Farkle vs Canasta.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Farkle
A fun dice game for all ages where players roll dice to score points. The goal is to reach 10,000 points by strategically accumulating scores and avoiding "Farkles". It's a simple yet engaging game of chance and strategy.
- Dice rolling gameplay
- Score accumulation
- Reach 10,000 points goal
- Avoid Farkles
- Family-friendly
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Farkle- is a great game for the whole family. Roll the dice and score points until you reach 10,000. Be careful not to roll a Farkle along the way!
Canasta.
Experience the strategic card game of the rummy family, featuring joker cards for unpredictable gameplay. Form melds, create canastas, and aim for 5000 points to win team rounds.
- Rummy family card game
- Joker cards for unpredictability
- Team play against computer
- Forming melds and canastas
- Scoring to 5000 points
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Canasta is the popular card game of the rummy family also known as Argentine Rummy. Use of joker cards makes the game unpredictable and very challenging. You play as a team with computer opponent against computer team. Pick up cards and fit them into groups (melds). Group of seven cards called canasta and allows team to finish the round. Points go for the melds, the first team scoring 5000 points wins.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Canasta. at 4.7 against Farkle's 4.0. Canasta. also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (25K vs 37). Farkle's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Farkle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Canasta. sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Canasta. holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canasta. has 25K ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Farkle's written reviews are positive against 71% of Canasta.'s.
Farkle ships an update every 15 months, Canasta. every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Farkle | Canasta. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (37 ratings) | 4.7 (25K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.6% of reviews | 70.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 25K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Horizon Business, Inc. | Sergey Skosyrev |
Customer experience
Farkle
Canasta.
Bugs and requests
Farkle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Canasta.
Reported bugs
4 issues- Partner ignores player's instructions
- Opponents get unrealistic card draws
- Incorrect implementation of Canasta rules
- Game freezes or crashes unexpectedly
Requested features
5 requests- Online multiplayer mode
- Customizable difficulty levels
- Ability to choose partner skill level
- Clearer display of canasta information
- Option to play 2-player version
In-app purchases
Farkle
- Remove Ads$4.99
Canasta.
- 1000 diamonds$0.99
- Cards from deck$1.99
- 2200 diamonds$1.99
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- 3400 diamonds$2.99
- 4700 diamonds$3.99
- Partner difficulty$4.99
- Opponents difficulty$4.99
- 6000 diamonds$4.99
- Advanced Features$9.99
- 12500 diamonds$9.99
