Spades HD! vs iSpades
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spades HD!
Experience the classic card game Spades with rich graphics and smooth animations. Strategize with a partner to outwit opponents, utilizing teamwork and skill. Enjoy adjustable difficulty levels and customizable game speed for an engaging experience.
- Rich graphics and smooth animations
- Strategic partnership gameplay
- Outstanding artificial intelligence engine
- Three difficulty levels
- Configurable game speed
- Automatic save function
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The classic card game Spades is now available on your iPad. With rich graphics and smooth animations, Spades Free HD 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 HD 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 HD offers many exciting features, including: * Great graphics and awesome sound effects * Outstanding card animations * Configurable game speed (slow, medium, or fast) * Automatic save when you exit the app If you've been waiting for a killer Spades app for your iPad, this is it. Download Spades Free HD today and check it out!
iSpades
This card game allows you to play Spades against a CPU with customizable rules and deck options. Track your scores, earn achievements, and save your progress. Enjoy flexible gameplay with landscape and vertical orientations.
- Play against CPU
- Four-color deck option
- Customizable scoring variants
- Adjustable game settings
- Save and load game progress
- Achievements system
- Landscape and vertical orientation
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SPADES Main characteristics: - Play Spades against CPU - Four-color deck (each suit has a different color) - Scoring variants: With or without penalty, several penalty variations... - It includes help and play explanation - Settings: Cards size, deck type (four-color or classic), cards back color, sound, animations, speed, scoreboard, table and scores color, see names on the table cards,... - Scores: Matches, Hands, best and worst score,... - Achievements: They allow to achieve experiencie points - Save and load game - Landscape and vertical orientation Play: - The winner is the team that first reaches the set number of points (by default 500) - Each hand consists of dealing 13 cards. During a hand, each player bids for a number of tricks, then attempts to take exactly that many tricks during the hand Scoring Spades: - Points are awarded for winning at least the number of tricks bidded. Both the team bids and the team tricks are added. - By default, Each team scores 10 point for each trick bidded and an extra point for each additional trick. If a team not make the contract, they'll lost 10 points for each bid. 10 points are also lost if 10 extra tricks are acumulated (according to rules). - If a player bids 0 (nil) and he/she doesn't win any trick, he she'll win 100 points. If he/she wins any bid, he/she'll lost 100 points. The rules settings allow changing some of this rules: - Game points: 250, 300, 500 or 1000 points - Lose game points: -200, -500 - Penalty: No penalty, one point, 100 points, 110 points - Breaking spades: Allow or not to lead spades
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iSpades at 5.0 against Spades HD!'s 4.6. iSpades also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Spades HD!'s advantage is ratings volume (4.5K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iSpades holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spades HD! has 4.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Spades HD! ships an update every 5 months, iSpades every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spades HD! | iSpades |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.5K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Optime Software LLC | Manuel Lopez Lopez |
Customer experience
Spades HD!
iSpades
Bugs and requests
Spades HD!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes or freezes
- Scoring and bid display issues
- Compatibility problems on some devices
Requested features
3 requests- Allow choosing partner character
- Add option to play against real opponents
- Improve scoring and bid logic
iSpades
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spades HD!
No in-app purchases
iSpades
No in-app purchases
