz spent 63 days in the top three US iOS game downloads.

- Owner: Ketchapp (Ubisoft)
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2017-02-18
- Peak date: 2017-03-30
- Spread Score: 35 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Press loop, Shareable output

## Summary

Ballz’s chart rise also left concrete recommendation traces. Smith said his fiancée urged him to download it before his Business Insider article. Khan later recalled repeatedly exchanging high-score screenshots with his brother and discussing the game on Chatty.

## Timeline

- 2017-02-18 — Ketchapp (App stores) — Ketchapp released Ballz on the iOS App Store.
- 2017-02-20 — appgefahren (Press) — German site appgefahren reported that Ketchapp had brought Ballz to the German App Store.
- 2017-02-24 — AFP-Relaxnews (App stores) — AFP-Relaxnews listed Ballz for France in its roundup of top iPhone apps around the world.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/ballz

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Ballz.” Case HIS-00434. Spread Score v1.2: 35/100. Updated 2026-10-17. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00434