iCardPlayer vs Nickel Nickel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iCardPlayer
Enjoy a vast collection of classic card games playable offline. This compilation offers a solo experience without advertisements, featuring popular titles like Hearts, Spades, and Belote. Expand your card game library with this comprehensive collection.
- Classic card game compilation
- Offline solo play
- Ad-free experience
- Ever-growing game collection
- Multiple popular card games included
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The ultimate classic card games compilation! Play an ever growing collection of classic card games: from Hearts, Barbu, Whist and Lift, to Tafferan, Spades, Belote or Fantan... This version is the full game without any adverts, and doesn't need multiplayer or internet access, play solo offline!
Nickel Nickel
A four-player rummy game where the wild card progresses from 3 to 13 each round. Players aim to form sets and runs, with the lowest score winning. This version includes banner and full-screen ads.
- Changing wild card (3-13)
- Set and run formation
- Play against robots
- Draw from discard or draw pile
- Scoring system
- Four-player gameplay
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Nickel Nickel is a fun four-player progressive rummy game where the wild card changes every round. The game begins with three cards, with 3s and Jokers as wild cards. Each round another card is dealt, and the next rank becomes wild, continuing all the way through the 13s round. Play against three computer opponents as you build sets of three cards or runs of three or more cards in the same suit. On your turn, draw a card from the face-down draw pile or the face-up discard pile. If you have wild cards, position your wilds in your hand to make sets. Choose your discard carefully—you may be helping the next player. When a player lays down all of their cards in valid sets and runs, each remaining player gets one final turn before scores are counted. After the 13s round, the player with the lowest score wins the game! This free version includes banner ads during play and occasional full-screen ads between games. Prefer an ad-free experience? Nickel Nickel+ removes all advertising.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Nickel Nickel at Free against iCardPlayer's $1.99. Nickel Nickel also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). iCardPlayer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (74% vs 50%). On ratings volume, 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
Nickel Nickel is free to download; iCardPlayer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nickel Nickel holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 54 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of iCardPlayer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Nickel Nickel's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iCardPlayer ships an update every 10 months, Nickel Nickel every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCardPlayer | Nickel Nickel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) | 4.6 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jean-Baptiste Bolcato | fishdog.net |
Customer experience
iCardPlayer
Nickel Nickel
In-app purchases
iCardPlayer
No in-app purchases
Nickel Nickel
No in-app purchases









