Batak vs Board Game Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Batak
Experience a popular trick-taking card game, a variant of Spades, known by many names worldwide. Bid on the number of tricks you'll win and aim to meet your bid in this engaging card game.
- Trick-taking gameplay
- Bidding mechanics
- Simple and auction game modes
- Standard 52-card deck
- Follow suit rules
- Trump card mechanics
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Batak is a variant of popular trick-taking card game Spades. Batak is also known by many other names, including Oh Hell!, Blackout, Nomination Whist, Elevator (l'Ascenseur in France), Boerenbridge or 10 op en neer in the Netherlands, German Bridge in Hong Kong. A standard 52 card deck is used. The cards in each suit rank (from high to low) A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. 13 cards are dealt to each player. A player leads the first card. Each player must follow the suit led, if he can. If not, he should play the trump, or any suit if he has no trump. The player who has played the card with the highest value ( the trump card or the card of the suit led, if no trump was played) wins the trick. That player then leads to the next trick. Continue until all tricks have been played and won. The game has two modifications: simple and auction. In the simple game the object is for each player to bid the number of tricks he thinks he can take in the hand, then to take at least that number of tricks. In the auction game a player offering higher bid wins the auction. He has to take bid number of tricks or more. Other players have to win at least one trick. Enjoy simple interface and attractive game view!
Board Game Buddy
Simplify board game scoring and track your gameplays. Easily upload your game history to your favorite board game websites. Offers general scoring and custom score sheets for numerous games.
- Simplify board game scoring
- Track gameplays
- Upload game history
- Custom score sheets
- General scoring
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Spend more time playing your favourite table top board games and less time fiddling with complicated scoring. And when you are done, easily upload your game play to your favourite board game website! General scoring and custom scoresheets for many games - or you can create your own smart scoresheet! Have fun and keep gaming!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Board Game Buddy at Free against Batak's $0.99. Board Game Buddy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Batak's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Board Game Buddy is free to download; Batak costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Board Game Buddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Batak has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Batak's written reviews are positive against 100% of Board Game Buddy's.
Batak ships an update every 3 months, Board Game Buddy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Batak | Board Game Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adikus | Andrew Morrison |
Customer experience
Batak
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In-app purchases
Batak
No in-app purchases
Board Game Buddy
No in-app purchases
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