Comparison

Speed West vs Max Mannheimer

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

Head to head
About

Speed West

Experience a Western-themed card game that combines the fast-paced play of Speed with a frontier twist. Challenge opponents offline on the same screen or embark on a journey across the American frontier with unique challenges.

Highlights
  • Western-themed Speed card game
  • Traditional Speed rules option
  • Map Mode with challenges
  • Offline same-screen multiplayer
  • Encounter unique opponents
Features
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Speed West is a six-shootin' twist on Speed, the frenetic two-player card game you might also know as Spit or Slam. To win a traditional game of Speed, you just need to play all of your cards before your opponent does. But to win at Speed West, you need to be quick with the cards and even quicker with the trigger! Features: * Draw both cards and pistols in Western-variation Speed, or play with traditional Speed rules * Journey across the American frontier in Map Mode and encounter a variety of unique challenges and opponents * Compete offline with a friend right next to you on the same screen! Follow us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/speedwestgame Visit our site http://www.blyts.com

About

Max Mannheimer

Explore the life story of a Holocaust survivor through an interactive visual novel. Delve into his childhood, persecution, and post-war life by solving challenges and collecting memories. Hear his testimony once his story is complete.

Highlights
  • Interactive visual novel
  • Explore survivor's life story
  • Solve challenges
  • Collect memories
  • Hear survivor's testimony
  • Historical context
Features
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We stand in Max Mannheimer’s studio. From here we can delve into the chapters of his life via his pictures: his childhood in Nový Jičín in Czechoslovakia, the time of the commencing persecution and deportation by the national socialists, the imprisonment in different concentration camps and his life after the Second World War in Germany. In engaging images the visual novel tells his life story interactively. The players can comprehend his decisions, solve small challenges to advance and collect memories on the way which lead to further information. Once his whole life has been played the contemporary witness Max Mannheimer can be actually heard. The game was developed and realised by the Max Mannheimer Study Centre in Dachau together with the renowned game studio paintbucket games and the cartoon artist Greta von Richthofen. The project was funded by the foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ Foundation) as part of the line of funding [re]create digital history within the funding programme Young People Remember International, financed with resources from the German Foreign Office.

Screenshots

Speed West4 screens
Max Mannheimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Max Mannheimer at 100% against Speed West's 52%. Max Mannheimer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Speed West's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Speed West sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Max Mannheimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Max Mannheimer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed West has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Speed West's written reviews are positive against 100% of Max Mannheimer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speed West ships an update every 2 days, Max Mannheimer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Speed West versus Max Mannheimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeed WestMax Mannheimer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (22 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB887 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBlyts LLCPaintbucket Games UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)

Customer experience

Speed West

All ratings22 ratings
Positive54.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative40.9%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive52.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative32.0%

Max Mannheimer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Speed West

One-time1
  • Remove Ads - Speed West$0.99
None

Max Mannheimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speed West free?
Speed West is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Max Mannheimer free?
Max Mannheimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speed West or Max Mannheimer?
Max Mannheimer is rated higher. Speed West averages 3.5 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Max Mannheimer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Speed West or Max Mannheimer have ads?
Neither Speed West nor Max Mannheimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speed West or Max Mannheimer?
Speed West ships an update every 2 days, and Max Mannheimer every 2 months. Most recently, Speed West was updated on November 2, 2026 and Max Mannheimer on November 8, 2026.

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