Comparison

Mafia vs Skru

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

Head to head
About

Mafia

This app simplifies playing Mafia by digitally assigning roles and managing game rules. It eliminates the need for physical cards or paper, allowing players to focus on strategy and deduction. Gather your friends and start a game instantly.

Highlights
  • Digital role assignment
  • Rule management
  • No physical cards needed
  • Quick game setup
  • iPhone compatible
Features
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Here, you can quickly refresh the rules and easily assign roles — just select the characters you need and hit "Start." No more decks or paper — one iPhone does it all. Gather your friends, plot your schemes, and find out who’s Mafia this time!

About

Skru

A card game where players aim to minimize their hand's value by strategically replacing, replicating, or drawing cards. Special cards offer unique abilities to view hands or swap cards. The game ends when a player calls 'Skru,' with the lowest score winning.

Highlights
  • Card replacement and replication
  • Special action cards
  • Hand viewing abilities
  • Card swapping mechanics
  • Objective to minimize score
  • End-game 'Skru' call
Features
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A Round starts by distributing 4 cards for each player. All players' cards are all face back. Then, each player is allowed to see his 2 rightmost cards at the beginning of each Round. All players' cards during the game will be face back. Your target is to minimize the value of your cards as much as possible. In your turn, you have 3 options to do: 1) Replace the center card by a card 2) Replicate a card 3) Draw a Card You can replace the drawn card with one of your cards or you can throw it. Some cards have special actions: 7 and 8 allow you to see one of your cards. 9 and 10 allow you to see a card from another player. Eye Master card allows you to see a card from each player excluding you, or see 2 of your cards. Swap card allows you to swap one of your cards with another player without revealing the cards. Replica card allows you to get rid of any card by throwing it. The game keeps going until a player says 'Skru' He will not play in his turn and the Round will end after all other players play for another turn. Note that you can't say 'Skru' during the first 3 turns. Then, all cards are revealed, and the player with the lowest score takes 0 score. If more than one player has the lowest score, all of them takes 0 score. Take care, if you said 'Skru', but you were not the lowest score at the end of the Round, your Round score gets doubled.

Screenshots

Mafia4 screens
Skru4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mafia at 4.6 against Skru's 4.1. Mafia also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (67% vs 43%). Skru's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mafia holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mafia has 500 ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Mafia's written reviews are positive against 43% of Skru's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mafia ships an update every 5 months, Skru every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mafia versus Skru: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMafiaSkru
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (500 ratings) — better4.1 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings500 — better44
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB74 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKristel MaximovaIsmaeel Sherif

Customer experience

Mafia

All ratings450 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%

Skru

All ratings44 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative52.4%

In-app purchases

None

Mafia

No in-app purchases

None

Skru

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mafia free?
Mafia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skru free?
Skru is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mafia or Skru?
Mafia is rated higher. Mafia averages 4.6 out of 5 from 500 ratings, while Skru averages 4.1 from 44 ratings.
Do Mafia or Skru have ads?
Skru shows ads; Mafia does not.
Which is updated more often, Mafia or Skru?
Mafia ships an update every 5 months, and Skru every 6 weeks. Most recently, Mafia was updated on November 3, 2026 and Skru on November 4, 2026.

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