Comparison

Sheeping Around vs cardinal.

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

Head to head
About

Sheeping Around

Engage in a strategic card game where you either protect your flock or lure away your opponent's sheep. Build your deck, collect cards, and outsmart your rival in quick, engaging matches. The fate of the sheep rests in your hands.

Highlights
  • Grazing and stealing sheep mechanics
  • Deck-building and card collection
  • Quick 5-10 minute matches
  • Multiplayer matchmaking
  • Challenging friends feature
  • Unique gameplay mechanics
Features
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The pastures are green and the day is warm. Shepherd Hazel Woof is grazing her sheep peacefully. What could go wrong on this bright sunny day? Little does she know, her sheep could be ambushed at any moment. Poacher Alex McCunning has been luring her sheep to traps he’s made. Fortunately for Hazel, Alex gets spotted and she can now take action. Will she be able to defend her sheep or will Alex steal them away? The fate of the sheep is up to you to decide. Take control of either of the two characters and prepare for a shepherding duel with your opponent. --- Sheeping Around is a multiplayer strategy card game about grazing and stealing sheep. The objective is simple: there's three sheep on the board, and you need to take home or steal two of the three sheep to win. As a shepherd attach graze cards to sheep to graze, and when you're done, use "Whistle" to take them home. As a thief, attach lure cards to sheep to lure them and when they're lured, use "Steal" to steal them away. But the tricky part is all the other cards that make your opponents' lives harder. You can lay traps, guard sheep, reduce graze / lure values and use special bonus cards to your advantage. Add deck-building and card collection, and you get the basic elements of a CCG. All in all, an exciting game that will make you ask your friends, “Will you sheep with me?" --- Key features: * Unique, never-seen-before gameplay mechanics in a tragicomic setting. * Quick 5-10 minute matches: Play on your commute or on the loo! * Smart multiplayer match-making with level based progression. * Challenge your friends and ask them to "sheep" with you!

About

cardinal.

Engage in a minimalistic logic puzzle game where you deduce a secret solution using sixteen cards and clues. Enjoy procedurally generated boards for endless play and compete globally in daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Minimalistic logic puzzles
  • Deduce secret solutions
  • Procedurally generated boards
  • Endless regular mode
  • Daily global competitions
  • 16 logic cards
Features
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Minimalistic yet challenging, CARDINAL gives you sixteen different cards and clues in which you must figure out the secret solution! Begin with the cardinal rule you can then continue to creatively deduce the solution from there! An endless amount of procedurally generated boards waits for you in regular mode. And when you feel ready, test yourself in the daily competition alongside players from all over the globe.

Screenshots

Sheeping Around4 screens
cardinal.3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: cardinal. at Free against Sheeping Around's $2.99. cardinal. also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Sheeping Around's advantage is ratings volume (78 vs 14). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

cardinal. is free to download; Sheeping Around costs $2.99 up front. Sheeping Around sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. cardinal. asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

cardinal. holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sheeping Around has 78 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 80% and 80% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sheeping Around ships an update every 5 days, cardinal. every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sheeping Around versus cardinal.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSheeping Aroundcardinal.
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (78 ratings)4.9 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.5% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings78 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFleon LabsPerfect Hat Games LLC

Customer experience

Sheeping Around

All ratings78 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral6.4%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral11.0%
Negative8.5%

cardinal.

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sheeping Around

One-time3
  • Coins Starter Pack$2.99
  • Unlock Game$3.99
  • Coins Mega Pack$6.99
None

cardinal.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sheeping Around free?
Sheeping Around costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is cardinal. free?
cardinal. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sheeping Around or cardinal.?
cardinal. is rated higher. Sheeping Around averages 4.5 out of 5 from 78 ratings, while cardinal. averages 4.9 from 14 ratings.
Do Sheeping Around or cardinal. have ads?
Neither Sheeping Around nor cardinal. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sheeping Around or cardinal.?
Sheeping Around ships an update every 5 days, and cardinal. every 3 days. Most recently, Sheeping Around was updated on October 18, 2026 and cardinal. on September 30, 2026.

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