ioio vs Card Thief
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ioio
Experience a minimalistic take on the classic card game. This app offers a clean interface and soothing soundtrack for a relaxing puzzle-solving experience. Enjoy handcrafted puzzles with no ads or random elements, ensuring every game is solvable.
- 48 free handcrafted puzzles
- No ads
- Solvable puzzles
- Simple rules
- Minimalistic graphics
- Soothing soundtrack
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ioio is a minimalistic solitaire game. It celebrates the simple joy of stacking and arranging. Inspired by the classic game of Solitaire, ioio twists the formula to make a fresh and clean approach. Calming and easy to pick up, you will soon find yourself deep in concentration to perfect each puzzle. Features: • Play 48 free handcrafted puzzles • No ads • No random, everything is solvable • Simple rules, lots of possibilities • Enjoy the minimal and soothing soundtrack • Clean interface and minimalistic graphics • 48 additional puzzles can be bought in game
Card Thief
A solitaire-style stealth game where you play as a master thief. Sneak through darkness, steal treasure, and escape without getting caught. It offers deep strategy and roguelike replayability in short, engaging sessions.
- Solitaire-style stealth gameplay
- 4 unique heists
- Unlockable equipment cards
- Hireable thieves with special rules
- Mini deck-building mechanics
- Daily Heist mode with leaderboards
- Roguelike replayability
- Offline play
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Card Thief is a solitaire-style stealth card game that transforms your deck into a shadowy world of cunning heists and daring escapes. Sneak through the darkness as a master thief. Extinguish torches, pickpocket guards, and steal precious treasure without getting caught. Every card you flip is a calculated risk. Every move could be your last. From the makers of Card Crawl, the hit indie card dungeon crawler, Card Thief distills the tension of classic stealth games into a sleek, strategic card game you can play in minutes. Easy to learn, endlessly deep. Plan. Steal. Escape. Repeat. With a rich layer of tactical decision-making, risk/reward choices, and roguelike replayability, Card Thief is the perfect pick-up-and-play strategy card game for fans of stealth, puzzle games, and solo card games alike. Features - Solitaire-style stealth gameplay with no internet required - 4 unique heists with distinct enemies, traps, and obstacles - 12 unlockable and upgradable equipment cards with unique abilities - Hire 10 thieves, each with special gameplay rules - Mini deck-building mechanics for deep strategic customization - Daily Heist mode with global leaderboards - Roguelike replayability so every run plays differently - Perfect session length of 2 to 3 minutes per game - Offline play, great for travel
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ioio at none against Card Thief's shown. ioio also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (83% vs 70%). Card Thief's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 26). On price, rating, 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. ioio sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Card Thief sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ioio against 4.7 for Card Thief. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Thief has 1K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of ioio's written reviews are positive against 70% of Card Thief's.
ioio ships an update every 4 days, Card Thief every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ioio | Card Thief |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.7% of reviews — better | 69.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Asger Strandby | Arnold Rauers |
Customer experience
ioio
Card Thief
Bugs and requests
ioio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Card Thief
Reported bugs
9 issues- Crystals which you can get when playing are useless
- Notch covers game information on iPhone X+
- Ads error prevents chest opening
- Hideout heists have unrealistically high scores
- Can't open hideout, game crashes
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- Crashes right after starting on M1 iPad Pro with iPadOS 14.7.1
- Crashes all the time
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
9 requests- More enemies or traps to deal with
- More equipment to try out
- 4x4 layout rather than 3x3
- Endless mode
- Multiplayer compatibility
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- Sync game data between Android and iOS
- Shop to use crystals
- More levels, incentives, and variations in the Hideout games
- Ability to cash in stolen goods for new tool cards or special cards
In-app purchases
ioio
- Mini Pledge$0.99
- Unlock Night World page 1$0.99
- Unlock Night World page 2$0.99
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- Unlock Night World page 3$0.99
- Medium Pledge$2.99
- Maximum Pledge$4.99
Card Thief
- Unlock Card Thief$4.99
