Morels vs Tichu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Morels
This is a digital adaptation of a beloved card game where players forage for delicious mushrooms in a dappled forest. Compete against others or AI, cook your finds, and strategically collect varieties to win. Includes an expansion with new cards and gameplay elements.
- Digital adaptation of a strategy card game
- Online asynchronous 2-player games
- Local pass & play mode
- Solo play against AI
- Game modifiers for varied gameplay
- Interactive tutorial
- In-app rulebook
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*** Foray is now available! Foray expands Morels with 13 new types of cards including new items, characters, weather, and a more dynamic forest. Last fall, crackling fires wreathed the mountains. This spring, light-wielding thunderstorms roiled the valleys. Now, with summer come early and a glowing moon overhead, the soil is moist and black and delicious mushrooms are peeking up all over the forest. The Foray is on! *** The official digital adaptation of the beloved card game Morels. The woods are old-growth, dappled with sunlight. Delicious mushrooms beckon from every grove and hollow with many tasty varieties awaiting the savvy collector. Forage, sautée with butter over the fire, and cook your way to victory! Highlights: -Elegant digital conversion of the card game by Brent Povis -Online asynchronous 2 player games -Local pass & play -Solo play against 3 AI difficulty levels -Game modifiers: try a new way to play! -Interactive tutorial -In-app rulebook -Translated into: English, German, French, Italian and Spanish -No ads or microtransactions. Awards & Honors: 2014 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Two-players Nominee 2014 Games Magazine Best New Card Game Winner 2014 Fairplay À la carte Winner 2012 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2012 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee
Tichu
Track scores and game history for Tichu matches. Analyze player and team statistics with charts to enhance your gameplay. Features a modern interface with dark mode and flexible game management.
- Score and game history tracking
- Individual player statistics
- Team statistics with charts
- Modern interface with dark mode
- Flexible game limit adjustments
- End running games anytime
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Tichu Counter keeps track of the score and the history of all your Tichu games. It also creates individual player and team statistics to help you improve your game. Here are the best features of Tichu Counter: * Simple, modern interface with dark mode * History of all your Tichu games * Ranking of players and teams in different categories * Individual player and team statistics with charts * End a running game or change its game limit at any time Tichu Counter is the Tichu App you've always been looking for! The app icon is from www.flaticon.com. Thanks to the creators of the icons Tichu Counter has used: Freepik Kiranshastry Gregor Cresnar Hadrien Cole Bemis Lucy G
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tichu at none against Morels's 1. Tichu also leads on price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Morels's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (491 vs 2). On rating 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
Morels costs $4.99 and Tichu $1.99 up front. Morels sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tichu asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Morels against 5.0 for Tichu. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Morels has 491 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Morels's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tichu's.
Morels ships an update fortnightly, Tichu every 16 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Morels | Tichu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (491 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 491 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #160 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MOSSBARK GAMES LLC | Timo Siegenthaler |
Customer experience
Morels
Tichu
Bugs and requests
Morels
Reported bugs
4 issues- Foray cards not functioning properly
- Destroying Angel card causing game to get stuck
- Shiitake log not always creating bonus
- Butter and cider extras not working together
Requested features
4 requests- Online synchronous 2-player mode
- In-game messaging for online play
- Faster end-game scoring
- More player accounts and leaderboards
Tichu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Morels
- Foray$2.99
Tichu
No in-app purchases
