Arkham DeckbuildeR vs Par 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arkham DeckbuildeR
Enhance your Arkham Horror: The Card Game experience with a comprehensive companion app. Access a vast database of cards, explore popular deck lists, and discover detailed investigator information. Plan your investigations with offline access to all resources.
- ArkhamDB database access
- Popular deck list exploration
- Investigator and card browsing
- Advanced card search filters
- Detailed card information
- Offline database access
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Arkham DeckbuildeR is the ultimate companion app for fans of Arkham Horror: The Card Game. Whether you're a seasoned investigator or just starting your journey into the dark and mysterious world of Arkham, this app has everything you need to enhance your gaming experience. Access a vast amount of information from ArkhamDB, one of the most comprehensive databases for Arkham Horror: The Card Game. Discover and explore popular deck lists created by experienced players. Get inspired and learn new strategies to enhance your gameplay. Explore a wide range of investigators: filter by class, card or author. Dive into a detailed deck description from author and other users comments. Browse through a database of player cards, including investigator cards, player cards, and encounter cards. Search for specific cards using filters such as card type, class, traits, keywords, etc. Get detailed information about each card, including its stats, abilities, taboos, FAQ and comments. Enjoy offline access to your card database. Plan your investigations even when you're away from an internet connection. Note: This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Fantasy Flight Games or ArkhamDB. It serves as a companion tool for players of Arkham Horror: The Card Game, providing convenient access to deck-building resources and card information.
Par 3
A fast-paced, tactical card game where the objective is to achieve the lowest score. Players flip and swap cards in a grid, aiming for column clears and strategic round endings. It offers online multiplayer, AI opponents, and private games.
- Lowest score wins objective
- Flip and swap cards
- Three-of-a-kind column clears
- Risk/reward round endings
- Online multiplayer
- Play vs AI
- Private games
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Drop the deck. Lowest score wins. Par 3 Cards is a fast, tactical card game where the goal is to finish with the FEWEST points, not the most. Flip your 12-card grid, swap in lower cards, hunt for three-of-a-kind column clears, and trigger the round-end only when you're confident you're ahead. Mistime it and your score gets DOUBLED. WHAT YOU GET - Play Online. Quick matchmaking drops you into a 4-player game in seconds. Real players when available, AI filling in the rest so you're never waiting for a game. - Play vs AI. A full single-player experience for practicing strategy or playing offline. Pick 2 to 6 opponents and go. - Private Games. Host or join a room with a 4-letter code. Bring friends, set the turn timer, play your way. - Tutorial Round. A guided first game that teaches the rules and the strategy as you play. Not a wall of text. Not a slideshow. An actual round with a coach who explains each decision. WHAT MAKES IT INTERESTING - Negative cards SUBTRACT from your score. The -2 is the best card in the deck. - Three of the same value stacked in a column? They all vanish. That column scores zero. Plan around it. - You can trigger the round end early by flipping all 12 of your cards, but if anyone scores lower than you, yours gets DOUBLED. Risk and reward, every round. - Each turn has a timer to keep matches moving. Disconnects are covered automatically so your opponents aren't stuck waiting. POLISHED FOR MOBILE - Designed landscape-first for iPhone. - Sound effects and haptic feedback, both toggleable. - Customizable game speed. - Long-press any opponent's grid to magnify it for a close look. - Anonymous accounts. No sign-up, no email. IF YOU ENJOY... Inspired by the classic Golf card game and its modern descendants like Skyjo, Flip 7, and Trash. Same lowest-score-wins rhythm, with a column-clear twist built for mobile. Free to play with brief ads between games. Delete your data any time from in-app Settings. Privacy Policy: https://par3cards-privacy.vercel.app/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Arkham DeckbuildeR at none against Par 3's shown. Arkham DeckbuildeR also leads on ratings volume (49 vs 1) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Par 3's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Par 3 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arkham DeckbuildeR has 49 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Arkham DeckbuildeR ships an update every 3 weeks, Par 3 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arkham DeckbuildeR | Par 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (49 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vadym Pavlov | Cody Pendzich |
In-app purchases
Arkham DeckbuildeR
No in-app purchases
Par 3
No in-app purchases
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