Deques vs Dex
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.
Dex
Create custom card decks or choose from pre-made options for various party games and flashcard activities. Enjoy a versatile card game experience for solo or group play.
- Custom deck creation
- Pre-built deck library
- Party game support
- Flashcard functionality
- Standard playing card deck
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Party games, flash cards, standard deck of playing cards? Dex has you covered! Dex is an app for decks of cards. You can create your own deck of cards or explore and play from our prebuilt decks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Deques at 4.0 against Dex's 3.0. Deques also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Dex's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Deques's written reviews are positive against 0% of Dex's.
Deques ships an update every 4 months, Dex weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deques | Dex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Claudius Albat | Charlie Jackson |
Customer experience
Deques
Dex
In-app purchases
Deques
No in-app purchases
Dex
No in-app purchases
