Comparison

5 vs Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter

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

Head to head
About

5

This app serves as a timer for a cooperative card game, helping players manage mission time. It provides reminders and motivational messages from an AI companion to enhance the gameplay experience.

Highlights
  • Mission time tracking
  • Helpful reminders
  • Encouragement from AI
  • Companion app for card game
  • Fast-paced gameplay support
Features
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This timer is a companion app for 5-Minute Marvel, the chaotic, fast-paced, cooperative card game. With this app, you'll be able to keep track of the time left in your mission and receive helpful reminders and encouragement from J.A.R.V.I.S., Iron Man's AI companion.

About

Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter

Automate scoring for the board game Forest Shuffle™ by scanning your cards. This app handles multiple scans, allows for editing, and supports cross-device QR code sharing. It also includes a card glossary and saves past game sessions.

Highlights
  • Scan trees through the camera
  • Automatic score counting
  • Merge scans from multiple devices
  • Archive previous sessions
  • Card glossary access
  • Cross-device QR code sharing
Features
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This app allows you to speed up the scoring process of the printed version of the game Forest Shuffle™. By scanning the cards on your table after a just finished game you can automate the scoring of your laid out cards. The App can handle up to 5 scan results per scoring process. The scanning process is comfortable and you can also fastly edit your scan results. It is possible to exchange the scan results by QR Code between your devises. Sessions can be stored and edited. There is also a complete glossary of cards available. As this app is free you definitely need to give it a try... you will be surprised how easy the scoring can get. Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter Features: - Scan trees through the camera - Count your score automatically - Merge scans from multiple devices - Share your results to social media - Archive your previous sessions - Quick access to the appendix - English, German, French and Italian interface - Scan is language independent - Supports exclusively the version Forest Shuffle™ - Supports all Forest Shuffle™ expansions/promos

Screenshots

54 screens
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter at 4.9 against 5's 3.4. Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 37%). 5's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 61 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of 5's written reviews are positive against 74% of Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

5 ships an update fortnightly, Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
5 versus Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (52 ratings)4.9 (61 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.7% of reviews74.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5261 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB445 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWiggles 3DDIGIDICED

Customer experience

5

All ratings52 ratings
Positive59.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative32.7%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive36.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative53.3%

Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter

All ratings61 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral16.1%
Negative9.7%

Bugs and requests

5

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Cannot scan trees with more than 4 cards
  • QR code player scanning not working
  • Does not recognize cards 95% of the time
  • Does not consider multiple cards on the same side of a tree
  • Steinmarder (stone marten) scoring incorrect
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  • Siebenschläfer (dormouse) text/scoring incorrect
  • Silver Fir tagged Peacock butterfly not selectable
  • Deer scoring messed up
  • Holzbiene (wood bee) not recognized/implemented
  • Zitronenfalter (common brimstone butterfly) missing
  • Kröten (toads) and Rehe (deer) cannot be entered for multiple spots
  • App not in French as advertised
  • Scan function not working for some users
  • App takes longer than manual scoring for some
  • Does not correctly capture all card constellations
  • Ignores lower cards
  • Does not count cards from the cave

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add support for Dartmoor expansion
  • Add support for Mischwald Dartmoor
  • Add support for Exploration expansion
  • Add support for new caves
  • Automatic photo capture
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  • Add automa mode for solo play
  • Add summary of points breakdown
  • Add French language support
  • Add support for more languages

In-app purchases

None

5

No in-app purchases

None

Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 5 free?
5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter free?
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 5 or Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter?
Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter is rated higher. 5 averages 3.4 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter averages 4.9 from 61 ratings.
Do 5 or Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter have ads?
Neither 5 nor Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 5 or Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter?
5 ships an update fortnightly, and Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter every 10 days. Most recently, 5 was updated on September 16, 2026 and Forest Shuffle™ Smart Counter on September 23, 2026.

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