42 Dominoes vs Pyramid+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
42 Dominoes
Experience a classic Texas domino trick-taking game with bids and trumps. Enjoy ultra HD graphics, customizable board and bone appearances, and intelligent AI opponents. This app offers a smooth, engaging gameplay experience for fans of strategic card and board games.
- Ultra HD graphics
- Game scoring (marks or points)
- Manual or automatic bone dealing
- Animated moves
- Highlight legal moves
- Hint option for best next move
- AI quick response time
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42 Dominoes (also known as Four Hand Texas or Texas 42) is a domino trick-taking game with bids and trumps like spades, pitch or bridge. Game features: - ultra HD graphics for iPhone 6 Plus and iPad Air display - game scoring for marks or points - manual or automatic bone dealing - first player setup - animated moves - highlight legal moves - easy to use interface design - option to listen nice music in background - change the appearance of the board and bones - hint option to find out the best next move - AI quick response time - auto-save when exit or phone ring Play one of the oldest and most enjoyable national game of Texas!
Pyramid+
A solitaire card game with an optional Aztec pyramid theme. Players tap or drag cards to make sums of 13. Customize the game's appearance and compete for high scores.
- Solitaire card game
- Aztec pyramid motif
- Tap or drag cards to sum 13
- Customizable game appearance
- Game Center score submission
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Pyramid is a solitaire card game favorite -- and this version is even more fun with an optional Aztec pyramid motif. Tap 2 cards that add up to 13; or drag one card onto another to make 13. Choose number of rows, background, card face, and submit your best scores to Game Center. This version contains no advertising, no in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pyramid+ at 100% against 42 Dominoes's 40%. Pyramid+ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). 42 Dominoes's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (11K vs 2). On 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
42 Dominoes is free to download; Pyramid+ costs $0.99 up front. 42 Dominoes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Pyramid+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pyramid+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 42 Dominoes has 11K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of 42 Dominoes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pyramid+'s.
42 Dominoes ships an update every 14 months, Pyramid+ every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 42 Dominoes | Pyramid+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (11K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergey Skosyrev | fishdog.net |
Customer experience
42 Dominoes
Pyramid+
Bugs and requests
42 Dominoes
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect domino scoring on final trick
- Partner always chooses blanks as trumps
- Partner plays trumps unnecessarily when team has all trumps
Requested features
5 requests- Add multiplayer online option
- Improve AI partner strategy
- Allow customization of game settings
- Implement 'plunge' bidding and 'sevens' hand
- Enhance scoring accuracy and transparency
Pyramid+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
42 Dominoes
- All Bid Points$0.99
- Force last player bid$0.99
- Hint option$0.99
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- Open hand options$0.99
- Statistics$0.99
- Win Points$1.99
- Partner difficulty$1.99
- Opponents difficulty$1.99
- Nello game option$2.99
- All In One$9.99
Pyramid+
No in-app purchases
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