iCardPlayer vs Spades+
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!
Spades+
Enjoy a classic trick-taking card game with customizable rules and player configurations. Play solo or with partners, strategizing bids and tricks to win. This ad-free experience offers a clean interface and adjustable opponent difficulty.
- 3 or 4 player modes
- Solo or partner play
- Customizable table and card appearance
- Adjustable nil bid rules
- Configurable spade lead rules
- Adjustable AI aggression
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No ads, no tracking, no subscriptions. Spades is a trick-taking card game that can be played with 3 players solo, 4 players solo, or 4 players with partners (2 teams of 2). A standard 52-card deck is dealt, then players bid the number of tricks they can take. The goal is to take as many tricks as were bid. When playing with partners, North/South is one team, West/East is the other, and teammates' bids and tricks are combined, so one player's underbid can compensate for his teammate's overbid. This app allows you to configure number of players and teams, the appearance of the table and cards, rules about nil bids and when spades can be lead. There are instructions included in the app, as well as a setting to make your robot opponents less aggressive or more aggressive. Spades Gold edition has no advertising and no in-app purchases. It includes several card back and tabletop options that are not available in the ad-supported edition.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spades+ at 4.7 against iCardPlayer's 4.3. Spades+ also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (287 vs 20). iCardPlayer's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 47%) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On ads, 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
iCardPlayer costs $1.99 and Spades+ $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spades+ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spades+ has 287 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of iCardPlayer's written reviews are positive against 47% of Spades+'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, Spades+ every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCardPlayer | Spades+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) | 4.7 (287 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.8% of reviews — better | 47.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 287 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #24 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jean-Baptiste Bolcato | fishdog.net |
Customer experience
iCardPlayer
Spades+
In-app purchases
iCardPlayer
No in-app purchases
Spades+
No in-app purchases
