Comparison

Zaparoo vs EST

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

Head to head
About

Zaparoo

Enhance your collection experience by connecting to compatible devices. Search for games, organize with tags, and adjust settings. Unlock advanced features to use your phone as a reader for tokens, no extra hardware needed.

Highlights
  • Connect to Zaparoo devices
  • Search for games
  • Create and manage tags
  • Adjust device settings
  • Use phone as Zap reader
  • Launch Zap tokens via NFC/camera
Features
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Take your Zaparoo experience to the next level with the official Zaparoo app! Connect to the Zaparoo devices on your network to search for games, create new tags, and adjust settings. Take things further by unlocking the ability to use your phone as a Zap reader! Now you can launch your Zap tokens using the NFC reader or camera in your device. No external hardware required. It's everything you love about Zaparoo, now in the convenience of an app.

About

EST

Features
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Twelve cards sit on the table. Three of them fit together. Your job is to see which three before the clock runs out. EST is a free card game about patterns. The deck has 81 cards, and every card combines a count, a color, a shape, and a fill. Three cards make a set when each trait is the same on all three or different on all three. If one trait splits two-and-one, they are not a set. THREE WAYS TO PLAY • Solo 81: clear the whole deck against the clock. Play a run without hints and your best time goes to the Game Center leaderboard. • Quick 27: the 27 solid cards, nine on the table, for a shorter round. • Duel: race someone on one phone, or on two devices. Play online over Game Center, or offline over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth when you have no signal. On iPad and an open iPhone Duo, four players share one table. LEARN THE RULE A six-step tutorial walks you through the four traits, a set that works, a set that does not, and a practice board. Open it again any time from the rules screen. EXPLORE THE MATH Every card is a point in four-dimensional space and every set is a line. Build a card from its four base-3 coordinates, then see which card completes any pair you pick. MAKE IT YOURS Pick a color theme and a fill style. Turn sound and haptics off when you want quiet. EST has no ads and no subscription, and nothing in the game is locked. There is one optional support purchase. It pays for maintenance and gives you a supporter mark, the Dusk card colors, a warm background setting, and early TestFlight builds when they are available. EST is open source. It is inspired by SET, the card game created by Marsha Falco, but uses its own name, artwork, and code. EST is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the makers of SET. Made for iPhone and iPad by Michell Zappa at Centaur Labs.

Screenshots

Zaparoo4 screens
EST4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: EST at every 2 weeks against Zaparoo's every 2 months. Zaparoo's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Zaparoo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and EST sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zaparoo ships an update every 2 months, EST every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Zaparoo versus EST: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZaparooEST
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWizzo Pty LtdCENTAUR LABS OU

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Zaparoo

One-time1
  • Zaparoo Launcher$6.99
1 purchases

EST

One-time1
  • Support EST$9.99

Questions

Is Zaparoo free?
Zaparoo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EST free?
EST is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Zaparoo or EST have ads?
Neither Zaparoo nor EST shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zaparoo or EST?
Zaparoo ships an update every 2 months, and EST every 2 weeks. Most recently, Zaparoo was updated on October 24, 2026 and EST on October 25, 2026.

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