Sembl vs Sheepshead Card Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sembl
Engage in a unique puzzle experience where you create designs through various artistic actions. Master over 190 levels at your own pace or test your speed in timed challenges. Enjoy minimalist graphics and serene music.
- Unique design puzzles
- Paint, cut, punch, stencil, spin
- 32 levels
- Over 190 puzzles
- Journey mode
- Challenge mode
- Minimalist graphics
- Serene sound
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"With pleasing music, a lovely design, a unique concept, and the right amount of challenge, Sembl is hard to put down." - AppAdvice Every design is a puzzle and every game is unique. Paint, cut, punch, stencil and spin your way to the perfect design. Master 32 levels and over 190 puzzles at your own pace in the Journey, or race the clock in Challenge mode. ◉ Deceptively simple gameplay ◉ Two ways to play – Journey or Challenge ◉ 32 levels and over 190 unique puzzles ◉ Minimalist graphics and beautiful, serene sound ◉ Stats and leaderboard
Sheepshead Card Game
Experience Wisconsin's classic five-player trick-taking card game with local computer opponents. Play full hands, pick or pass, call partners, and manage virtual chips. The game offers a clear chip bank that never goes below zero, with an optional purchase for more chips.
- Five-player trick-taking gameplay
- Four local computer opponents
- Pick or pass mechanics
- Partner calling
- Chip bank management
- Leasters game mode
- Pixel-art cards and avatars
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Sheepshead is Wisconsin's classic five-player trick-taking game. Enjoy a full table on your iPhone with four local computer opponents. Learn with Dolly New to Sheepshead? Dolly deals you two guided hands and suggests a card with a reason on every turn. After that, tap her any time for advice, or open the ? cheat sheet for trump order and card points. Play the whole hand Pick or pass. Bury two cards. Call a partner - ace, ten, or under - or go alone. Follow trump and fail, fight for 61 points, and settle up in chips. If everyone passes, play Leasters. Built for the real game Queens and jacks lead trump, with diamonds following. Play six-trick hands with partner calls, cracking, and Sheepshead chip scoring. Felt, pixel-art cards, and player avatars bring the table to your phone. A clear chip bank Start with 24 chips. There is no table fee: dealing a hand is free. Completed hands add or subtract the chip result shown on the score screen, with your bank never going below zero. Your balance is saved between sessions. The optional "Buy me a beer" in-app purchase adds 40 chips to your bank. Open it from Choose Your Player, tap the bank during a game, or use Get Chips when your bank is empty. Chips are needed to continue playing when the bank reaches zero. Virtual chips have no cash value, cash prizes, or cash-out. No account. No ads. Gameplay, computer opponents, and rule guidance run on your device. Internet access is needed for App Store purchases and optional problem reports.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sheepshead Card Game at 5.0 against Sembl's 4.2. Sembl's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Sembl sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sheepshead Card Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sheepshead Card Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sembl has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sembl ships an update every 3 weeks, Sheepshead Card Game fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sembl | Sheepshead Card Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Artgig Studio | VIRTU SERVICES LLC |
Customer experience
Sembl
Sheepshead Card Game
In-app purchases
Sembl
- Remove all ads$1.99
Sheepshead Card Game
- Buy Me a Beer$1.99
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