Spades+ vs iCrazy Eights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spades+
Experience the #1 Spades card game on your mobile device. Play against smart AI opponents or challenge friends online. Track your progress with detailed statistics and unlock achievements in this fun and stable card game.
- Multiplayer and solo play
- Extensive statistics tracking
- Unlockable achievements
- Challenging AI opponents
- Automatic game saving
- Beginner-friendly tutorial
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#1 Spades card game! Multiplayer or Solo • Achievements • Stats • Smart AI • Millions of happy players • PLAY NOW! Spades+ is the #1 free Spades card game for iPhone and iPad! Spades+ has been in development for years by a dedicated team and has seen countless new features, improvements, and bug fixes. It's fast, stable, always improving, and, above all, fun! Features: * Play Spades online with your friends and everyone else! * Extensive Statistics * Achievements, some easy, some hard, can you get them all? * Challenging and competitive artificial-intelligence opponents * Realistic look and feel * Automatic game saving, just in case you get a call right before you achieve your blind nil bid * Simple tutorial to help beginners get in the game fast * Game options * Free! What players are saying ***** "Superb! Very well programmed. Excellent and challenging for every phase of the game!" ***** "Love this game! It's an awesome app!" ***** "Best card game interface for iPad. This is a great game that features pleasing high-def graphics that look especially good on the iPad screen. The deal and trick pickup animations enhance the game playing experience. Card games are simple, but they don't have to be dull and this one is fun without resorting to cheesy animated 'characters'..." ***** "Awesome. Love it! stimulating beautiful graphics, challenging. well done." ***** "Great!! I love this game!! I play it all the time! Highly recommend!" ***** "Downloaded this after I began to teach my kids to play spades for Family Night. Thought it couldn't hurt to brush up my skills! I find myself playing this for hours! Great app." ***** "LOVE THIS GAME! I play everyday!" ***** "Hooked. If you like spades, this is a great game. Plays like the real thing." ***** "My favorite game!" ***** "Addicting. Great fun!" Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://astarsoftware.com/privacy
iCrazy Eights
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CRAZY EIGHTS Main characteristics: - Play Crazy Eights against several CPU (2 to 6 players) - Four-color deck (each suit has a different color) - Several variants: Special cards, game points, undealt stock pile options,... - 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... - Scores: Hands, matches, best and worst,... - Save and load game - Landscape and vertical orientation Play: - A player wins when reaches the set number of points - A match has several hands. In each hand 5, 7 or 8 cards are dealt. The object is to get rid of the cards in the hand onto a discard pile by matching the number or suit of the previous discard Scoring Crazy Eights: - At the end of the hand the winner gets points for the remaining cards in players' hands. The card values are 50 the eights, 10 the J, Q and K, and the other cards the face value (aces 1 point). The rules settings allow changing some of this rules:: - Game points: 50 per player, 100, 250 or 500 - Player beginning number of cards: 5 (more than 2 players), 7 (2 players) or 8 - Undealt stock pile: Only can draw from stock pile if the player hasn't valid cards, number of cards to draw, allow laying cards from stock pile immediately, when the stock pile is exhausted make a new one - Use 2 card packs with 6 players - Set up card requiring special actions: Penalty cards, reverse direction, skip turn - Eights: Only can be played when match the rank or suit, can nominated,...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iCrazy Eights at none against Spades+'s 9. iCrazy Eights also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Spades+'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and chart position (#140 vs unranked). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Spades+ sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. iCrazy Eights asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spades+ ships an update every 5 weeks, iCrazy Eights every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spades+ | iCrazy Eights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (182K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 35.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 182K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #140 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A Star Software LLC | Manuel Lopez Lopez |
Bugs and requests
Spades+
Reported bugs
4 issues- AI partner sabotaging nil bids
- Inconsistent point scoring
- Inability to exit ads during gameplay
- Freezing/crashing during ads
Requested features
5 requests- More game mode options
- Ability to block/report players
- Customizable game settings
- Improved AI partner behavior
- Reduced ads or ad-free option
iCrazy Eights
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spades+
- A-Star VIP Membership Weekly$2.997 Days
- A-Star VIP Membership Monthly$9.991 Month
- A-Star VIP Membership Yearly$99.991 Year
- 25 Tokens$0.99
- Remove Ads (1 Day)$1.99
- 100 Tokens$2.99
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- Remove Ads (7 Days)$3.99
- 500 Tokens$9.99
- Remove Ads (30 Days)$9.99
iCrazy Eights
No in-app purchases









