Comparison

Card Hog vs Neolysium

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

Head to head
About

Card Hog

Embark on a strategic dungeon crawl as a heroic pig, navigating a board filled with enemies, traps, and loot. Collect weapons and skills, discover card combinations, and outsmart your foes in this unique roguelike adventure.

Highlights
  • Card-based dungeon crawling
  • Strategic combat and enemy manipulation
  • Deck building with weapons and skills
  • Permanent upgrades through trading
  • Multiple game modes and board sizes
  • Unique playable characters
Features
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Move your hero pig around the board of Card Hog by defeating challenging foes, dodging dangerous traps, collecting shiny loot… and scrap! Discover weapons, magical skills, amusing card combinations and use them against enemies or trick them to fight against their own kind. During your journey you will meet friendly characters offering ways to improve your deck of cards with new weapons, skills, and upgrades. ⋆ Discover countless card interactions ⋆ Fight and outsmart an army of enemies ⋆ Trade beans for permanent upgrades ⋆ Unique Hogs for diverse playstyles ⋆ Multiple game modes and different board sizes Free content updates are coming soon. Expect more card interactions, enemies, boss fights, and game modes! ~ Got feedback or a feature request? Contact: bugs@snoutup.com

About

Neolysium

This strategy card game challenges players to build a thriving environment and generate energy. It focuses on decision-making and strategic creativity with positive, non-violent gameplay. Enjoy a pure gaming experience with no ads or data collection.

Highlights
  • Strategic card play
  • Environment building
  • Energy generation
  • Decision making
  • Non-violent gameplay
  • No ads
  • No personal data collection
Features
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Welcome to Neolysium the strategy card game for building a better world. Each hand is a new challenge to create a thriving environment that generates abundant energy. The game will test your decision making skills and strategic creativity while promoting a positive non-violent gameplay suitable for all ages. The game has no ads, does not collect any personal information, and is built solely for your enjoyment. How to play You start the game with 4 cards in hand and 10 spaces to play cards. Each turn you will draw a card from the deck and choose to either play a card to build your environment or discard. The objective is to maximize the amount of energy your environment produces. The game is over when you have used all of your playable spaces or your deck has run out of cards. Cards have attributes that can produce energy, create play spaces, add more cards to your deck, and other abilities to be discovered. Certain cards require other cards to be played first so having an understanding of your deck is important for developing an effective strategy. Every turn is a critical decision in managing spaces, card count, and energy output.

Screenshots

Card Hog4 screens
Neolysium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Neolysium at Free against Card Hog's $1.99. Card Hog's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (191 vs 15). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Neolysium is free to download; Card Hog costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Card Hog holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Hog has 191 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Card Hog's written reviews are positive against 71% of Neolysium's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Card Hog ships an update weekly, Neolysium every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Card Hog versus Neolysium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard HogNeolysium
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (191 ratings) — better4.1 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings191 — better15
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB73 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAurimas GaruolisSamuel Anderson

Customer experience

Card Hog

All ratings189 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

Neolysium

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral15.4%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral21.4%
Negative7.1%

In-app purchases

None

Card Hog

No in-app purchases

None

Neolysium

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Card Hog free?
Card Hog costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Neolysium free?
Neolysium is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Card Hog or Neolysium?
Card Hog is rated higher. Card Hog averages 4.6 out of 5 from 191 ratings, while Neolysium averages 4.1 from 15 ratings.
Do Card Hog or Neolysium have ads?
Neither Card Hog nor Neolysium shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Card Hog or Neolysium?
Card Hog ships an update weekly, and Neolysium every 9 days. Most recently, Card Hog was updated on October 27, 2026 and Neolysium on October 24, 2026.

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