Koikoi vs hanafuda2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Koikoi
Experience the traditional Japanese card game of Hanafuda. Match cards to collect sets and score points over a series of rounds. The player with the highest total score after 12 games wins.
- Hanafuda card game
- Match cards to collect sets
- Score points
- 12-game rounds
- Automatic game record saving
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Koikoi is a game of Hanafuda (Japanese Playing Cards). -How to play Koikoi Throw away the card to the table into play alternately. If there is a match of the month, you can get the cards. You will be able to finish the game to get a point if your cards are flush. You are also possible to continue the game. Can not score with each other and no game. The winner is who get more points total 12 times game. Game record will be saved automatically.
hanafuda2
Experience the traditional Japanese card game Hanafuda. Play the popular "Koi Koi" rule variation, where you can continue playing until you lose all your points, or stick to the standard 12-round game. Compete for high scores in this engaging card game.
- Traditional Japanese card game
- Hanafuda gameplay
- Koi Koi rule variation
- Standard 12-round game
- Point competition
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This application is a traditional Japanese card game called "Hanafuda". "Koi Koi" is a popular rule to play with Hanafuda. It allows you to play until you lose all your points and compete for points while the regular rules allow you to play only 12 rounds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: hanafuda2 at Free against Koikoi's $1.99. hanafuda2 also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (152 vs 5). Koikoi's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#96 vs unranked). On update cadence, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
hanafuda2 is free to download; Koikoi costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
hanafuda2 holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: hanafuda2 has 152 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Koikoi's written reviews are positive against 37% of hanafuda2's.
Koikoi ships an update every 7 months, hanafuda2 every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Koikoi | hanafuda2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 4.3 (152 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 36.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 152 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #96 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kouichi Hayashi | team-bka |
Customer experience
Koikoi
hanafuda2
In-app purchases
Koikoi
No in-app purchases
hanafuda2
No in-app purchases
