Comparison

Cascadia Digital vs Koi

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

Koi

Features
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Koi-Koi is a cinematic hanafuda card game built around four distinctive worlds. Begin with Nitō the Ronin at Red Fuji for free, then unlock premium campaigns and modes when you are ready. Play Hokusai Battles across a seven-rival ukiyo-e journey, step into the warm chaos of six living cafés, ride an after-work night toward the last train, or add Talk Show + Cross Mode for live commentator reactions across supported worlds. The game preserves traditional Koi-Koi tactics while presenting each match as a richly illustrated scene with authored rivals, stages, music, and atmosphere.

Screenshots

Cascadia Digital4 screens
Koi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Koi at Free against Cascadia Digital's $9.99. Cascadia Digital's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On 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

Koi is free to download; Cascadia Digital costs $9.99 up front. Koi sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Cascadia Digital asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cascadia Digital ships an update every 3 days, Koi monthly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Cascadia Digital versus Koi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCascadia DigitalKoi
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#50 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size707 MB835 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDire Wolf DigitalTileSpeak Software

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

Koi

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Cascadia Digital

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Koi

One-time5
  • Talk Show + Cross Mode$0.99
  • Kissa Chaos$1.99
  • Last Train Koi-Koi$1.99
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  • Hokusai Battles$2.99
  • Complete Collection$3.99

Questions

Is Cascadia Digital free?
Cascadia Digital costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Koi free?
Koi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cascadia Digital or Koi have ads?
Neither Cascadia Digital nor Koi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cascadia Digital or Koi?
Cascadia Digital ships an update every 3 days, and Koi monthly. Most recently, Cascadia Digital was updated on October 25, 2026 and Koi on October 25, 2026.

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