Comparison

Deck of Fate vs Sci

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

Head to head
About

Deck of Fate

This app brings the functionality of a physical card deck to your mobile device. Customize your decks with various card sets, choose card back designs, and even assign skill profiles for automatic outcome calculation. Enjoy high-resolution art and flexible display options.

Highlights
  • Customizable decks from multiple sets
  • Choice of card back designs
  • Always Upright setting
  • Maintain Hand option
  • Infinite Deck for randomization
  • Skill profile calculation
  • High resolution card art
Features
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The Deck of Fate Mobile Edition brings the elegance and functionality of Evil Hat's Deck of Fate to your phone or tablet. The cards are always with you, right at your fingertips. No matter where you go, you can be Legendary! CUSTOMIZE YOUR OWN DECKS • Use cards from one or more Deck of Fate card sets. • Choose from one of three card back designs. • Use the “Always Upright” setting to keep your cards upright always, or leave it off, if you want to use alternate interpretations for inverted cards. • Use the “Maintain Hand” option to keep a hand of cards, rather than playing straight off the deck. • Use the “Infinite Deck” option to reshuffle after every draw, for dice-like randomization. • Assign a skill profile, and the app will calculate your outcomes for you! MORE OPTIONS • Select a color theme, or allow the app to always match your card backs. • Use a horizontal spinner for fast skill selection, or use a drop-down. Place them at the top or bottom of your play screen. OTHER FEATURES • High resolution card art, for crisp, beautiful appearance on modern screens. • Create your own custom skill profiles for use with your custom decks. • Supports both portrait and landscape modes. • Extensive in-app Help available. New to the Deck of Fate? Evil Hat’s Deck of Fate is a set of 96 cards for use with Fate or Fudge based RPGs. Included are the following card sets: • A 6-card “Accelerated Arcana” deck: Six inspirational images, one for each of the approaches from Fate Accelerated. • A 9-card “Core Arcana” deck: Nine inspirational images covering nine concepts, with “aspect style” positive and negative takes on each. • An 81-card “Dice Card” deck: Shuffle this deck and draw to simulate the toss of four Fate Dice. Inspirational phrases are found on each card to give you cues on how to interpret the result. Visit Evil Hat at http://evilhat.com/home/deck-of-fate to learn more! The Deck of Fate, the Fate logo, and related images are trademarks of Evil Hat and are ©2014 Evil Hat Productions, LLC. All rights reserved.

About

Sci

Customize your home screen with unique sci-fi themed widgets. Display various information like clocks, calendars, system stats, and fitness data with extensive styling options. Create multiple widgets in different sizes with personalized layouts, backgrounds, fonts, and colors.

Highlights
  • Customizable sci-fi widget styles
  • Display clocks, calendars, system info
  • Show fitness data (steps, distance)
  • Multiple widget sizes (Large, Medium, Small)
  • Personalize layout, background, fonts, colors
  • Use custom background images
Features
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Add some Sci-Fi to your Home Screen.  This widget making tool is for displaying many types of information with great styling customization. You can display multiple widgets, all with their own unique style and info in Large, Medium, and Small widget sizes You can change the layout, background, fonts and colors, and even use your own images. *Offline contains the pre-made template backgrounds, but the background selection section needs internet to download from online. DISPLAYABLE INFORMATION: • Digital clock • Analog clock (some with second hand to show a little animation) • Calendar • Date/Day • System info (battery, brightness, memory, storage) • Countdown/Days since • Step count - Distance - Floors • Display contacts (just opens this widget app) These are generic sci-fi styles to to keep the coolness of how designers imagined future interfaces past and present on low and high budgets, but actual display real information instead of meaningless gobbledygook. * Please do not ask in reviews or by mail to include any trademarked names, logos, images or other properties. NSTEnterprises respects copyrights and will not include them.

Screenshots

Deck of Fate4 screens
Sci4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Deck of Fate at 4.6 against Sci's 4.0. Deck of Fate also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 56%) and price ($2.99 vs $3.99). Sci's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (48 vs 10). On update cadence, 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

Deck of Fate costs $2.99 and Sci $3.99 up front. Deck of Fate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sci asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Deck of Fate holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 48 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Deck of Fate's written reviews are positive against 56% of Sci's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deck of Fate ships an update every 6 months, Sci every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Deck of Fate versus Sci: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeck of FateSci
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.6 (10 ratings) — better4.0 (48 ratings)
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1048 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB186 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHidden Achievement LLCNSTE, LLC

Customer experience

Deck of Fate

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative0.0%

Sci

All ratings46 ratings
Positive71.7%
Neutral8.7%
Negative19.6%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral13.9%
Negative30.6%

Bugs and requests

Deck of Fate

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sci

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Empty box shown
  • Unable to add widgets to lock screen
  • Widgets not recognized
  • Directions are vague
  • Step-by-step directions disappear
Show 14 more
  • App crashes
  • Widgets are not flexible
  • Old layout not possible after update
  • Fonts not showing up same as in app
  • Layout not showing up same as in app
  • Preview differs from actual widget
  • Stuck in build a clock settings
  • Does not apply changes
  • Not available in app store for iPhone SE 2022
  • Clock is slow to refresh
  • Widget does not update to military time
  • No options to save clock design
  • Does not work on Lock Screen
  • Doesn't let you save it

Requested features

12 requests
  • More customization for widget backgrounds
  • Option to make rectangle widgets bigger on iPad
  • More options for Home and Lock Screen
  • Add more templates
  • Improve flexibility of templates
Show 7 more
  • Add military time option
  • Provide clear instructions for use
  • Add more customization options
  • Make app available for iPhone SE 2022
  • Add more themes
  • Improve widget refresh rate
  • Make app work on Lock Screen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Deck of Fate

One-time1
  • Tianxia Arcana$1.99
None

Sci

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deck of Fate free?
Deck of Fate costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Sci free?
Sci costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Deck of Fate or Sci?
Deck of Fate is rated higher. Deck of Fate averages 4.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Sci averages 4.0 from 48 ratings.
Do Deck of Fate or Sci have ads?
Neither Deck of Fate nor Sci shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deck of Fate or Sci?
Deck of Fate ships an update every 6 months, and Sci every 3 months. Most recently, Deck of Fate was updated on November 2, 2026 and Sci on November 12, 2026.

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