Comparison

Nertz! vs NRTZ

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

Head to head
About

Nertz!

Features
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Nertz is the classic competitive solitaire card game — now on your phone! Race against opponents in real time to be the first to empty your Nertz pile. If you love Solitaire, you already know most of the rules. The twist? Everyone plays at the same time, and the Ace piles are shared. You'll need speed, strategy, and sharp eyes to win. SINGLE PLAYER • Play against 1-3 CPU opponents • Four difficulty levels: Beginner, Medium, Hard, and Professional • Each CPU has a unique personality and play style MULTIPLAYER • Real-time online play with friends • Create private rooms or jump into a quick match • Add CPU opponents to fill empty seats CAMPAIGN MODE • Progress through tiers of increasingly skilled opponents • Earn coins and unlock new challenges • Can you beat them all? HOW TO PLAY • Built-in tutorial gets you playing in minutes • If you know Solitaire, you'll pick it up instantly • New to card games? No problem — Nertz is easy to learn Each player gets a 13-card Nertz pile, 4 River stacks, and a Stream draw pile. Build shared Ace piles (the Lake) from Ace to King by suit. Every card you play to the Lake scores a point. Every card left in your Nertz pile costs two. Call "Nertz!" when your pile is empty to end the round. Free to download. No pay-to-win.

About

NRTZ

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Everyone plays at once. No turns, no waiting. Four hands race to dump their cards into a shared middle. Spot an opening, take it before someone else does, and keep your pile shrinking. Hesitate and the space is gone. FAST, HONEST OPPONENTS Play against one, two or three rivals across four speeds, from Relaxed to Sharp. They react in real time, make real mistakes, and get faster as you do. Nobody waits their turn. A SEASON TO CLIMB Every game earns season points on a ladder from Novice through Apprentice, Contender, Expert and Master to Elite. Keep a daily streak going, chase 21 trophies, and watch your place on the leaderboard move. TOURNAMENTS Three rounds against a full field: an opening round to 30, a semi-final to 50, and a final to 75 with the difficulty rising at every stage. Only the top players advance. A HIDDEN SECOND GAME Reach Contender and the Royal Game of Ur unlocks: a 4,500-year-old board game of dice, captures and safe squares, with its own tutorial. Once earned it stays unlocked, even after a season resets. LEARN IT PROPERLY An eight-chapter interactive tutorial walks through the whole game at your own pace, with a worked example of how scoring actually decides a round. Rewind, pause, or skip ahead whenever you like. BUILT TO RESPECT YOU No ads. No account. No sign-up. Works completely offline. Your progress syncs through iCloud and can be exported as a backup code you keep yourself. Choose how long a game lasts: play to 30 points for something quick, or to 150 for a long evening.

Screenshots

Nertz!4 screens
NRTZ4 screens

Verdict

The call

Nertz! and NRTZ are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Nertz! versus NRTZ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNertz!NRTZ
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size323 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBrandon AhearnMaxim Gubarev

In-app purchases

None

Nertz!

No in-app purchases

None

NRTZ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nertz! free?
Nertz! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NRTZ free?
NRTZ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nertz! or NRTZ have ads?
Neither Nertz! nor NRTZ shows ads.

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