Comparison

Bardcard vs Aural Alibi

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

Head to head
About

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?

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Aural Alibi

Features
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Aural Alibi is a premium deduction game where mysteries are solved by reconstructing what a place sounded like. HEAR THE CONTRADICTION - Investigate twelve original case files with distinct rooms, witnesses, timelines, and acoustic surfaces - Audition evidence in stereo and place each source on an interactive floor plan - Rebuild the sequence of footsteps, doors, trains, bells, vehicles, voices, rain, and machinery - Compare witness statements against source direction, timing, audibility, and room-to-room attenuation - File a reconstruction graded for rooms, timeline, and reasoning rather than simple clicking AUDIO-RICH, NEVER AUDIO-ONLY - Every sound clue includes a synchronized waveform, transcript, map direction, and haptic description - Headphones deepen the spatial experience but are never required for a perfect score - Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, reduced motion, high contrast, and symbols support accessible investigation - Explore twelve original three-minute acoustic environments and eighteen evidence cues REPLAY THE SAME MYSTERY - Complete the campaign or select any unlocked case in the library - Play deterministic Daily and Weekly reconstructions entirely offline - Compare scores through optional Game Center leaderboards, achievements, and friend challenges - Keep progress on device with optional private iCloud synchronization ONE COMPLETE PURCHASE - No ads, subscriptions, in-app purchases, login, tracking, microphone access, or developer-operated server - Every case, witness, sound, visual, and story element is original.

Screenshots

Bardcard4 screens
Aural Alibi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Aural Alibi at $2.99 against Bardcard's $3.99. Bardcard's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Bardcard costs $3.99 and Aural Alibi $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bardcard versus Aural Alibi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBardcardAural Alibi
Price$3.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.7 (55 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings55 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB95 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperKevin MiklesRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

None

Bardcard

No in-app purchases

None

Aural Alibi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bardcard free?
Bardcard costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aural Alibi free?
Aural Alibi costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bardcard or Aural Alibi have ads?
Neither Bardcard nor Aural Alibi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bardcard or Aural Alibi?
Bardcard ships an update monthly, and Aural Alibi monthly. Most recently, Bardcard was updated on October 26, 2026 and Aural Alibi on October 25, 2026.

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