Deques vs Card Game Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deques
Design and create custom card games like quartets and dominoes. Personalize cards with text, images, ratings, and more. Play against a virtual opponent or print your creations for real-world fun.
- Create custom quartet and domino card games
- Multiple card property options (text, image, rating, values)
- Edit and adjust deck templates
- Export and import decks
- Share individual cards
- Play against a virtual opponent
- Printable card designs
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Create your own quartet or domino cards to play and learn. Choose from different basic templates or create your own templates with different card properties. The following card properties are available: - Title - Quartet title with automatic A1-Z4 display - Picture or emoji with variable height - Text - Rating (eg 5 emoji stars) - Numeric value + unit - Yes-No-value from one emoji each (eg emoji thumbs up, thumbs down) - Variants with Label + Text, Rating, Numeric value or Yes-No value Add individual cards to your deck or edit them. Adjust the template of your deck later for all cards. Export and Import Decks. Share single cards. Play and test your quartet game or image domino against a virtual opponent. Print and craft your own real playing cards to play against friends and family.
Card Game Simulator
Design, import, and play custom card games on a virtual tabletop. Create your own rules, import unique cards, and share your creations with friends online or locally. Features a deck editor and a searchable card explorer.
- Create custom card games
- Import custom cards and images
- Organize decks and cards
- Play with friends online or locally
- Virtual tabletop gameplay
- Searchable card explorer
- Deck editor
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Create, share, and play card games with Card Game Simulator! Create your own original card games, import custom cards, organize your decks and cards, and play card games with your friends. All on an intuitive virtual tabletop! # Create and Share Games: You can download additional games by selecting the center card game in the Main Menu. Press the download button that appears and enter the CGS AutoUpdate URL for the game you would like to download. If you enable Developer Mode, you can easily create your own games by importing images onto custom boards and tables, and create custom cards and decks. You can also define your own custom game(s) by following the Custom Games Documentation on the CGS website! # Cards Explorer: See all the cards laid out neatly and easily search-able, with the option to filter for any search criteria. If you enable Developer Mode, you can also add custom cards here. # Deck Editor: Some card games will come with pre-built decks, but you can always create new decks by writing in card names or with the visual Deck Editor. You can load up and edit existing decks, or you can start with completely new decks to add and save for later. # Multi-player: Create online rooms with optional passwords to ensure only your friends Join your game. You can play over LAN or over the internet. # Single-player: You can immediately Start a game, either to play by yourself or to play with friends hot-seat style. # Key Features: - Online sandbox with unlimited games to play how you want. - Create and play your own original games. - Play just like you do in real life; pick up, rotate, and flip any card. - Up to 10 people can play online together on the same table. - Save, load, and share decks. - Multiple "drawer"s allow you to play locally on the same computer with your friends. - Default games: Standard French-Suited 52-cards, Dominoes, and Mahjong
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Card Game Simulator at every 6 days against Deques's every 4 months. Card Game Simulator also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 33%) and ratings volume (17 vs 1). Deques's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Deques holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Game Simulator has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Deques's written reviews are positive against 57% of Card Game Simulator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Deques ships an update every 4 months, Card Game Simulator every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deques | Card Game Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.6 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 193 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Claudius Albat | Finol Digital LLC |
Customer experience
Deques
Card Game Simulator
In-app purchases
Deques
No in-app purchases
Card Game Simulator
No in-app purchases









