Comparison

The Bad Karmas vs SPielatus

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

Head to head
About

The Bad Karmas

This app enhances a cooperative boss battler board game with digital integration for up to 5 players. Engage in a narrative-driven campaign or quick skirmishes, evolving heroes and facing AI-driven Zodiacs with tactical combat and digital audiovisual effects.

Highlights
  • Digital board game companion
  • Cooperative boss battler
  • Campaign mode with narrative
  • One-shot skirmish mode
  • AI-driven enemies
  • Tactical combat
  • Digital audiovisual effects
Features
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This application is a digital companion for the Bad Karmas board game. The Teburu System and a copy of the board game are required to be able to use this app First of its kind, highly dynamic and immersive co-op boss battler with digital integration for up to 5 players. It features both a campaign mode with deep narrative and a one-shot skirmish mode. Evolve your heroes, defeat all Zodiacs, save the world. Players control the hero characters and work together to defeat each monster over a narrative-driven campaign. The game features fast-paced combat based on tactical maneuvering and digital action cards. Each Zodiac encounter is set in a completely different environment and poses a variety of tactical challenges. Thanks to the Teburu system, the Zodiacs are AI-driven, making them aware and responsive to player actions, while digital audiovisual effects bring a new dimension to the gameplay experience.

About

SPielatus

Features
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SPielatus – The digital home for your board game group Organizing a game night often means messages across five chats, missed dates and the eternal question “Who's free when?”. In SPielatus, your group has everything in one place: dates, chats, polls and your game collection. From a game night for four to a game day at your club. FIND A DATE, CONFIRM THE ROUND Propose up to seven dates, and your fellow players sign up for the ones that suit them. SPielatus confirms the round automatically: as soon as enough people are in, when the date is full or after a deadline – your choice. If the date is already set, the round is confirmed right away. • Waitlist with automatic move-up • Series: weekly, every two weeks or monthly • Import dates from an online calendar, SPielatus keeps changes in sync • Reminder before the date, lead time of your choice • Bring guests without the app, pick a round leader, accept venues offered by players GROUPS Public, closed or secret. Roles and permissions decide who can post rounds and write in the chat. Group info collects links, meeting point and contact persons, and the radius search finds groups near you. Every round can appear in as many groups as you like, or publicly for everyone. CLUBS AND VENUES Clubs, board game cafés, toy libraries and game stores appear under their own name: a whole team organizes rounds, groups and events and answers messages together. You apply in the app, and the SPielatus team reviews the application. Clubs and venues can also offer themselves as public hosts. When planning, you find hosts near you and ask them directly. CHATS A chat for every round, group and event, plus direct messages. With pictures, likes and links to rounds, games or polls. You decide who may message you, and you can block or report. POLLS Which game? Who brings snacks? Polls in rounds, groups and events, as single choice, top-3 ranking or multiple choice, anonymous if you like. Games come with a picture straight from BoardGameGeek or the group collection. EVENTS For game days with many parallel rounds or campaigns over many dates: an event bundles the rounds, with its own registration, team roles and optional modules such as agenda, check-in via QR code, a rounds planner that assigns tables, standings, a “Who brings what” list and rounds that participants start themselves. Events can be copied or repeated as a series. BOARDGAMEGEEK & BGSTATS • Your BGG collection is imported and kept up to date • Group collection: who owns which game and what's new • Wishlist, including individual expansions • Filters for playing time, complexity, best player count, your rating or “Pile of Shame” • Game titles in your language • Record results in the app, import them from BGStats or send them there NOTIFICATIONS More than 100 kinds of push notifications, each one can be switched off. The Action Center collects everything waiting for your decision. ALSO • Add dates to your device calendar or subscribe via calendar feed (iCal) • Share rounds, groups and events via link or QR flyer • Also in your browser: app.spielatus.ch • Light and dark mode, in German, English, French and Spanish • Guides for every topic on spielatus.ch BY GAMERS FOR GAMERS Developed by a board gamer from Switzerland who knew exactly these problems. SPielatus is free, with no ads, no subscription and no tracking. Questions or feedback? support@spielatus.ch or “Report Bug & Wishlist” in the app. Less planning chaos, more time at the table.

Screenshots

The Bad Karmas4 screens
SPielatus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SPielatus at every 6 days against The Bad Karmas's every 3 weeks. The Bad Karmas's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Bad Karmas ships an update every 3 weeks, SPielatus every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
The Bad Karmas versus SPielatus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Bad KarmasSPielatus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.8 GB48 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperXplored s.r.l.PASCAL MICHAEL AMBERG

In-app purchases

None

The Bad Karmas

No in-app purchases

None

SPielatus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Bad Karmas free?
The Bad Karmas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SPielatus free?
SPielatus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Bad Karmas or SPielatus have ads?
Neither The Bad Karmas nor SPielatus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Bad Karmas or SPielatus?
The Bad Karmas ships an update every 3 weeks, and SPielatus every 6 days. Most recently, The Bad Karmas was updated on November 4, 2026 and SPielatus on November 9, 2026.

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