QUARTO.GG vs Boardspace.net
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QUARTO.GG
A digital adaptation of a strategic board game where players aim to get four pieces in a row. Pieces are unique, with each having four distinct characteristics, and the goal is to select a piece for your opponent to place, adding a layer of strategic depth.
- Strategic board game
- Unique piece characteristics
- Opponent selects opponent's piece
- Masterable complexity
- Digital adaptation
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Quarto is a simple board game, but can be very hard to master.
Boardspace.net
Play over 100 board games online with others, including abstract strategy, Euro, and word games. Enjoy real-time, turn-based, or pass-and-play modes. Recommended for tablet-sized screens.
- Over 100 board games
- Abstract strategy games
- Multi-player Euro games
- Word games
- Real-time play
- Turn-based play
- Pass-and-play mode
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This is the IOS client to play board games with other people at Boardspace.net. Boardspace hosts over 100 games, mostly 2-player abstract strategy games, but also some multi-player Euro games, and word games. All games are played in real time, turn at a time, or in person in pass-and-play mode. Real time games can be suspended, but it is expected that you will play complete games in one sitting, as you would when playing another person face-to-face. Our most popular games are Hive and Euphoria. Tablet sized screens are recommended.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: QUARTO.GG at 4.3 against Boardspace.net's 3.4. QUARTO.GG also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Boardspace.net's advantage is review sentiment (31% vs 9%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
QUARTO.GG holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 18 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 9% of QUARTO.GG's written reviews are positive against 31% of Boardspace.net's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
QUARTO.GG ships an update every 4 weeks, Boardspace.net every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QUARTO.GG | Boardspace.net |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 3.4 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | 30.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Rasmussen | Dave Dyer |
Customer experience
QUARTO.GG
Boardspace.net
Bugs and requests
QUARTO.GG
Reported bugs
73 issues- App crashes
- Game crashes
- Intro works, but nothing else
- Never made it past the main menu
- Crashes every time
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- App is not functional
- Started crashing a couple years ago
- Can't even start a game
- Not able to set skill level
- Only thing able to do is read directions
- Tells you to read instructions and crashes
- App crashes every time I try to open it
- Crashes every time without fail
- Game is unplayable due to crashing
- Unplayable on iPhone 8+
- Crashes after the intro every time
- Crashes, first time every time
- Game crashes when trying to start game
- Game crashes when opening user settings
- Says "THIS IS AN OLD RESEARCH PROJECT AND DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE"
- Still isn’t working
- Rien ne fonctionne
- Can’t use app at all
- Says to read intro again and again and again. Click OK, crash.
- Game crashes every time before starting a game
- Hasn’t been updated in 2yrs
- Crashes on start. No place to set level as required!
- This game doesn’t work
- Won’t let me play
- Deleted and downloaded several times to no avail
- Waste of time until it is fixed
- Crashes immediately
- Game won’t even open
- There’s a bug
- Game closes itself after reading the instructions
- Crashes every single time after the introduction
- Crashes on the “enter user skill level” screen in iOS11
- Could never get it open on iPad 7
- Crashed when trying to set user info
- Only part that works is the intro
- App crashes when clicking on user info
- App crashes when clicking on start game link at end of introduction
- Game is unplayable
- Need QA testing on all supported devices
- New form at the end of each game is annoying and 100% crashes
- Crashed all the time
- Need to set skill level to play. Crashes when you try to set it.
- Requires you to set a skill level before playing but throws you out before you can
- Has been out since 2016 and still not resolved the problem
- Crushes right away
- App not working at this time
- Crashes when you try to set the skill level
- Buggy
- Crashes constantly
- Crash Central
- Unable to start a game
- Crashed every time I try to start a game
- Crashed every time I try to go into the settings
- Doesn't work!!!
- Keeps crashing when I try to enter info!
- Can't even make it to the game!
- Remove this broken app!
- App crashes every time before you can even try playing the game
- App crashes the moment it is opened
- Crashes every time and on every device
- Asks to set skill level before beginning and then closes down when I try to do that
- Straight up doesn't work
- Game crashed each time I went to click "user info"
- Couldn't play once
- Crashed anytime I tried to open settings
- Crashed anytime I tried to go through the intro
- AI interface wins when it doesn't even have a quarto
- AI interface wins incorrectly
Requested features
11 requests- Update the app
- Fix the crashing issue
- Fix the game
- Repair the app
- Update coming
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- Fix the bug
- QA testing on all supported devices
- Remove non working apps from the store
- Different levels of play
- Play human opponents
- Turn the board for better view
Boardspace.net
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
QUARTO.GG
No in-app purchases
Boardspace.net
No in-app purchases
