Comparison

Summoner Wars Online vs TichuMaster

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

Head to head
About

Summoner Wars Online

Engage in strategic fantasy battlefield combat by summoning units and outmaneuvering opponents. Build custom decks, explore single-player campaigns, and challenge others online in this expandable card game.

Highlights
  • Summon units to the battlefield
  • Build custom decks
  • Challenge players online
  • Play single-player campaigns
  • Compete against AI
Features
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Summoner Wars is the exciting card game of fantasy battlefield combat that puts you in the role of a powerful summoner. Display your tactical prowess by summoning units to your gates, outmaneuvering your opponent, and cutting down the enemy summoner. Countless unit types, a wide variety of spells and abilities, and the option to build your own decks, all make for a game sure to entertain, play after play. • Challenge other players in online matches. • Create custom decks using the deck builder. • Play your way through single-player story campaigns. • Hone your skill against an AI opponent. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TichuMaster

Experience the officially licensed partnership card game for four players. Play online with friends, practice against AI with adjustable difficulty, or learn the game with guided play and hints. Customize your table and track your progress with detailed statistics.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer tables
  • Private rooms for friends
  • Local network play
  • AI practice with adjustable difficulty
  • Guided game learning
  • Customizable card sets and table designs
  • Detailed player statistics and rankings
Features
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TichuMaster is the officially licensed app for Tichu, Urs Hostettler's partnership card game for four players. Read the table, support your partner and choose the right moment to call Tichu. Play together, or practice on your own - Join online tables for four players. - Create a private room and invite friends with a link. - Play together over your local network. - Practice against computer opponents with adjustable difficulty. - Learn the flow with a guided game and in-game hints. The Tichu you know Exchange cards, make Mahjong wishes, play bombs and decide who receives the Dragon's trick. Call Small or Grand Tichu, aim for a double victory and race to 1000 points as a team. A table that feels like yours Choose the Original, Classic or Precision card set and a table design to match. Detailed card artwork, warm wood, gold accents and clear game controls bring the table to your screen. Play in portrait or landscape. More control over your practice Choose a card-exchange convention for new games against the computer: automatic, odd left/even right, or low left/high right. Keep bomb confirmation on, or enable Play bomb instantly in Settings. Follow your progress Keep track of your results with profiles, statistics, Elo rankings and game history. Add friends for your next table. Apple Game Center Earn achievements for wins, double victories and successful Small and Grand Tichu calls. Compare your online Elo on the Game Center leaderboard. Detailed Game Center statistics show your progress recorded on this device. Available in English, German and Bernese German. Tichu is the original game by Urs Hostettler and is used under license from the rights holders.

Screenshots

Summoner Wars Online4 screens
TichuMaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Summoner Wars Online at 80% against TichuMaster's 0%. Summoner Wars Online also leads on price (Free vs $5.99) and rating (4.7 vs 3.0). TichuMaster's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). 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

Summoner Wars Online is free to download; TichuMaster costs $5.99 up front. Summoner Wars Online sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TichuMaster asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Summoner Wars Online holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Summoner Wars Online has 112 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Summoner Wars Online's written reviews are positive against 0% of TichuMaster's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Summoner Wars Online ships an update every 3 weeks, TichuMaster every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Summoner Wars Online versus TichuMaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSummoner Wars OnlineTichuMaster
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating4.7 (112 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews79.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings112 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB117 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperPlaid Hat Games LLCJonas Schmidhalter

Customer experience

Summoner Wars Online

All ratings112 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.7%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive79.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative17.2%

TichuMaster

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Summoner Wars Online

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Menu navigation traps - unable to exit shop or deck editor without closing app
  • Game crashes to main menu during gameplay
  • Story mode crashes and deletes campaign progress
  • Tutorial crashes before completion
  • AI freezes and becomes unresponsive mid-game
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  • Server connection losses during matches
  • No sound output on some devices
  • Dynamic Island screen coverage on iPhone 15
  • Sign in with Apple authentication failure
  • Occasional random crashes with ability to continue from same point

Requested features

12 requests
  • Russian language translation
  • Hard difficulty level for AI
  • Difficulty scaling for single-player AI
  • Ability to resign from matches
  • Offline mode support
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  • Bundle deals for in-app purchases
  • Improved matchmaking system with lobby
  • Win/loss-based ranking progression
  • More single-player story content
  • Better forum/community support outside Discord
  • Local multiplayer support
  • Improved UI intuitiveness for menu navigation

TichuMaster

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Summoner Wars Online

Subscriptions1
  • 1 Month Subscription$2.991 Month
One-time9
  • Crimson Order Faction$3.99
  • Polar Dwarves Faction$3.99
  • Cloaks Faction$3.99
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  • Savanna Elves Faction$3.99
  • Fallen Kingdom Faction$3.99
  • Shadow Elves Faction$3.99
  • High Elves Faction$3.99
  • Deepwood Groaks Faction$3.99
  • Storm Goblins Faction$3.99
None

TichuMaster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Summoner Wars Online free?
Summoner Wars Online is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TichuMaster free?
TichuMaster costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Summoner Wars Online or TichuMaster?
Summoner Wars Online is rated higher. Summoner Wars Online averages 4.7 out of 5 from 112 ratings, while TichuMaster averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Summoner Wars Online or TichuMaster have ads?
Neither Summoner Wars Online nor TichuMaster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Summoner Wars Online or TichuMaster?
Summoner Wars Online ships an update every 3 weeks, and TichuMaster every 2 days. Most recently, Summoner Wars Online was updated on November 12, 2026 and TichuMaster on November 5, 2026.

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