Spades: No Ads

The grown-up Spades app. Free to play, with one $0.99 unlock and fair AI. No ads, no subscriptions, no accounts. Works offline - even on a plane. WHY THE NAME Open the App Store, search for Spades, and watch the screenshots blur into the same pile of rainbow gradients, sparkle effects, and "REMOVE ADS - $9.99" upsell wheels. The name says it: this one isn't that. No ads, ever. The single $0.99 unlock removes the per-game ticket cost forever; that is the entire monetization. WHAT MAKES THE AI FAIR • Four AI difficulty tiers - Easy, Normal, and Hard all play fair. They see exactly what you see: the played tricks, the current trick, their own hand. No peeking at hidden hands, no stacked deals, no rubber-banding. • "Cheater" mode is the fourth tier - and it is an opt-in, not the default. It literally looks at every hand at the table and plays optimally against you. It is how plenty of other Spades apps play all the time. Here, you decide. • Bag-aware bidding. The Hard AI knows when your team is sitting at 7+ bags and rounds its bid up to keep you off the -100 penalty. The same logic powers the Bid Hint - tap it to see what Hard would bid in your seat, with the reasoning. • Hint button anytime. Tap the lightbulb during bidding (10 coins) or during play (5 coins) to see what the Hard AI would do in your seat, with a one-line reason. • Card Peek powerup. For 25 coins you can flash any opponent's hand for a second - useful when you're hunting a setable nil or trying to figure out who has the last spade. HOW THE COIN + TICKET SYSTEM WORKS • Start with 100 coins and 3 tickets. Each new game costs 1 ticket. • Wins pay 50 coins. Breaking spades pays 3. • Get 20 free coins every day, and your tickets top back up to 3. • Out of tickets? Buy one with 50 coins, or wait until tomorrow. • One $0.99 unlock removes the per-game ticket cost forever, skips the wait, and includes every card back and table felt in the Collection. Coins keep working after you buy it; they just stop gating play. That is the entire monetization. No coin packs, no boosters, no "watch an ad to play another hand." A single optional unlock and the daily refresh. CORE GAMEPLAY • Standard Hoyle Spades. North/South versus East/West partnership scoring. • Bidding phase before every hand. Nil bids supported (±100), with full bag tracking and the standard 10-bag -100 penalty. • Configurable target score: 250, 500 (default), or 750. • Autosave after every card - resume your game after a phone call, a force-quit, or a relaunch. No lost hands. • Reset the round, peek at the score sheet, or change AI difficulty mid-game from the in-game menu. PRESENTATION • Multiple card backs and table felts in the Collection - included with the $0.99 unlock. • Universal binary for iPhone and iPad. Portrait and landscape. Not a stretched phone UI. • Dark theme throughout - matches the felt. • Random animal-emoji opponent avatars - different cast every match. • Haptic feedback on iPhone, with a Vibrations toggle. • Optional jazz loop under the felt. Pauses cleanly if Spotify or a podcast is already playing. WHAT THIS APP IS NOT • Not ad-supported. No ads, ever. • Not subscription-based. No recurring charges. • No coin packs, no boosters, no second-tier monetization. The Spades VIP unlock is the only purchase. • No accounts, no sign-in, no Apple ID prompts, no iCloud prompts, no analytics opt-in modals. • No multiplayer, no servers. Just you, an AI partner, and two AI opponents. Free to download. Optional $0.99 unlock removes the 1-ticket per-game cost. Family Sharing enabled - one purchase covers the household. Privacy Policy: https://blite.github.io/Spades/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://blite.github.io/Spades/terms/