Comparison

Spades HD! vs Phase 10 Easy Score

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Rich graphics and smooth animations
  • Strategic partnership gameplay
  • Outstanding artificial intelligence engine
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Configurable game speed
  • Automatic save function
Features
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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!

About

Phase 10 Easy Score

Easily track scores and player progress for the Phase 10 card game. Customize game settings, manage player order, and maintain a complete score history. Includes a detailed tutorial for all features.

Highlights
  • Scorekeeping for Phase 10
  • Player progress tracking
  • Customizable game settings
  • Score history maintenance
  • Player sorting and ranking
  • Tutorial and in-app help
Features
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Phase 10 Easy Score is the perfect complement for the great game of Phase 10. Not only does it make keeping score a breeze, but it's so easy and fun to use that everyone will want to keep score! Phase 10 Easy Score stays on top of everyone's phases and points, lets you sort the players so you always know who is winning, ensures that no one's score is overlooked, maintains a complete history for every player, allows you to correct any inadvertent mistakes, and includes a detailed tutorial covering all aspects of the app. Over 14 versions of Phase 10 are supported. You can even design your own game by choosing 10 out of over 75 available phases! You can play a standard game where everyone starts in phase 1, then phase 2, all the way to phase 10. To save time, you can play just the even-numbered phases or just the odd-numbered phases. Phase 10 Easy score even lets players choose the order in which they'd like to play the phases based on the hand they're dealt! Phase 10 Easy Score keeps track of who is dealing, but only if you want it to do so. There are several default settings available, all of which can be customized to meet your own needs. Help is available on every screen by tapping the (i) button. Not only does it explain how to use the screen where you tapped it, but it also provides a list of all available screens and more. This app is intended as a scorekeeping companion to the Phase 10 card game. It is not affiliated with Mattel, Inc.

Screenshots

Phase 10 Easy Score4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spades HD! at Free against Phase 10 Easy Score's $0.99. Spades HD! also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (4.6K vs 4). Phase 10 Easy Score's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Spades HD! is free to download; Phase 10 Easy Score costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spades HD! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spades HD! has 4.6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Spades HD!'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Phase 10 Easy Score's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spades HD! ships an update every 5 months, Phase 10 Easy Score every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Spades HD! versus Phase 10 Easy Score: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpades HD!Phase 10 Easy Score
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings4.6K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOptime Software LLCRobert Alessi

Customer experience

Spades HD!

All ratings4,517 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews228 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral13.2%
Negative18.4%

Phase 10 Easy Score

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

Phase 10 Easy Score

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spades HD!

No in-app purchases

None

Phase 10 Easy Score

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spades HD! free?
Spades HD! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phase 10 Easy Score free?
Phase 10 Easy Score costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spades HD! or Phase 10 Easy Score?
Spades HD! is rated higher. Spades HD! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while Phase 10 Easy Score averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Spades HD! or Phase 10 Easy Score have ads?
Spades HD! shows ads; Phase 10 Easy Score does not.
Which is updated more often, Spades HD! or Phase 10 Easy Score?
Spades HD! ships an update every 5 months, and Phase 10 Easy Score every 7 months. Most recently, Spades HD! was updated on November 10, 2026 and Phase 10 Easy Score on November 3, 2026.

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