Comparison

SpadesSC vs Bower

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

Head to head
About

SpadesSC

A digital scorecard for tracking Spades card game matches. It manages bids, bags, and scores round by round, automatically determining the next dealer and current leader. Supports various game rules and scoring variations.

Highlights
  • Track bids and bags
  • Round-by-round scoring
  • Automatic dealer tracking
  • Supports multiple Spades rules
  • Configurable bonuses
  • No pencil or paper needed
Features
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This is not a Spades game — SpadesSC is a scorecard app for tracking your Spades matches. Track bids, bags, and scores round by round. SpadesSC always knows who deals next and who's winning. Supports Nils, Blind Bids, Simplified Team Bidding, Bag Outs, 10-4-200, Renege Penalties, Double Over/Back, and fully configurable bonuses. No pencil or paper required. ----- Privacy Policy: https://www.sykosoft.net/spadessc/#privacypolicy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bower

Experience a classic card game with customizable rules and AI opponents. Learn the game with a guided mode and track your progress with career stats. Play with friends on a single device.

Highlights
  • Offline play
  • Ad-free experience
  • Customizable house rules
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Guide mode for learning
  • Pass and play multiplayer
  • Career statistics tracking
Features
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Bower is euchre the way it's played at a kitchen table — you and your partner against two opponents, first team to 10 or 11 points. No accounts. No ads. No timers pushing you to play faster. Just the game. A GOOD GAME, EVERY TIME Your partner leads suits that make sense, holds trump when it should, and won't hand the opponents a round it could have taken. Three difficulty levels set how hard the whole table plays — Easy while you learn, Hard once you want a fight. LEARN BY PLAYING Guide mode deals a practice hand and walks you through every decision: what the right bower is, why the left bower counts as trump, when it's worth going alone. Nothing in it counts against your record. A How to Play reference is one tap away whenever a rule slips your mind. THE RULES YOU PLAY BY Every table has its own house rules, so Bower lets you set yours: • Stick the Dealer — the dealer must call if everyone passes twice • First to 10 or first to 11 • Partner's Best — a lone player trades a discard for their partner's best card • Farmer's Hand Redeal — throw in a hand with nothing above a ten • Auto Mode — plays your card for you when there's only one legal choice PASS AND PLAY Hand the phone around. Any seat at the table can be a person instead of the computer, so two, three, or four of you can play on a single device. FOUR LOOKS Classic Felt is the green table you'd expect. Midnight is dark and quiet. Kitchen is warm paper and serif type. Court Press is high-contrast and loud. TRACK YOUR GAME Career stats follow your wins, your euchres, your lone marches and your longest streak. Achievements unlock as you go, and sync to Game Center. Your game saves itself. Close the app mid-hand and pick it up exactly where you left off. Euchre is a 24-card trick-taking game played across the American Midwest, Ontario and beyond. If you grew up with it, Bower will feel familiar. If you didn't, guide mode will get you playing in about five minutes.

Screenshots

SpadesSC4 screens
Bower4 screens

Verdict

The call

SpadesSC and Bower both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Bower's written reviews are positive against 33% of SpadesSC's. Bower also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. SpadesSC sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per 3 months and Bower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SpadesSC against 5.0 for Bower. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of SpadesSC's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bower's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpadesSC ships an update every 3 weeks, Bower daily. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SpadesSC versus Bower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpadesSCBower
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin BowesCapware LLC

Customer experience

SpadesSC

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral9.5%
Negative57.1%

Bower

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SpadesSC

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$0.993 Months
1 purchases

Bower

One-time1
  • Bower Pro$2.99

Questions

Is SpadesSC free?
SpadesSC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bower free?
Bower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SpadesSC or Bower?
SpadesSC and Bower are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do SpadesSC or Bower have ads?
Neither SpadesSC nor Bower shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpadesSC or Bower?
SpadesSC ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bower daily. Most recently, SpadesSC was updated on October 8, 2026 and Bower on October 1, 2026.

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