Tichu vs Ligretto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tichu
A strategic partnership card game for four players where teams compete to be the first to empty their hands and score points. Features challenging AI opponents and online multiplayer for global play. Learn the game with a comprehensive tutorial and helpful hints.
- Partnership card game for four players
- Strategic gameplay with risk and scoring
- Challenging configurable AI opponents
- Online multiplayer with up to 4 players
- Cloud data backup and sync
- Extensive tutorial and in-game documentation
- Hint feature for learning
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*** Listed on Games Magazine's Electronic Games 100 for 2011! *** Legend has it that over 642 million Chinese play Tichu nearly every day! I don't know about that. All I know is that Tichu might very well be the world's best card game. Tichu is a partnership game for four players where partners battle to be the first to play all of their cards and score points. Each hand is filled with strategy and risk. Will you be the first player to play all of your cards? Perhaps you'd like to make a little wager on that? Are you willing to risk 100 points? How about 200? Tichu has long been the favorite card game of all time on BoardGameGeek. Find out why! I promise that you won't regret it! Tichu boasts the following great features: Fully licensed and authorized by designer Urs Hostettler and publisher Fata Morgana Spiele. Computer controlled opponents boast a challenging and lifelike Artificial Intelligence that is configurable in numerous ways. Up to 4 humans can play from any supported device in any part of the world. Data automatically backed up to the cloud and synced to any device that runs the game! Extensive tutorial and in-game documentation will teach you how to play and have you playing like a champ in no time. Hint feature helps you play while you learn. Choose from multiple beautiful deck styles.
Ligretto
Experience the thrill of a fast-paced card game where speed, deduction, and quick reactions are key. Compete against the computer or friends to be the first to empty your stack. Simple rules make it fun for all ages.
- Fast-paced card gameplay
- Play against the computer
- Local multiplayer for up to 4 players
- In-game tutorial
- Multiple player accounts
- Integrated high scores
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Ligretto, the fast-paced card game is now available as an app! Speed, good deduction skills and quick reactions are necessary in this game. Fascinating, entertaining and amazingly simple! Up to 4 players trying to be the fastest in emptying their Ligretto stack in several rounds. The rules are very simple. A yellow 4 is placed on a yellow 3, and so on until the first player has emptied his Ligretto stack. Then the round is over. A fast-paced card fun for young and old, in which the cards nearly fly around inside your iPhone or iPad. Against the computer or with friends, Ligretto is digitally as fast as physically, exciting and fun. Pure pleasure and fun! The app gives you the following exciting features: · Games in different difficulty levels against the computer! · Play with up to 4 players on one iOS devices! · Tutorial to learn the game easily! · Any number of player accounts available! · Integrated highscores! Ligretto, there is no faster game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tichu at 70% against Ligretto's 13%. Tichu also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months). Ligretto's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14). 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
Tichu costs $4.99 and Ligretto $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tichu holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tichu has 319 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Tichu's written reviews are positive against 13% of Ligretto's.
Tichu ships an update monthly, Ligretto every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Tichu | Ligretto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (319 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews — better | 12.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 319 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #185 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | House Full of Games | BrettspielWelt |
Customer experience
Tichu
Ligretto
Bugs and requests
Tichu
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes on launch or during gameplay
- Inability to join or maintain multiplayer games
- Inconsistent behavior when calling Tichu
- Incorrect card interactions (e.g. overplaying)
- Persistent login and username issues
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer support (online and local)
- More statistics and performance tracking
- Ability to forfeit games
- Faster animations and gameplay
- Improved card visibility on smaller screens
Ligretto
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tichu
No in-app purchases
Ligretto
No in-app purchases









