Comparison

Cascadia Digital vs Exploding Kittens® 2

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

Head to head
About

Cascadia Digital

A relaxing and strategic tile-laying board game set in the Pacific Northwest. Players explore habitats, discover wildlife, and cultivate the most perfect ecosystem. Offers solo, online, family, and pass-and-play modes.

Highlights
  • Tile-laying gameplay
  • Ecosystem cultivation
  • Wildlife and habitat discovery
  • Solo play
  • Online multiplayer
  • Family mode
  • Pass and play
Features
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Winner of the prestigious Spiel des Jahres board game award, Cascadia is a relaxing and strategic tile-laying game where wildlife and nature exist in beautiful balance. A Breathtaking Journey Embark upon a breathtaking journey through the Pacific Northwest. Explore new habitats and discover the animals who live there as you compete to cultivate the most perfect ecosystem! Wild Strategy Cascadia offers many ways to play and explore the game's strategy, including: Solo & Online Play - Head out into the world to find your opponents, or go it alone! Family Mode - Hone your skills in Family Mode with simpler scoring objectives! Pass and Play - Share your field research with local pass-and-play! 15 Solo Scenarios - Explore new approaches in unique scenarios! 14 Challenges - Push yourself to complete tricky Challenges! Daily Trek - A new objective every day pushes your strategic abilities!

About

Exploding Kittens® 2

Experience the chaotic fun of a popular card game with friends. This digital version features customizable avatars, animated cards, and new ways to play, including the highly requested "Nope" card. Engage in quick rounds of strategy and luck to be the last player standing.

Highlights
  • Customizable avatars
  • Emoji reactions
  • Multiple game modes
  • Animated cards
  • Online multiplayer
  • AI opponent
Features
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The ultimate card game with friends is back with a bang, people! EXPLODING KITTENS® 2 has it all – customisable avatars, emojis, oodles of game modes and cards full of quirky humour and animations sleeker than an oiled kitty with catnip-fuelled zoomies! Plus, the official EXPLODING KITTENS® 2 game brings the most-requested mechanic of all…the Nope card! Stuff a glorious Nope Sandwich right into the horrified faces of your friends – with extra Nopesauce, of course. HOW TO PLAY EXPLODING KITTENS® 2 1. Download the EXPLODING KITTENS® 2 online game. 2. Optional: Get your friends to download it too. 3. Each player plays as many cards as they like on their turn OR passes! 4. The player then draws a card to end their turn. If it’s an EXPLODING KITTEN, they’re out (unless they have a handy Defuse card). 5. Keep going until only one player is left standing! FEATURES - CUSTOMISE YOUR AVATARS – Dress your avatar up in the season’s hottest outfits (cat hair not included) - REACT TO GAMEPLAY – Personalise your emoji sets to ensure your trash talk has a razor-sharp edge. - MULTIPLE GAME MODES – Play alone against our expert AI or impress your mum with your sparkling social life by playing with friends online! - ANIMATED CARDS – The mayhem comes to life with awesome animations! Those Nope cards just hit different now… Steady yourself, think of calming waves and draw a card!

Screenshots

Cascadia Digital4 screens
Exploding Kittens® 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cascadia Digital at none against Exploding Kittens® 2's 20. Cascadia Digital also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 60%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Exploding Kittens® 2's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $9.99) and chart position (#8 vs #49). On rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Cascadia Digital costs $9.99 and Exploding Kittens® 2 $4.99 up front. Exploding Kittens® 2 sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Cascadia Digital asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Cascadia Digital against 4.8 for Exploding Kittens® 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 3.7K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Cascadia Digital's written reviews are positive against 60% of Exploding Kittens® 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cascadia Digital ships an update every 3 days, Exploding Kittens® 2 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Cascadia Digital versus Exploding Kittens® 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCascadia DigitalExploding Kittens® 2
Price$9.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.9 (1.1K ratings) — better4.8 (3.7K ratings)
Positive reviews88.3% of reviews — better59.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K3.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#49#8 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size707 MB443 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDire Wolf DigitalMarmalade Game Studio Limited

Customer experience

Cascadia Digital

All ratings1,065 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive88.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.8%

Exploding Kittens® 2

All ratings3,725 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews399 reviews
Positive59.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative28.8%

User reviews

Cascadia Digital

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay
  • 👍 Great adaptation of board game
  • 👍 Variety of solo challenges
  • 👍 Stable performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and online issues
  • 🔋 High battery drain
  • 👎 Suboptimal screen formatting

Exploding Kittens® 2

From 3.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
  • 👍 Charming animations and visuals
  • 🤩 Engaging and fun experience
  • 🎨 Customizable skins and backgrounds

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • ⏱️ Slow animations and gameplay
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🤖 Unresponsive AI opponents

Bugs and requests

Cascadia Digital

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unexpected player disconnections
  • Notifications not working properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Full screen support
  • Improved cross-device sync
  • Better in-game scoring review

Exploding Kittens® 2

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Nope card not functioning properly
  • Leaderboard not updating correctly
  • Inability to leave a game after losing
  • Forced account creation for online play

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add a turn timer to prevent stalling
  • Allow custom deck creation and configuration
  • Improve online multiplayer stability and matchmaking
  • Bring back the original game's sound effects and personality

In-app purchases

None

Cascadia Digital

No in-app purchases

20 purchases

Exploding Kittens® 2

One-time20
  • Santa Claws Card Back$0.99
  • Mystic Mayhem Card Back$0.99
  • Beach Day Emoji Pack$0.99
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  • Beach Day Card back$0.99
  • Kitchen Chaos Emoji Pack$0.99
  • Kitchen Chaos Card Back$0.99
  • Mystic Mayhem Emoji Pack$1.99
  • MysticMayhem Cauldron Creature$1.99
  • Glenn Coco$1.99
  • Sea Rat Outfit$1.99
  • Beach Day Location$1.99
  • Slice of Heaven Outfit$1.99
  • Yucky Buddy Outfit$1.99
  • Kitchen Chaos Location$1.99
  • Santa Claws Pack$4.99
  • Mystic Mayhem Pack$5.99
  • Beach Day Pack$5.99
  • Kitchen Chaos Pack$5.99
  • Sun and Spice Bundle$7.99
  • Explosive Expansions Pass$9.99

Questions

Is Cascadia Digital free?
Cascadia Digital costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Exploding Kittens® 2 free?
Exploding Kittens® 2 costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cascadia Digital or Exploding Kittens® 2?
Cascadia Digital is rated higher. Cascadia Digital averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Exploding Kittens® 2 averages 4.8 from 3.7K ratings.
Do Cascadia Digital or Exploding Kittens® 2 have ads?
Neither Cascadia Digital nor Exploding Kittens® 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cascadia Digital or Exploding Kittens® 2?
Cascadia Digital ships an update every 3 days, and Exploding Kittens® 2 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cascadia Digital was updated on September 25, 2026 and Exploding Kittens® 2 on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Cascadia Digital or Exploding Kittens® 2?
Cascadia Digital currently peaks at #49 in the App Store charts, and Exploding Kittens® 2 at #8. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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