Comparison

Fluxx vs Skip the Salad

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

Head to head
About

Fluxx

Experience a chaotic and fun card game where rules and objectives constantly change. Play with friends or AI, online or offline, and adapt to new rule and action cards that shake up gameplay. This award-winning game offers a unique challenge for card game enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Offline and Online Play
  • Human and AI Opponents
  • In-game Chat
  • Pass-and-play Multiplayer
  • Asynchronous Multiplayer Support
  • Friend Invites
  • Player Stats
  • Tutorial
Features
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Playdek and Looney Labs team up to bring this amazingly fun card game to mobile devices. Fluxx fuses its chaotic and fun game play with offline and online features that fans have come to love in Playdek games! Featuring New Rule cards that change the rules of the game and Action cards that create chaos. Even the object of winning the game changes during play, as players swap out one Goal card for another. The Fluxx card game has earned the Mensa Select Award for games that meet Mensa’s high standards of originality, playability and design. Features: - Offline and Online play for 2-4 players - Human and AI opponents - In-game Chat - Pass-and-play Multiplayer - Full asynchronous support for multiplayer online games - Invite your friends to play online games - Online player stats - Tutorial Recommended for iPhone 6 and later; iPad 5th Generation and later; iPad Mini 2 and later; iPod Touch 6th Generation; iOS 11 and later. **AN INTERNET CONNECTION AND PLAYDEK ACCOUNT ARE REQUIRED FOR ONLINE PLAY** Per our Terms of Service, you must be 13 years old or older to use the Playdek online games service.

About

Skip the Salad

A trick-taking card game where the goal is to avoid collecting certain cards. Players can play solo against AI, with friends locally, or online. Optional rule variations add replayability.

Highlights
  • Trick-avoiding gameplay
  • Single player vs. AI
  • Local pass-and-play multiplayer
  • Online multiplayer with friend codes
  • Customizable rules with 'Extra Toppings'
  • Multiple round types
  • Leaderboards and achievements
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Skip the Salad is a trick-taking card game where dodging is winning. Take too many tomatoes, and they pile up against you. Dodge them all, and the round goes your way. The rules are easy enough to teach in one round, but the strategy goes deeper than it looks. Void out your bad suits, count your opponents, and decide when to take a swing at the Blue Cheese Moon, the all-or-nothing play that flips the score on its head. Bring up to seven friends to the kitchen table for pass-and-play, take on a smart AI when you're solo, or jump online and challenge anyone with a friend code. WHAT'S INSIDE • Single player vs. three AI difficulties (Easy, Medium, Hard) • Pass-and-play for 4 to 8 players on one device • Online multiplayer with friend codes, presence, and emotes • Optional Extra Toppings that change the rules in fun ways: Spicy Pepper, Salad Dressing, Cornucopia, and more • Multiple round types so no two games feel the same • Friends, leaderboards, and achievements • Choose your chef avatar • Bright, family-friendly veggie art HOW IT PLAYS On every trick, follow suit if you can. Win a trick with tomatoes in it, and they count against you. Want to come out on top? Lose the bad tricks, ditch the cards you can't win with, and watch what your opponents are doing. Switch on the optional Toppings for variety. A single rule twist changes the whole shape of the game. Rotten Tomato makes getting tomatoes even more dangerous; the Spicy Pepper makes a chosen suit more dangerous and gives the trailing player a quiet boost; and Pass the Veggies lets you offload your two worst cards to someone else. PERFECT FOR • Card game fans who love Hearts, Spades, and Wizard • Families looking for a quick game that everyone can learn in one round • Long flights, hotel rooms, road trips, kitchen tables • Online play with cousins, parents, or college roommates Skip the Salad started life as a printed deck on our own kitchen table. The digital edition keeps that family-table feel, with a thoughtful AI for solo play and quick online matches when you want company. No real-money gambling, no inappropriate content, no ad walls. Built in Utah by Gotta Play Games.

Screenshots

Fluxx4 screens
Skip the Salad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Skip the Salad at 100% against Fluxx's 57%. Skip the Salad also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Fluxx's advantage is ratings volume (548 vs 10) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fluxx sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Skip the Salad 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

Skip the Salad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fluxx has 548 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Fluxx's written reviews are positive against 100% of Skip the Salad's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fluxx versus Skip the Salad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFluxxSkip the Salad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (548 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings548 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size234 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlaydek, Inc.Gotta Play Games

Customer experience

Fluxx

All ratings546 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral8.6%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral22.4%
Negative20.5%

Skip the Salad

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Fluxx

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Email verification for online account does not arrive
  • 4 player bug
  • Online play needs to be revamped
  • Got Wonky On Last Update
  • Notch
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  • Verification
  • Options
  • Needs an option to disable sound

Requested features

13 requests
  • More versions please
  • MOAR!!!!
  • Chat and other stuff
  • Hoping For More Versions!
  • Needs landscape mode
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  • Needs an update badly
  • Needs better AI
  • Needs more support and addition of other games
  • Needs Bluetooth games
  • Needs Creepers and Surprises
  • Needs to be able to sort cards
  • Needs to slow down
  • Needs to allow deleting completed games

Skip the Salad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Fluxx

One-time2
  • Creeper Pack$0.99
  • Zombie Fluxx$2.99
1 purchases

Skip the Salad

One-time1
  • Unlock All Extras$2.99

Questions

Is Fluxx free?
Fluxx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Skip the Salad free?
Skip the Salad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fluxx or Skip the Salad?
Skip the Salad is rated higher. Fluxx averages 4.3 out of 5 from 548 ratings, while Skip the Salad averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Fluxx or Skip the Salad have ads?
Neither Fluxx nor Skip the Salad shows ads.

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