iSpades vs Knockout Whist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iSpades
This card game allows you to play Spades against a CPU with customizable rules and deck options. Track your scores, earn achievements, and save your progress. Enjoy flexible gameplay with landscape and vertical orientations.
- Play against CPU
- Four-color deck option
- Customizable scoring variants
- Adjustable game settings
- Save and load game progress
- Achievements system
- Landscape and vertical orientation
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SPADES Main characteristics: - Play Spades against CPU - Four-color deck (each suit has a different color) - Scoring variants: With or without penalty, several penalty variations... - It includes help and play explanation - Settings: Cards size, deck type (four-color or classic), cards back color, sound, animations, speed, scoreboard, table and scores color, see names on the table cards,... - Scores: Matches, Hands, best and worst score,... - Achievements: They allow to achieve experiencie points - Save and load game - Landscape and vertical orientation Play: - The winner is the team that first reaches the set number of points (by default 500) - Each hand consists of dealing 13 cards. During a hand, each player bids for a number of tricks, then attempts to take exactly that many tricks during the hand Scoring Spades: - Points are awarded for winning at least the number of tricks bidded. Both the team bids and the team tricks are added. - By default, Each team scores 10 point for each trick bidded and an extra point for each additional trick. If a team not make the contract, they'll lost 10 points for each bid. 10 points are also lost if 10 extra tricks are acumulated (according to rules). - If a player bids 0 (nil) and he/she doesn't win any trick, he she'll win 100 points. If he/she wins any bid, he/she'll lost 100 points. The rules settings allow changing some of this rules: - Game points: 250, 300, 500 or 1000 points - Lose game points: -200, -500 - Penalty: No penalty, one point, 100 points, 110 points - Breaking spades: Allow or not to lead spades
Knockout Whist
A classic trick-taking card game where players are eliminated if they fail to win a trick. The game features variable hands and trump selection mechanics. Play solo or with friends, including voice chat.
- Elimination-based gameplay
- Variable card hands
- Dynamic trump selection
- Solo and multiplayer modes
- Voice chat integration
- Includes full rules and instructions
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Knockout Whist is a classic and simple trick-taking game without contracts or bids. There are up to seven hands in each game with the number of cards varying from seven down to one. Players are eliminated if they fail to win at least one trick in a hand until there is only one player left, the winner. In the first hand (seven cards) the trumps are chosen from the next card in the deck after the deal has completed. On all subsequent hands the trumps are chosen by the winner of the most tricks in the previous hand. If two or more players tie the number of tricks won then a cut of the remaining deck decides who will choose the trumps. Cn be played as a solo game or multiplayer with friends Including voice chat) Includes a full set of instructions and rules
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iSpades at none against Knockout Whist's 1. iSpades also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Knockout Whist's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Knockout Whist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iSpades asks for nothing beyond the download.
iSpades holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Knockout Whist has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
iSpades ships an update every 8 months, Knockout Whist every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iSpades | Knockout Whist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (8 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manuel Lopez Lopez | Stephen Arscott |
Customer experience
iSpades
Knockout Whist
In-app purchases
iSpades
No in-app purchases
Knockout Whist
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