Ultimate 500 vs Extreme 500
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimate 500
Experience the classic 500 card game with advanced AI opponents and online multiplayer. Customize rules, personalize your game table, and track your progress with leaderboards. Play with friends locally or globally.
- AI opponents
- Pass and play multiplayer
- Online multiplayer with friends
- Customizable game rules
- Personalized card table
- Leaderboards
- Undo and suggest features
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The ultimate version of the 500 card game with following features: - - Play against intelligent AI opponents - Play against friends on same device using pass and play - Play with partner against other people or AI on any IOS device anywhere in the world - Lobby area where you can invite friends, send messages and organise online games - Facebook integration allowing achievements to be posted to timeline and Facebook friend invites - Take photo's or use images on your device to appear as your card table or the card's themselves! - Customise rules to allow different variations of your game as per the 500 wiki. - Undo feature after each move when playing offline - Intelligent Suggest feature to recommend what to bid or even what card to play when playing offline - Ability to control game pace between tricks and between games - Local and global leaderboard to keep track of all game statistics - Play in landscape or portrait on iPad with improved interface Any bugs, support questions or ideas for improvements please go to Facebook Community page http://www.facebook.com/ultimate500community
Extreme 500
Experience the classic card game of 500 with a modern, elegant design. Bid, pass, and play trump to win in either a 4-player partnered or 3-player solo mode against challenging AI. Customize your gameplay with different scoring systems and deck sizes.
- Classic 500 card game
- 4-player partnered mode
- 3-player solo mode
- Intelligent AI opponents
- Three scoring systems
- Adjustable deck size
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Extreme 500 is the classic game of 500, with a fresh elegant simplistic design. Bid, Pass and Trump your way to victory, playing the traditional 4 player partnered 500 or a cutthroat 3 player solo 500. With and against intelligent and challenging Ai. Play your way! Choose from three different scoring systems and choose how many cards in your deck.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Extreme 500 at 4.4 against Ultimate 500's 3.3. Extreme 500 also leads on ratings volume (577 vs 4) and review sentiment (43% vs 34%). Ultimate 500's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On 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
Ultimate 500 costs $0.99 and Extreme 500 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Extreme 500 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Extreme 500 has 577 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Ultimate 500's written reviews are positive against 43% of Extreme 500's.
Ultimate 500 ships an update every 2 weeks, Extreme 500 every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Ultimate 500 | Extreme 500 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 4.4 (577 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.3% of reviews | 43.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 577 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mark Deitch | James Swiney |
Customer experience
Ultimate 500
Extreme 500
Bugs and requests
Ultimate 500
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Extreme 500
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cards disappearing from screen
- No-trump bid not working properly
- Misere bid overriding higher bids
- Incorrect scoring for misere
Requested features
6 requests- Online/multiplayer mode
- Customizable settings (e.g. speed, sound)
- Ability to sort cards into suits
- Improved partner AI
- Scoring/bidding clarifications
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- Support for additional 500 variants (e.g. open misere)
In-app purchases
Ultimate 500
No in-app purchases
Extreme 500
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ultimate 500 free?
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