CinquilloHD vs Rook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CinquilloHD
Experience the classic card game of Cinquillo. Play a simple yet addictive game where players lay down cards in sequence, starting with the five of diamonds. The first to empty their hand wins the round and scores points based on opponents' remaining cards.
- Original Cinquillo gameplay
- Simple and addictive mechanics
- Two game length options (50 or 100 points)
- Turn-based play
- Card sequencing rules
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El juego original del Cinquillo. Juega a este juego, simple y a la vez adictivo. Comienza el primer turno el jugador que posea el cinco de oros. A partir de ahí, cada jugador podrá poner las cartas correlativas a las ya puestas (en la primera mano el 4 o el 6 de oros) o un cinco de otro palo, y así sucesivamente. Gana el turno el jugador que se quede primero sin cartas. El ganador de cada turno sumará tantos puntos como cartas tengan el resto de jugadores. En los siguientes turnos comienza el jugador situado a la derecha del que comenzó el turno anterior, siempre que tenga un cinco, sea del palo que sea. Hay dos opciones de juegos: Partida corta: gana el jugador que antes llegue a 50 puntos. Partida larga: gana el jugador que antes llegue a 100 puntos.
Rook
Experience a strategic trick-taking card game with a unique deck and bidding system. Play with friends or AI, aiming to reach a target score by winning tricks and naming trump suits. Features color-blind friendly cards and customizable rules.
- Trick-taking gameplay
- Unique card deck (5-14)
- Bidding for trump suit
- Color-blind friendly cards
- Customizable rules
- AI opponents
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Play the classic Rook trick-taking card game on your iPhone or iPad. You play South, partnered with North, against the West/East team. Rook uses a special deck with four colored suits numbered 5 through 14, plus the powerful Rook card. In this app, the Rook is represented by a castle chess piece, and the cards are designed to be color-blind friendly. Customize the game to match the Rook rules you know. Change the wallpaper, add optional 1 cards ranked above the 14s, choose whether players must play trump when unable to follow suit, award a bonus for winning every trick, adjust the winning score, and more. HOW TO PLAY Dealing: The deal rotates to the left each hand. Each player receives 9 cards, with 5 additional cards dealt to the widow in the center of the table. Bidding: Players bid for the right to choose the trump suit. The player to the dealer’s left opens the bidding at 70 or passes. Bidding continues to the left, usually in 5-point increments. Once a player passes, that player is out of the bidding for the hand. The Widow and Trump: The high bidder takes the 5 widow cards, which are revealed to all players, chooses the trump suit, and then discards 5 cards. The discarded cards remain hidden from the other players. Depending on your settings, point cards in the discard go either to the bidding team or to the winner of the last trick. Playing Tricks: The dealer—or optionally the high bidder—leads the first trick. Play continues to the left, with each player playing one card. Players must follow the suit that was led when possible. If unable to follow suit, a player may play any card—or, with the appropriate option enabled, must play trump when possible. The highest card of the suit led wins unless a trump card is played, in which case the highest trump wins. The Rook is the highest trump card and can be played strategically to capture a valuable trick. Standard card ranking from highest to lowest is: Rook – 14 – 13 – 12 – 11 – 10 – 9 – 8 – 7 – 6 – 5 With the optional 1 cards enabled: Rook – 1 – 14 – 13 – 12 – 11 – 10 – 9 – 8 – 7 – 6 – 5 The winner of each trick collects the four cards and leads the next trick. Scoring: At the end of the hand, each team counts the point cards it captured: • Rook: 20 points • 14: 10 points • 10: 10 points • 5: 5 points Other cards have no point value. If the bidding team fails to score enough points to make its bid, the bid amount is deducted from its score. An optional bonus can also be awarded for winning every trick. Winning: The first team to reach the selected winning score wins the game. You can adjust the target score in the game settings. Rook is free to play and supported by advertising. Prefer to play without ads? Rook+, the paid ad-free version, is also available on the App Store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rook at 62% against CinquilloHD's 50%. CinquilloHD's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CinquilloHD | Rook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 62.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juegos + IDS | fishdog.net |
Customer experience
CinquilloHD
Rook
Bugs and requests
CinquilloHD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rook
Reported bugs
4 issues- AI partner plays trumps incorrectly
- Scoring calculator issues and negative scores
- Inability to skip the rest of the hand after outcome is decided
- Irritating background music that cannot be turned off
Requested features
5 requests- Online multiplayer mode to play with friends
- More customization options for game rules
- Ability to play with full deck (2-14) and 4-card kitty
- Option to start bidding lower
- Ability to 'shoot the moon'
In-app purchases
CinquilloHD
No in-app purchases
Rook
No in-app purchases









