Comparison

Aces Spades vs The Spades

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

Head to head
About

Aces Spades

Experience the classic card game on mobile with stunning HD graphics and intelligent AI. Team up with unique characters to test your skills in various game modes and difficulty levels. Enjoy a fully customizable Spades experience.

Highlights
  • Play Standard, Mirror, Whiz, or Suicide modes
  • 11 distinct animated opponents
  • 5 difficulty levels and intuitive AI
  • Customizable bidding options
  • Gameplay suited for all skill levels
Features
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If you’re looking for the finest card games available for mobile, Aces® has got them in Spades! The team that brought you Aces® Hearts, Aces Cribbage, and Aces Solitaire is back with a new offering in the Aces line of quality card games. Aces Spades brings the classic card game to mobile with gorgeous HD graphics, intuitive AI, and fully customizable gameplay. You’ll team up with one of 11 beautifully rendered Victorian-era characters to test your skill against a variety of colorful opponents, each with their own unique styles of play. Take tricks, bid nil, and pass to your partner in the most complete Spades experience available for mobile: Aces Spades! Game Features: • Play Standard, Mirror, Whiz, or Suicide • 11 distinct animated opponents • 5 difficulty levels and intuitive AI • Customizable bidding options • Gameplay suited for all skill levels

About

The Spades

Experience the classic 4-player contract trick-taking card game on iOS. Enjoy smooth gameplay, scalable difficulty, and track your performance against 18 AI opponents. Customize your partnerships and challenge yourself to beat them all.

Highlights
  • Full Spades partnership play
  • 18 CPU characters with varying skill
  • Choose partners and opponents
  • Undo play and hint facility
  • Save player statistics
  • Customizable graphics and sound
Features
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The most downloaded Spades app now available !! 'The Spades' brings this classic 4-player contract trick taking card game to the iOS, based on the No.1 downloaded Spades app by AI Factory! 'The Spades' supplies classy graphics, super smooth gameplay, addictive background music and sound effects, highly scalable difficulty & much more. The game will track your wins/losses and draws against each of the difficulty levels. You can monitor how well you have performed in partnership with all the 18 CPU players provided for the game. Beat them all and partner them all! Features: -- Full Spades Partnership Play -- 18 CPU characters of varying skill (beginner to expert) -- Choose who to partner with and who to play against! -- Undo your play anytime -- Hint facility -- Backgroud Music and Sound Effects (ON/OFF) -- Beautiful Card and Background graphics -- Animation speed (Normal/ Fast) -- Saves history of your and CPU player stats -- Remove ads

Screenshots

Aces Spades4 screens
The Spades4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Aces Spades at monthly against The Spades's every 4 months. The Spades's advantage is ratings volume (8.2K vs 1.8K). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Aces Spades sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and The Spades 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Aces Spades against 4.6 for The Spades. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.8K and 8.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Aces Spades's written reviews are positive against 47% of The Spades's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aces Spades ships an update monthly, The Spades every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Aces Spades versus The Spades: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAces SpadesThe Spades
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings)4.6 (8.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.0% of reviews — better47.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8K8.2K — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB116 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperConcrete Software, Inc.UNBALANCE Corporation

Customer experience

Aces Spades

All ratings1,819 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral5.1%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive54.0%
Neutral10.9%
Negative35.1%

The Spades

All ratings8,204 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral4.7%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive47.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative41.0%

User reviews

Aces Spades

From 1.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun way to pass the time
  • 🚀 Challenging and quick gameplay
  • 👍 Enjoyable characters and graphics
  • 👍 Well-made and high-quality game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Confusing or unclear features
  • 🤖 Poor AI partner performance
  • 📺 Excessive and disruptive ads
  • 🔒 Lack of ad-free purchase option

The Spades

From 8.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Enjoyable game
  • 👍 Good entertainment
  • 🕹️ Relaxing gameplay
  • 🧠 Improves gameplay skills

Room to improve

  • 💸 Too many ads
  • 🤖 Biased AI partners
  • 🤔 Inconsistent partner behavior
  • 🧠 Questionable AI decision-making

Bugs and requests

Aces Spades

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Forced update causing compatibility issues
  • Incorrect card detection and scoring
  • Unresponsive controls and screen freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to pass cards during blind nil
  • Option to minimize daily challenges
  • Improved scoring and point tracking
  • Restore previous game variations

The Spades

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes and crashes
  • Scoring issues and discrepancies
  • Undo feature locked behind ads

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to customize game rules
  • Ability to lead with spades
  • More balanced AI partners
  • Add-free version

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Aces Spades

One-time12
  • 25 Blue Diamonds$1.99
  • 200 Coins$1.99
  • 550 Coins$4.99
Show 9 more
  • 90 Blue Diamonds$4.99
  • 300 Blue Diamonds$14.99
  • 1,800 Coins$14.99
  • 550 Blue Diamonds$24.99
  • 3,250 Coins$24.99
  • 1,275 Blue Diamonds$49.99
  • 7,500 Coins$49.99
  • 4,000 Blue Diamonds$99.99
  • 20,000 Coins$99.99
1 purchases

The Spades

One-time1
  • Remove Ad$5.99

Questions

Is Aces Spades free?
Aces Spades is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Spades free?
The Spades is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Aces Spades or The Spades?
The Spades is rated higher. Aces Spades averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while The Spades averages 4.6 from 8.2K ratings.
Do Aces Spades or The Spades have ads?
Both Aces Spades and The Spades show ads.
Which is updated more often, Aces Spades or The Spades?
Aces Spades ships an update monthly, and The Spades every 4 months. Most recently, Aces Spades was updated on October 12, 2026 and The Spades on October 15, 2026.

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