iSpades vs Spades Scorer
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
Spades Scorer
This app provides a clean and fast scoreboard for playing Spades. It supports various game modes, including team or individual play, and automatically handles scoring for Nil and Blind Nil bids, as well as tracking bags and penalties.
- Team or individual games
- Two-step round entry (Bids, then Tricks)
- Automatic Nil/Blind Nil scoring
- Bag tracking and penalty support
- Fixed target or progressive rounds
- Game history and templates
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Spades Scorer is a fast, clean scoreboard built for real Spades games. Key features - Teams or Individual games (2–4 players / multiple teams) - Two-step round entry: Bids first, then Tricks - Nil & Blind Nil scoring (automatic) - Bags tracked separately + bag penalty support - Fixed target score or Progressive rounds (ends at Round 13) - Templates for quick setup + game history
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Spades Scorer at none against iSpades's shown. Spades Scorer also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 8 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). iSpades's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for iSpades against 5.0 for Spades Scorer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spades Scorer has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
iSpades ships an update every 8 months, Spades Scorer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iSpades | Spades Scorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manuel Lopez Lopez | LAKSHMI VENKATA DURGA PRASANTH VEMULAPALLI |
Customer experience
iSpades
Spades Scorer
In-app purchases
iSpades
No in-app purchases
Spades Scorer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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