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Spades Mobile vs Spades

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Spades Mobile

Engage in a classic trick-taking card game played in teams. Bid on the number of tricks you expect to win, with spades as the trump suit. Score points by meeting your bid and avoid penalties for exceeding it.

Highlights
  • Advanced computer players
  • Save game state
  • Customizable winning conditions
  • Adjustable bag points and penalties
  • Game statistics
  • Intuitive interface
  • High-resolution graphics
Features
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Spades Mobile is a very popular trick-taking card game. The goal of the game is to take at least the number of tricks that were bid before each hand. The game is played in teams and spades are the trump. Your partner sits in front of you and the deals are played clockwise. If you and your partner win as many tricks as the bid you made together, your team gains 10 points for each trick. If your team wins fewer tricks than the bid, you lose 10 points for each bid trick. In order to win you need to make as many points as possible. FEATURES - Advanced computer players - Saves the state of the current game - Option to change winning conditions: i) reach 300 or 500 points, ii) play 4, 8 or 16 hands - Option to change bags points: -1, 0 or 1 point - Option to change bags penalty: 0 or -100 points - Statistics for the games you played - Intuitive interface - High resolution graphics that looks great on both tablets and phones - Nice music and sound effects TIPS - Before each round you place a bid. This bid represents the number of tricks you think you can take in that round. - If you and your partner take more tricks than the bid, each additional trick counts as a bag. Per default, for each bag you get 1 point. For every 10 bags you collect, per default you get a 100 points penalty. - If one player bids nil (0 tricks) and doesn't take any trick, he will win 100 points for the team. If he takes one or more tricks, the team will lose 100 points. - The value of the cards grows in this order: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace. - Players must follow suit. If you don't have a card of the suit which started the trick, you can place any card. - Spades are always trump. You can only play a card of spades if you cannot follow suit. Once a card of spades is played it is said that the spades are broken. After this moment you can start a trick by playing a card of spades. - If the cards in the trick are not spades, the card that follows suit and has the biggest value wins the trick. If cards of spades are played, then the highest card of spades wins the trick. If you have any technical problems, please email us directly at support@gsoftteam.com. Please, don’t leave support problems in our comments – we don’t check those regularly and it will take longer to fix any issues that you might encounter. Thank you for your understanding! Last but not least, a big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who has played Spades Mobile!

About

Spades

A classic trick-taking card game for four players in fixed partnerships. Players bid on the number of tricks they expect to win, with spades always being the trump suit. It requires strategy and teamwork to succeed.

Highlights
  • Trick-taking gameplay
  • Four-player partnerships
  • Spades as trump suit
  • Strategic bidding
  • Standard 52-card deck
Features
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Spades is a popular trick-taking card game typically played by four players in fixed partnerships. It is known for its strategic depth and requires both skill and teamwork. The Spade suit is always trumps, hence the name. The primary objective of Spades is to accurately predict the number of tricks (rounds of cards) your team will win in each hand and to try to achieve that number. Spades is played with a standard 52-card deck. The four players are divided into two partnerships, with partners sitting across from each other. Players are assigned seats and take turns clockwise in dealing and playing. Spades is similar to other cards games like Bridge, Callbreak, Hearts and Euchre.

Screenshots

Spades Mobile4 screens
Spades4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spades at none against Spades Mobile's 1. Spades also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Spades Mobile's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (181 vs 1). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spades Mobile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spades asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spades Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spades Mobile has 181 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Spades Mobile versus Spades: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpades MobileSpades
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (181 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings181 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB35 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperG Soft TeamNEOCLASSIC TECH

Customer experience

Spades Mobile

All ratings176 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative83.3%

Spades

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spades Mobile

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Spades

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spades Mobile free?
Spades Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spades free?
Spades is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spades Mobile or Spades?
Spades Mobile is rated higher. Spades Mobile averages 4.4 out of 5 from 181 ratings, while Spades averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Spades Mobile or Spades have ads?
Both Spades Mobile and Spades show ads.

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