iCardPlayer Lite vs Rickety Kate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iCardPlayer Lite
Enjoy a vast collection of classic card games playable offline. This version offers a complete, ad-free experience without requiring an internet connection. It's a perfect compilation for solo card game enthusiasts.
- Extensive card game collection
- Play classic games like Hearts, Spades, Belote
- Offline solo play
- Ad-free experience
- No internet required
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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 free, full game, with adverts. Buy the full version of iCardPlayer for an advertising-FREE experience!!!
Rickety Kate
A trick-taking card game where the goal is to have the lowest score. Players win tricks but aim to avoid high-scoring cards like the Queen of Spades. Features customizable decks, player counts, and scoring rules.
- Trick-taking gameplay
- Low score objective
- Customizable deck size and suits
- Adjustable player count
- Optional special cards (Jokers, Trumps, Hooligan, Omnibus)
- Configurable scoring cards
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Rickety Kate is a trick taking card game. This means every player tosses in a card and the player with the highest card in the same suite as the first card wins the trick and the cards. But wait! the person with the lowest running score wins. So winning a trick is not necessarily good. The Queen of Spades (Rickety Kate) is worth 10 points against you and the other spades are worth 1 point against you. When you run out of cards you are dealt another hand. If you obtain all the spades in a hand it is called 'Shooting the Moon' and your score drops to zero. At the beginning of each hand the player pass their three worst cards to their neighbour. Aces and King are the worst cards. The game has many options and settings Depending on the options the deck of cards can be anywhere from 30 cards in 3 suites to 184 cards in 10 suites The following options are available 1. Number Of Suites in Deck (3 - 8) 2. Number Of Cards in Suite (10-20) 3. Number Of Players At Table (3 - 7) (The empty seats will be filled with robot players) 4. Number Of Human Players At Table (1 - 7) (Multiple players can play in pass the phone / pad mode) 5. Include Jokers in Deck (Yes-No) 6. Include Tarot Trumps in Deck (Yes-No) 7. Use Pass Three Worst Cards Rule (Yes-No) 8. Game Finishing Score (50 - 500) 9. Speed of Card Animations (Slow - Fast) 10. What are the Scoring Cards (Spades, Hearts or Jacks) 11. Include Hooligan ( Seven of Clubs ) Worth 7 points (Yes - No) 12. Include Omnibus ( Jack of Diamonds ) Worth Negative 10 points (Yes - No) 13. Follow 'Can not lead with Scoring Card Suite Until Someone Plays a Scoring Card' Rule (Yes-No) 14. Play Music (Yes-No) 15. Music Volume (Low - High) 16. Play Sound (Yes-No) 17. Music Volume (Low - High) Other names for this game are Black Lady, The Dirty, Dark Lady, Slippery Anne, Chase the Lady, Crubs, Black Queen, Black Maria, Hearts, Spades, Four Jacks and Hooligan Hearts
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rickety Kate at 96% against iCardPlayer Lite's 43%. Rickety Kate also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Rickety Kate holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of iCardPlayer Lite's written reviews are positive against 96% of Rickety Kate's.
iCardPlayer Lite ships an update every 10 months, Rickety Kate every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCardPlayer Lite | Rickety Kate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (13 ratings) | 4.8 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.6% of reviews | 95.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jean-Baptiste Bolcato | Geoff Burns |
Customer experience
iCardPlayer Lite
Rickety Kate
Bugs and requests
iCardPlayer Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rickety Kate
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashed on one user's device
- Intrusive ad on game screen
Requested features
6 requests- Update animations
- Add background music
- Add multiplayer online mode
- Improve graphics
- Add splash screen explaining gameplay
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- Refine animations
In-app purchases
iCardPlayer Lite
No in-app purchases
Rickety Kate
No in-app purchases
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