Comparison

Five Kings vs CardGames.io

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Five Kings

A challenging card game where players aim for the lowest score by melding sets and runs of cards. Features multiple difficulty levels and can be played solo or against others.

Highlights
  • Solitaire or multiplayer gameplay
  • 11 rounds with increasing hand size
  • Wild cards and scoring mechanics
  • Drag-and-drop melding interface
  • Five difficulty levels from Beginner to Expert
  • Inspired by Five Crowns card game
Features
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Five Kings is a challenging melding card game played solitaire or against your friends. In this game you play 11 rounds against the computer and/or against other humans. The winner is the player who has the lowest score at the end of the game. You start with the round of 3's where you have 3 cards and 3's are wild (in addition to Jokers). You end with the round of Kings where you have 13 cards and Kings are wild. In each turn, draw from the Draw or Discard pile to your hand, meld your cards (by dragging them to the meld area on the screen), and discard a card to the Discard pile. Melds are 3 or more of the same rank, or 3 or more in a sequence, including as many wild cards as you like. A player is "out" when they have melded all their cards, giving them a score of 0 for the round. All other players get one more turn to improve their hands, or also go out. At the end of the round, your score for the round is the sum of the unmelded cards you have left. Cards count their face value except that unmelded wild cards count 20, and unmelded Jokers count 50! Sound difficult? Fortunately Five Kings has five (of course) game difficulties from Beginner (where the game helps you play and gives you hints) to Challenging (where your on your own against the Expert). The Easy opponent may throw you wild cards half the time, but you'll need all your skills and strategy to beat the Expert consistently. Five Kings is inspired by the popular card game Five Crowns by Set Enterprises.

About

CardGames.io

Enjoy a vast collection of classic card, solitaire, and puzzle games. Play solo or challenge friends in multiplayer modes. Track your statistics and enjoy an enhanced full-screen experience.

Highlights
  • 35+ classic games
  • Card games: Hearts, Spades, Rummy
  • Solitaire games: Klondike, FreeCell
  • Puzzle/Board games: Chess, Checkers
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Persistent statistics tracking
  • Full screen mode
Features
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CardGames.io is a collection of all your favorite card games, solitaire and puzzle games. It features 35 different games including the card games Hearts, Spades, Cribbage, Euchre, Gin Rummy, Rummy, Pinochle, Thirteen (Tien Len), Crazy Eights and Go Fish, the solitaires Klondike (classic solitaire), FreeCell, Spider, Clock, Pyramid, and puzzle and board games like Backgammon, Reversi, Checkers, Chess and Yatzy. You might have played them before on our website, https://cardgames.io , but using the app lets you keep your statistics forever, gives you full screen mode for all the games and lets you use extra player faces that are not in the web version. You can also play many of the games in multiplayer mode against your friends, including in Hearts, Spades, Euchre, Whist, Lockup, Chess, Checkers, Reversi and Backgammon. Enjoy the app and let us know if you have any problems, we can be reached on Twitter, Facebook or through our website, https://cardgames.io .

Screenshots

Five Kings1 screens
CardGames.io4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CardGames.io at Free against Five Kings's $0.99. CardGames.io also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 36 months). Five Kings's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CardGames.io is free to download; Five Kings costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CardGames.io holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CardGames.io has 52K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Five Kings's written reviews are positive against 56% of CardGames.io's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Five Kings ships an update every 36 months, CardGames.io every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Five Kings versus CardGames.io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFive KingsCardGames.io
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (12 ratings)4.7 (52K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews56.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1252K — better
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey PughRaudas Hugbunadur ehf.

Customer experience

Five Kings

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative40.0%

CardGames.io

All ratings52,308 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews678 reviews
Positive56.0%
Neutral14.0%
Negative29.9%

Bugs and requests

Five Kings

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

CardGames.io

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Cribbage scoring issues
  • Backgammon dice rolls favoring computer
  • Spades partner bidding problems
  • Multiplayer game freezes
  • Incorrect card interactions in some games

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more game options (poker, snakes and ladders, etc.)
  • Implement undo/redo functionality
  • Allow adjustable AI difficulty
  • Add a paid ad-free version
  • Improve partner AI in team games
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  • Enable landscape mode for mobile

In-app purchases

None

Five Kings

No in-app purchases

None

CardGames.io

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Five Kings free?
Five Kings costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CardGames.io free?
CardGames.io is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Five Kings or CardGames.io?
CardGames.io is rated higher. Five Kings averages 3.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while CardGames.io averages 4.7 from 52K ratings.
Do Five Kings or CardGames.io have ads?
CardGames.io shows ads; Five Kings does not.
Which is updated more often, Five Kings or CardGames.io?
Five Kings ships an update every 36 months, and CardGames.io every 6 weeks. Most recently, Five Kings was updated on October 6, 2026 and CardGames.io on October 22, 2026.

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