Deques vs TCGSim
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.
TCGSim
Practice popular trading card games solo with this easy-to-use app. It supports deck tuning, strategy research, and includes features like free card manipulation and dice rolls. Customize your experience with optional in-app purchases.
- Solo play for 1-2 player fields
- Free card manipulation
- Deck and card management
- Import decks via codes/CSV
- Dice roll and coin toss
- Customizable backgrounds
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A must-have app for TCG players! This app is a simple and easy-to-use solo play app for popular trading card games. Use it for deck tuning and strategy research. Supported TCG Examples: - Yu-Gi-Oh! - Pokémon TCG (Pokémon Card) - Duel Masters *This app is a non-official app for each TCG. Key Features: - Solo play (supports 1-player and 2-player fields) - Free card manipulation - Deck management (create/edit/delete) - Card management (create/edit/delete) – up to 500 cards - Download cards/decks from deck codes or CSV files - Dice roll / coin toss functions In-App Purchases (Optional): - Remove ads - Increase deck registration limit - Customize card back images Customize field background images *For the setting method, please refer to the X (old twitter) account below. https://twitter.com/TCGSim
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TCGSim at 78% against Deques's 33%. Deques's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. TCGSim sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Deques asks for nothing beyond the download.
Deques holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Deques's written reviews are positive against 78% of TCGSim'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, TCGSim every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deques | TCGSim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Claudius Albat | Kenta Hayakawa |
Customer experience
Deques
TCGSim
In-app purchases
Deques
No in-app purchases
TCGSim
- Unlock Custom Field Image$1.99
- Unlock Custom Card Back$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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