Terror Cards vs Squire for Hire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Terror Cards
Collect cards featuring horror icons and scream queens from popular and indie films. Open packs daily with free credits and trade with other collectors worldwide to complete your collection. Engage with a community of fellow fans through chat and trading.
- Collect horror icon cards
- Daily free credits
- Trade with collectors
- New releases often
- Community chat
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Terror in the palm of your hands. Collect all your favorite horror icons and scream queens from your favorite mainstream and indie horror films. These cards are so scary, don't open them alone! Free credits everyday means you can open packs every day to build your collection. Missing a card? Trade with a world of other collectors to complete your collection. New releases often so check in daily to collect new cards. Chat or trade with your fellow collectors. Rip into the terror now!
Squire for Hire
Become a squire for a famous hero in this strategic tile-laying card game. Organize your collected loot efficiently to earn your place. Features multiple game modes, single-player quests, and unlockable characters.
- Play as four squires (plus unlockable)
- Unlock Mystic Runes expansion
- Strategic tile-laying gameplay
- 1-4 player Pass-and-Play Multiplayer
- Single player quests
- Complete achievements
- Automatic scoring
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Your day has finally come – a famous hero has enlisted YOU to be their Squire! When your hero completes quests, defeats baddies, and takes all the credit, they also earn loot – which you get the great honor of carrying! Collect items and organize your bag efficiently to get hired! In the official Squire for Hire: Digital app: • Play as all four squires from the original Squire for Hire 18-card game. (includes a hidden unlockable character!) • Unlock Mystic Runes - the first standalone expansion included for free! • Strategic tile-laying game for 1-4 players! (Includes Pass-and-Play Multiplayer only) • Multiple game modes including Squire Stacking (extra scoring conditions) and combined decks! • Introducing single player quests for the first time! • Complete Achievements and show those heroes you have what it takes to be their squire! • The app counts all of your item tiles AND points for you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Terror Cards at Free against Squire for Hire's $3.99. Squire for Hire's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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
Terror Cards is free to download; Squire for Hire costs $3.99 up front. Terror Cards sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Squire for Hire asks for nothing beyond the download.
Squire for Hire holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Terror Cards's written reviews are positive against 80% of Squire for Hire's.
Terror Cards ships an update every 4 months, Squire for Hire every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Terror Cards | Squire for Hire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (21 ratings) | 4.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 302 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Previn Wong | Letiman Games, LLC |
Customer experience
Terror Cards
Squire for Hire
In-app purchases
Terror Cards
- 25,000 CREDIT BUNDLE$0.99
- 100,000 CREDIT BUNDLE$3.99
- 250,000 CREDIT BUNDLE$7.99
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- 500,000 CREDIT BUNDLE$14.99
- 750,000 CREDIT BUNDLE$24.99
Squire for Hire
No in-app purchases
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