Finished! vs ShellMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Finished!
A unique solitaire game where you manage resources like coffee and candy to complete tasks. Use candy to activate cards, draw more, and rearrange them for strategic advantage. Enjoy daily challenges and smooth gameplay.
- Resource management (coffee, candy)
- Card activation with candy
- Card rearrangement
- Daily Challenge mode
- Smooth animations
- Dynamic music
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Try to get all your work done before you run out of coffee and candy in Finished! by renowned board and card game designer Friedemann Friese. Deal 3 cards at a time, like regular solitaire but you can use candy to activate cards to draw more and rearrange them. Gain more candy when you have a run of cards (e.g. 7-8-9). If you love Spider or FreeCell solitaire you'll love Finished! Finished! features fantastic fun, smooth animation, subtle sound effects and dynamic music that changes with your gameplay. Try the Daily Challenge which Friedemann plays *every* day. See if you can literally beat him at his own game. :)
ShellMate
A fast and playful scoring companion for card games. Easily track player scores, round progress, and manage end-of-round decisions. Supports various scoring elements for a smooth gameplay experience.
- Score tracking for 2-4 players
- Running totals and round progress
- Support for Stop and Last Chance endings
- Base game and expansion scoring
- Saved player names
- Privacy-friendly design
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Shellmate is a fast, playful scoring companion. Keep the table moving while Shellmate handles the maths. Add your players, score each hand, track totals across rounds, and let the app help with end-of-round choices such as Stop and Last Chance. Designed for quick use during a real game, Shellmate supports the base game plus Extra Salt and Extra Pepper scoring elements, including collections, duos, multipliers, mermaids, colour bonuses, events and instant-win checks. Features: - Score rounds for 2 to 4 players - Track running totals and current round progress - Support for Stop and Last Chance round endings - Largest colour series entry for Last Chance - Base game, Extra Salt and Extra Pepper scoring support - Saved player names for faster setup - English and Dutch language options - A subtle glitchy sea-inspired interface - Privacy-friendly: no account, no tracking and no automatic data sharing Shellmate is built to be a companion at the table, not a replacement for the cards. It keeps score, helps reduce mistakes, and leaves the game itself where it belongs: in your hands. Shellmate is an unofficial scoring companion. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Studio Bombyx.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Finished! at Free against ShellMate's $3.99. Finished! also leads on ratings volume (311 vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). ShellMate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Finished! is free to download; ShellMate costs $3.99 up front. Finished! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. ShellMate asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShellMate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Finished! has 311 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Finished! ships an update monthly, ShellMate every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Finished! | ShellMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (311 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 311 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Snider | Marco Janssen |
Customer experience
Finished!
ShellMate
Bugs and requests
Finished!
Reported bugs
7 issues- Ads covering play area and making game unplayable
- Ads not closing properly or returning to game
- Contact Us email field not auto-populating
- In-app purchase not syncing across multiple iOS devices
- Card overlay display issue
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- Future cards pushed beyond screen edge and unreadable
- Tutorial game wins not counted in statistics
Requested features
7 requests- Portrait mode support for one-handed play
- Zoom out functionality to see all cards simultaneously
- Multi-language instructions (Spanish, German, etc.)
- Ability to reset/clear early learning game attempts
- iCloud sync for statistics across devices
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- Better UI for viewing future cards without scrolling
- Improved Help/Contact Us functionality with auto-filled email
ShellMate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Finished!
- More Undos$2.99
- All Access Pass$5.99
ShellMate
No in-app purchases









