Nap Whist vs iSpades
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nap Whist
This is a trick-taking card game where players bid to choose trumps and win tricks. It features variations in deck size based on player count and supports solo or multiplayer modes.
- Trick-taking gameplay
- Bidding for trumps
- Variable deck sizes
- Solo play
- Multiplayer against friends or strangers
- In-app rules guide
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Nap (or Napoleon) Whist is a trick-taking game where players receive five cards each and must bid to choose trumps and win tricks. There are many variations to Nap so here is a quick summary of this one: The deck contains two jokers, the actual size of the deck depends on the number of players: Four Players: A-K-Q-J-10-9 of each suit plus two jokers = twenty six in total, twenty two will be used in each round with four ‘sleeping’ in the deck Five Players: A-K-Q-J-10-9-8 of each suit plus two jokers = thirty in total, twenty seven will be used in each round with three ‘sleeping’ in the deck Six Players: A-K-Q-J-10-9-8-7 of each suit plus two jokers = thirty four in total, thirty will be used in each round with two ‘sleeping’ in the deck After the cards are dealt the top card on the deck is shown face up Players bid for the right to choose trumps and lead. The minimum bid is Nap (winning all five tricks) rising to x2, x3 etc. which increases the stakes. After bidding the highest bidder (the leader) takes the top card plus the (unknown) card beneath, makes the best hand of five possible and throws the two surplus cards back to the deck. If there are no bids at all then the stakes are doubled in the next hand. Trumps are chosen by the first card played by the leader The leader can play a joker as any card not within their hand and not already played – a led joker ‘calls’ out the corresponding card if held by any other player. Players play for points. Full rules are available within the App. Supports solo play and multi-player games against with friends or strangers! It you like Nap or you don't please let me know by writing a review. Please use the link if you would like to report any bugs or anything else, thanks!
iSpades
This card game allows you to play Spades against a CPU with customizable rules and deck options. Track your scores, earn achievements, and save your progress. Enjoy flexible gameplay with landscape and vertical orientations.
- Play against CPU
- Four-color deck option
- Customizable scoring variants
- Adjustable game settings
- Save and load game progress
- Achievements system
- Landscape and vertical orientation
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SPADES Main characteristics: - Play Spades against CPU - Four-color deck (each suit has a different color) - Scoring variants: With or without penalty, several penalty variations... - It includes help and play explanation - Settings: Cards size, deck type (four-color or classic), cards back color, sound, animations, speed, scoreboard, table and scores color, see names on the table cards,... - Scores: Matches, Hands, best and worst score,... - Achievements: They allow to achieve experiencie points - Save and load game - Landscape and vertical orientation Play: - The winner is the team that first reaches the set number of points (by default 500) - Each hand consists of dealing 13 cards. During a hand, each player bids for a number of tricks, then attempts to take exactly that many tricks during the hand Scoring Spades: - Points are awarded for winning at least the number of tricks bidded. Both the team bids and the team tricks are added. - By default, Each team scores 10 point for each trick bidded and an extra point for each additional trick. If a team not make the contract, they'll lost 10 points for each bid. 10 points are also lost if 10 extra tricks are acumulated (according to rules). - If a player bids 0 (nil) and he/she doesn't win any trick, he she'll win 100 points. If he/she wins any bid, he/she'll lost 100 points. The rules settings allow changing some of this rules: - Game points: 250, 300, 500 or 1000 points - Lose game points: -200, -500 - Penalty: No penalty, one point, 100 points, 110 points - Breaking spades: Allow or not to lead spades
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iSpades at none against Nap Whist's 1. iSpades also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Nap Whist's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 8 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Nap Whist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iSpades asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Nap Whist against 5.0 for iSpades. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Nap Whist ships an update every 10 days, iSpades every 8 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Nap Whist | iSpades |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Arscott | Manuel Lopez Lopez |
Customer experience
Nap Whist
iSpades
In-app purchases
Nap Whist
- Nap Whist Ad Free$1.99
iSpades
No in-app purchases









