Spades ∙ vs The Spades
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spades ∙
Experience the classic Spades card game with smart AI opponents. Place bids, strategize with a partner, and outwit your opponents through engaging gameplay. Enjoy rich graphics and customizable settings for a smooth gaming experience.
- Smart AI opponents
- Place bids and strategize
- Work with a partner
- Rich graphics and animations
- Multiple card styles
- Configurable game speed
- Automatic save function
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The classic card game Spades is now available on your iPhone or iPod Touch. With rich graphics and smooth animations, Spades Free is the premier Spades app on the app store - and best of all, it's free. Place your bids and work with your partner to outfox your opponent. You'll need a great combination of strategy and teamwork to win! Spades Free features an outstanding artificial intelligence engine. Three different difficulty levels ensure that you can play against a computer opponent that matches your skill level. Spades Free offers many exciting features, including: * Great graphics and awesome sound effects * Multiple card styles * Outstanding card animations * Configurable game speed (slow, medium, or fast) * Automatic save when you get a phone call or exit the app If you've been waiting for a killer Spades app for your iPhone or iPod Touch, this is it. Download Spades Free today and check it out!
The Spades
Experience the classic 4-player contract trick-taking card game on iOS. Enjoy smooth gameplay, scalable difficulty, and track your performance against 18 AI opponents. Customize your partnerships and challenge yourself to beat them all.
- Full Spades partnership play
- 18 CPU characters with varying skill
- Choose partners and opponents
- Undo play and hint facility
- Save player statistics
- Customizable graphics and sound
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The most downloaded Spades app now available !! 'The Spades' brings this classic 4-player contract trick taking card game to the iOS, based on the No.1 downloaded Spades app by AI Factory! 'The Spades' supplies classy graphics, super smooth gameplay, addictive background music and sound effects, highly scalable difficulty & much more. The game will track your wins/losses and draws against each of the difficulty levels. You can monitor how well you have performed in partnership with all the 18 CPU players provided for the game. Beat them all and partner them all! Features: -- Full Spades Partnership Play -- 18 CPU characters of varying skill (beginner to expert) -- Choose who to partner with and who to play against! -- Undo your play anytime -- Hint facility -- Backgroud Music and Sound Effects (ON/OFF) -- Beautiful Card and Background graphics -- Animation speed (Normal/ Fast) -- Saves history of your and CPU player stats -- Remove ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spades ∙ at none against The Spades's 1. Spades ∙ also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 45%) and ratings volume (29K vs 8.2K). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. The Spades sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spades ∙ asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Spades ∙ against 4.6 for The Spades. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29K and 8.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Spades ∙'s written reviews are positive against 45% of The Spades's.
Spades ∙ ships an update every 5 months, The Spades every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spades ∙ | The Spades |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (29K ratings) | 4.6 (8.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.8% of reviews — better | 45.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29K — better | 8.2K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Optime Software LLC | UNBALANCE Corporation |
Customer experience
Spades ∙
The Spades
User reviews
Spades ∙
From 29K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Well-presented slick game
- 🕹️ Great game
- 🕹️ Classic game
- ⏱️ Relaxing game to pass time
Room to improve
- 🤖 Megan is an incompetent partner
- 🤖 Opponents play too well against partner
- 🔍 Scoring is inconsistent and unfair
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
The Spades
From 8.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Enjoyable game
- 👍 Good entertainment
- 🕹️ Relaxing gameplay
- 🧠 Improves gameplay skills
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🤖 Biased AI partners
- 🤔 Inconsistent partner behavior
- 🧠 Questionable AI decision-making
Bugs and requests
Spades ∙
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes and crashes frequently
- Ads interrupt gameplay and cause crashes
- Partner plays cards illogically
Requested features
4 requests- Option to change partner names and gender
- Stats page to track games won/lost
- Online multiplayer mode
- More game variations
The Spades
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes and crashes
- Scoring issues and discrepancies
- Undo feature locked behind ads
Requested features
4 requests- Option to customize game rules
- Ability to lead with spades
- More balanced AI partners
- Add-free version
In-app purchases
Spades ∙
No in-app purchases
The Spades
- Remove Ad$5.99
