Comparison

Spades+ vs Rusti

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer and solo play
  • Extensive statistics tracking
  • Unlockable achievements
  • Challenging AI opponents
  • Automatic game saving
  • Beginner-friendly tutorial
Features
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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

About

Rusti

Test your fundamental knowledge with daily quizzes covering fractions, capitals, and vocabulary. Compete with friends and family on leaderboards or challenge them head-to-head. Offers a privacy-first experience with no accounts or tracking.

Highlights
  • Daily knowledge quizzes
  • Friend and household leaderboards
  • Head-to-head subtopic challenges
  • Privacy-first, no accounts or tracking
  • Practice Mode for infinite quizzes
  • Family Dashboard with per-kid reports
Features
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Each morning, ten questions on the basics every adult learned — and most have forgotten. Multiplying fractions. World capitals. Body systems. Vocabulary roots. The stuff that was easy at ten and hits different at thirty-five. Play the daily ritual solo, climb the friend leaderboard, or get pulled into a household showdown with the kids. Then challenge a friend head-to-head on a single subtopic — multiplying fractions, world capitals, parts of speech — and see who's actually rusty. Privacy-first by construction. No accounts to create. No tracking. No ads. Game Center handles friends; iCloud handles the household, challenges and daily scores. In the daily ritual: • Ten questions per day, sixty seconds each • Single attempt — share your spoiler-safe scorecard at any time • Friend leaderboard via Game Center • Family household leaderboard shared through iCloud, with kid sub-accounts that stay COPPA-clean by construction Unlocks with Rusti+: • Practice Mode — unlimited practice quizzes that start with questions you've already seen and won't preview your next month of dailies • Family Dashboard — parent-facing weekly per-kid report • Challenge Mode — initiate head-to-head challenges on any subtopic, accuracy plus speed scoring • Plus replays of any quiz you've played, detailed per-subject stats with your current and longest streaks, your score trend and consistency, a monthly streak freeze, themed share artifacts, a reminder at the time you choose, and unlimited kid sub-accounts Built by Kynoss Studios. Daily Games suite member alongside Riffl, Paeki, and Intuii. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Spades+4 screens
Rusti4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Rusti at none against Spades+'s shown. Rusti also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Spades+'s advantage is ratings volume (182K vs 3) and chart position (#156 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Spades+ sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Rusti sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rusti holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spades+ has 182K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spades+ ships an update every 5 weeks, Rusti every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Spades+ versus Rusti: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpades+Rusti
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (182K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings182K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#156 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperA Star Software LLCSteven Knauss

Customer experience

Spades+

All ratings181,537 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews881 reviews
Positive35.4%
Neutral10.4%
Negative54.1%

Rusti

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Rusti

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Spades+

Subscriptions3
  • A-Star VIP Membership Weekly$2.997 Days
  • A-Star VIP Membership Monthly$9.991 Month
  • A-Star VIP Membership Yearly$99.991 Year
One-time6
  • 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
1 purchases

Rusti

One-time1
  • Rusti+$2.99

Questions

Is Spades+ free?
Spades+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rusti free?
Rusti is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spades+ or Rusti?
Rusti is rated higher. Spades+ averages 4.8 out of 5 from 182K ratings, while Rusti averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Spades+ or Rusti have ads?
Spades+ shows ads; Rusti does not.
Which is updated more often, Spades+ or Rusti?
Spades+ ships an update every 5 weeks, and Rusti every 3 weeks. Most recently, Spades+ was updated on October 15, 2026 and Rusti on October 13, 2026.

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