Bardcard vs Birdgee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bardcard
Embark on a card-matching roguelite adventure through a mysterious subterranean world. Explore over 40 rooms, discover unique items, battle monsters, and uncover the secrets of this realm. Can you survive the dungeon and find your brother?
- Card-matching dungeon exploration
- Over 40 rooms with secrets
- 150+ unique hand-drawn cards
- Old-school RPG elements
- Challenging roguelite system
- Persistent artifacts and companions
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Bardcard is a card-matching roguelite featuring a mysterious subterranean world to explore. Match cards to advance through the dungeon. Discover helpful equipment, battle dangerous minions, and meet magical familiars that join you on your adventure. Learn the secrets of this realm and discover the truth about the chaos that engulfs it. Can you find your brother Lukas? Who is ZUG? How far down does this dungeon go? FEATURES ========= - 40+ rooms to explore: Determine the best card-matching sequence to survive each floor. Keep on the lookout for alternate exits leading down less-traveled paths, and rare artifacts that appear when specific cards are matched. Are you exploring a dark room? In that case you’d better bring a torch! - 150+ unique, hand-drawn cards to discover: Weapons, armor, and magical items to protect you in the dungeon. Various characters that guide you, teach skills, and present puzzles. Monsters and traps to thwart your progress at every turn. There’s a lot to discover, and each game is a bit different than the last. - Old-school RPG elements set within an immersive world: Turn-based action, experience levels, quests to complete, and more. We’ve taken elements from all our favorite games of yesteryear and rolled them into Bardcard. - Beautiful soundtrack created by us: We’ve orchestrated every flute, piano, and xylophone to create a unique realm to adventure in. - Challenging rogelite system with powerful persistent artifacts: Death is likely unavoidable in this dangerous world. Lucky for you, there are special items and companions that stick with you no matter what happens in the dungeon. ACCOLADES ========== App Store Game of the Day (11/8/22) ABOUT RASCAL MAGIC ================== We are two childhood friends building a mysterious world for you to explore. Originally from Michigan and now based up and down the West Coast, we create everything from the gameplay, imagery, audio, and story, to physical apparel and collectibles. Although we charge a small price for downloading our games, we don’t have in-game advertising or in-app purchases. It’s just not our thing. Instead, you get access to the entire game and future updates. Let’s do this! We’d love to hear from you: hello@rascalmagic.com
Birdgee
Embark on an adventure to recover stolen treasure from a bandit hideout. Guide Birdgee through action-packed puzzles to reclaim what was lost.
- Infiltrate bandit hideout
- Retrieve stolen treasure
- Action puzzle gameplay
- Engaging storyline
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Birdgee's village was raided by the White Skull Bandits, and the village's treasure was taken away. Help Birdgee infiltrate the bandits' hideout and take back the treasure!
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The clearest difference is price: Birdgee at Free against Bardcard's $3.99. Birdgee also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Bardcard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Birdgee is free to download; Bardcard costs $3.99 up front. Birdgee sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Bardcard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Birdgee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bardcard has 55 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Bardcard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Birdgee's.
Bardcard ships an update monthly, Birdgee daily. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bardcard | Birdgee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (55 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #198 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Mikles | CIPHEE LLC |
Customer experience
Bardcard
Birdgee
In-app purchases
Bardcard
No in-app purchases
Birdgee
- 100 Lives$0.99
- 50K Coins and 100 Eggs$1.99
- 100K Coins and 250 Eggs$3.99
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- 150K Coins and 400 Eggs$5.99
- 300K Coins and 800 Eggs$9.99
- 500K Coins and 2000 Eggs$19.99









