Comparison

Doodle God™ vs Card Thief

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

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About

Doodle God™

Combine basic elements like fire, earth, wind, and air to create over 300 advanced items and concepts, building a universe from microorganisms to complex structures. This puzzle game offers multiple modes, including planet creation, missions, and quests, with witty quotes and achievements.

Highlights
  • Combine elements to create over 300 items
  • Planet mode for visual universe building
  • Mission and Puzzle modes with challenges
  • Artifacts mode to collect creations
  • Hundreds of quotes and sayings
  • New achievements and encyclopedia
Features
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Over 190 Million Players Worldwide! Available in 13 Languages UNLEASH YOUR INNER GOD AND CREATE A UNIVERSE In this addictive, ALL ages, puzzle game mix and match different combinations of fire, earth, wind and air to create an entire universe! As you create each element watch your world come alive as each element animates on your planet. The new “Planet” mode offers a new challenging way to create a universe of your dreams. Of course the universe was not created in a day. You’ll have to work your up from a simple microorganism to create animals, tools, storms and even build armies before you have what it takes to build the universe! But beware, the power of creation may have unintended consequences, inventing the wheel might just trigger a zombie plague… Don’t worry, you are not alone on this cosmic journey! Every time you successfully create a new item you’ll be rewarded with the wit and wisdom of some of the greatest philosophers and comedians of all time. Unleash your inner god with Doodle God™! NEW GAMEPLAY FEATURES - Now available in 13 languages: English, Dutch, French, Spain, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Swedish, Polish & German. - NEW Visual “Planet” Mode allows players to see their planet come alive as you play. - NEW “Mission” Mode offers new challenging puzzles - New Artifacts Mode: Collect ancient artifacts like Stonehenge created by amazing triple reactions. - Mold fire, wind, earth and air to create the Universe. - Create 300+ advanced items and concepts. - Intuitive one-click game play encourages thoughtful, creative play - Hundreds of interesting, funny and thought-provoking quotes and sayings. - New “Puzzle” mode. Create locomotives, sky scrappers and more - New “Quests” mode. Can you save the Princess or escape a Desert Island? - New reactions with existing elements and episodes. - New achievements. - New Elements encyclopedia with wikipedia links. - Improved mini-games for arcade fans. CRITICS LOVE IT! > Apple REWIND AWARD > “Wonderfully unique concept. Deeply satisfying!” – GameZebo > “Giving it huge thumbs up!" - TUAW > “It’s addictive. Insanely so! Lots of fun.” – 148Apps > “Discovering each new element was an utter delight." - AppSafari > "You'll have to use your creativity… ruthlessly addictive." - Slide2Play > "I would recommend buying it, definitely worth it!” - TouchGen Follow us to get early access to exclusive content, price drops and updates: LIKE: www.facebook.com/doodlegod FOLLOW: www.twitter.com/joybitsmobile Check out our other exciting games! Doodle Devil™ & Doodle Farm™

About

Card Thief

A solitaire-style stealth game where you play as a master thief. Sneak through darkness, steal treasure, and escape without getting caught. It offers deep strategy and roguelike replayability in short, engaging sessions.

Highlights
  • Solitaire-style stealth gameplay
  • 4 unique heists
  • Unlockable equipment cards
  • Hireable thieves with special rules
  • Mini deck-building mechanics
  • Daily Heist mode with leaderboards
  • Roguelike replayability
  • Offline play
Features
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Card Thief is a solitaire-style stealth card game that transforms your deck into a shadowy world of cunning heists and daring escapes. Sneak through the darkness as a master thief. Extinguish torches, pickpocket guards, and steal precious treasure without getting caught. Every card you flip is a calculated risk. Every move could be your last. From the makers of Card Crawl, the hit indie card dungeon crawler, Card Thief distills the tension of classic stealth games into a sleek, strategic card game you can play in minutes. Easy to learn, endlessly deep. Plan. Steal. Escape. Repeat. With a rich layer of tactical decision-making, risk/reward choices, and roguelike replayability, Card Thief is the perfect pick-up-and-play strategy card game for fans of stealth, puzzle games, and solo card games alike. Features - Solitaire-style stealth gameplay with no internet required - 4 unique heists with distinct enemies, traps, and obstacles - 12 unlockable and upgradable equipment cards with unique abilities - Hire 10 thieves, each with special gameplay rules - Mini deck-building mechanics for deep strategic customization - Daily Heist mode with global leaderboards - Roguelike replayability so every run plays differently - Perfect session length of 2 to 3 minutes per game - Offline play, great for travel

Screenshots

Doodle God™4 screens
Card Thief4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Card Thief at Free against Doodle God™'s $0.99. Card Thief also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Doodle God™'s advantage is chart position (#21 vs unranked) and ratings volume (4K vs 1K). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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

Card Thief is free to download; Doodle God™ costs $0.99 up front. Doodle God™ sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Card Thief 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 — 4.6 for Doodle God™ against 4.7 for Card Thief. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4K and 1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Doodle God™'s written reviews are positive against 70% of Card Thief's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doodle God™ ships an update every 2 months, Card Thief every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Doodle God™ versus Card Thief: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoodle God™Card Thief
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (4K ratings)4.7 (1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.4% of reviews — better69.9% of reviews
Number of ratings4K — better1K
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#21 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB161 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJoyBits Co Ltd.Arnold Rauers

Customer experience

Doodle God™

All ratings4,038 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews1,439 reviews
Positive76.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative18.4%

Card Thief

All ratings981 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral1.3%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews478 reviews
Positive69.9%
Neutral9.4%
Negative20.7%

User reviews

Doodle God™

From 4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive and fun
  • 👍 Creative and clever game
  • 🚀 Lots of content and gameplay
  • 👍 Great for passing time
  • 👍 Nostalgic and enjoyable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and black screen issues
  • 🔍 Illogical element combinations
  • 💸 Ads and in-app purchases in paid version
  • 🕰️ Repetitive and gets boring over time
  • 🤖 Poor optimization for newer devices

Card Thief

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 👍 Fun and unique stealth mechanics
  • 👍 Very fun for offline gaming
  • 👍 New favorite card game
  • 👍 Creative and addictive game

Room to improve

  • ❓ What is the goal?
  • 🐛 Issueee
  • 🐛 Buggy
  • 🐛 Crashes on load
  • 🐛 Cannot select path

Bugs and requests

Doodle God™

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Disappearing/missing elements
  • Inability to progress past certain points
  • Frequent crashes and black screens
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Skip cutscenes and animations
  • More new content and updates
  • Customization options
  • Improved UI and UX
  • Better optimization for modern devices

Card Thief

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Crystals which you can get when playing are useless
  • Notch covers game information on iPhone X+
  • Ads error prevents chest opening
  • Hideout heists have unrealistically high scores
  • Can't open hideout, game crashes
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  • Crashes right after starting on M1 iPad Pro with iPadOS 14.7.1
  • Crashes all the time
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

9 requests
  • More enemies or traps to deal with
  • More equipment to try out
  • 4x4 layout rather than 3x3
  • Endless mode
  • Multiplayer compatibility
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  • Sync game data between Android and iOS
  • Shop to use crystals
  • More levels, incentives, and variations in the Hideout games
  • Ability to cash in stolen goods for new tool cards or special cards

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Doodle God™

One-time10
  • Thanks to developers$0.99
  • Bundle of 200 mana$0.99
  • Bundle of 450 mana$1.99
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  • Starter Kit$1.99
  • Bundle of 1000 mana$3.99
  • Pack of thanks to developers$4.99
  • Bundle of 3000 mana$9.99
  • Bundle of 10000 mana$24.99
  • Bundle of 30000 mana$49.99
  • Infinite mana$99.99
1 purchases

Card Thief

One-time1
  • Unlock Card Thief$4.99

Questions

Is Doodle God™ free?
Doodle God™ costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Card Thief free?
Card Thief is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Doodle God™ or Card Thief?
Card Thief is rated higher. Doodle God™ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while Card Thief averages 4.7 from 1K ratings.
Do Doodle God™ or Card Thief have ads?
Both Doodle God™ and Card Thief show ads.
Which is updated more often, Doodle God™ or Card Thief?
Doodle God™ ships an update every 2 months, and Card Thief every 4 months. Most recently, Doodle God™ was updated on November 7, 2026 and Card Thief on November 6, 2026.

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